On October 22, 2918, Pnina Granirer gave a a well-attended talk on her memoir at Third Place Books in Seattle, US.
‘Sorrow/Hope/Truth’ Part of Permanent Collection at Government House, Victoria
The triptych Sorrow/Hope/Truth has recently been installed as part of the permanent collection of Government House, Victoria, BC. The unveiling of the collection took place in May, during the reception for the new Lieutenant Governor of BC, Janet Austin.
Pnina in Victoria
Pnina Will Speak at Bastion Books, Victoria, BC, May 3 at 7 pm
Pnina will discuss the various aspects of writing a book — as opposed to the creation of a painting. The most dramatic difference between these two is the element of time. While working on a visual piece, the artist sees the work in its entirety during its creation, with each addition and change visible as soon as they happen.
Not so with writing. Reading the written words requires time; once they are written and as the writer continues writing, the first text recedes, allowing for the new words to appear. The writer cannot see all the words at one given moment; time is needed to access the story and to become fully aware of its contents.
Conceived as a play in three acts, Pnina’s story unfolds from her Romanian hometown on the Danube River, to art school in Jerusalem, followed by three years spent in the USA, time in Montreal and later in Paris, finally settling in Vancouver. Issues of dislocation, ‘otherness,’ and the uprooted soul’s wish for permanency and belonging will be discussed.
For the fortunate ones who have not experienced war, fascism and communism, the historical references seen through personal experience might be enlightening and revealing of unfamiliar realities.
“From my experience as a visual artist, I realised that most people know almost nothing about the creative process and the politics of the art world. This talk will give the listeners a glimpse into this unknown territory,” Pnina explains.
Making of an Artist, Pnina Granirer, Victoria, BC, May 2, 7 pm, Congregation Emanu-El
You are invited to attend “Making of an artist: Pnina Granirer” at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue. Entry is by donation: book signing to follow: light refreshments will be served.
After a long career as a visual artist, Pnina Granirer published her memoir Light Within The Shadows last year. Congregation Emanu-El Adult Education Team invites you to the synagogue on May 2, 2018, at 7 pm when Pnina will share her story with us. Born in Romania in 1935, she moved to Israel in 1950 and came to Canada in 1965. Throughout her life, she has created a large body of art while searching for beauty and spirituality. She will speak to us of her successes and failures and how issues of dislocation, otherness, being a woman and the uprooted soul’s wish for permanency and belonging shaped her art. She will offer us insight into how art is forged and released into the world.
Pnina Granirer has exhibited her work locally, nationally and internationally since 1962. She has shown in more than eighty solo exhibitions. Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, and in books and exhibition catalogues in Canada, Israel, Spain, Portugal, Costa Rica and Chile. Her works are found in many private and Public Galleries collections in Canada (some as Cultural Property donations), the US, Chile, Europe and Israel. Recently her triptych Sorrow, Hope, Truth has been hung in Government House, Victoria BC.
Pnina Speaking at SFU Vancouver Campus, 515 West Hastings, March 15, 7:30 pm
Date: Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Campus, 515 West Hastings Street (between Seymour and Richards Streets) in the Diamond Lounge
Speaker: Pnina Granirer
Topic: Light Within The Shadows: A Painter’s Memoir
Outline:
A quiet, but profound revolution occurs in an artist’s life when after a lifetime as a painter, she decides to lay down her brushes and paint the world with words instead. This evening’s talk attempts to give an insight into the creative process of the transition from the visual to the literary.
Using a short Power Point presentation, I shall introduce the various problems and challenges that have to be resolved when writing a book, as opposed to the creation of a painting. The most dramatic difference between these two is the element of time. While working on a visual piece, the artist sees the work in its entirety during its creation. Each addition is visible as soon as it happens and all changes are easily seen. Not so with writing. Reading the written words requires time, and once they are written and the writer continues, the first text recedes, allowing for the new words to appear. The writer cannot see all the words at one given moment; time is needed to access the story and to become fully aware of its contents.
Conceived as a play in three acts, the story unfolds from my hometown on the Danube River in Romania, to art school in Jerusalem, Israel, followed by three years spent in the USA, time in Montreal and later in Paris, finally settling in Vancouver. I shall be sharing my successes and failures, addressing issues of dislocation, ‘otherness,’ and the uprooted soul’s wish for permanency and belonging.
For the fortunate ones who have not experienced war, Fascism and Communism, the historical references seen through personal experience might be enlightening and revealing of unfamiliar realities.
From my experience as a visual artist, I realised that most people know almost nothing about the creative process and the politics of the art world. This talk will give the listeners a glimpse into this unknown territory.
Exhibition and Book Launch
Please allow me to draw your attention to the event below, that will be happening in conjunction with the Vancouver Jewish Writers Festival. It is a rather unusual event of a fusion between the visual and the literary arts. I hope this will be of interest to you.
Thank you,
Pnina Granirer
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visual artist combines images and words in exhibition documenting her new memoir.
“The hackneyed phrase that ‘an image is worth one thousand words’ may well be true, but along with my paintings, now I need those thousand words to tell my stories.“ –Pnina Granirer
Granirer has lived and worked in Vancouver for 52 years. Her works have been showed and collected locally, nationally & internationally.
November 16 6 pm. Book Launch and talk
7 – 9 pm. Exhibition Opening Reception
SIDNEY AND GERTRUDE ZACK GALLERY, 950 W. 41 Ave., Vancouver
www.jccgv.com, 604-257-5111
I will host an Open Studio visit in conjunction with the exhibition on Monday, November 27, 2:30 – 4 pm. To register please email pninagra@gmail.com.
This exhibition is a celebration of Pnina Granirer’s new memoir; it follows the written words, becoming
a small retrospective with works featured in the book. Drawings, wood engravings and watercolours from her life in Jerusalem, Illinois, Montreal and Vancouver that have never been shown before, will give the viewer a deeper understanding of her beginnings as an artist. This unusual fusion of the visual and the literary arts will provide an intimate insight into the creative process of an artist’s personal journey of dislocation, immigration and the uprooted soul’s wish for permanency and belonging.
The evening begins at 6 pm. with an illustrated talk on the creative process of writing, with references to the art hanging on the walls, which are the reason for and the backbone of Light within the Shadows.
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