The sculptures of Jehoshua Rozenman (b. 1955) are not as they first appear. They look robust, monumental, but they are in fact made of fragile glass. These mysterious pieces resemble impossible, secretive buildings that seem to come from another dimension. It is in the tension between fantasy and reality that Jehoshua Rozenman and M.C. Escher meet. This summer, for the first time, Escher in The Palace will combine the two-dimensional world of Escher with the two- and three-dimensional work of Rozenman.
Like Escher, Jehoshua Rozenman is a true craftsman. He takes his time when making his complicated sculptures, and might spend months on one piece, carefully seeking the perfect balance between figuration and abstraction. His use of materials enhances the mystery, as the glass makes his sculptures light, fragile and soft, but also dark, strong and edgy. At the nexus of art and architecture, the viewer discovers in his sculptures influences from movements like the Bauhaus, Futurism and Brutalism.