Oberlin College Library - Shelley Goldman

SHELLEY GOLDMAN

"THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN"

The Book Shelley displaying her work

Found Book, acrylic, paint, photocopied photographs, other maps, mod podge, thread

Shelley reading her work

ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
This book comes directly out of my own experiences of living and working in Israel/Palestine, studying the conflict and growing up with stories of the Torah. A common comment I receive after people look at my work is "I really like it but I don't know enough about the current violence". I would like to respond to this sentiment by imploring everyone to educate him or herself about what is happening in Israel/Palestine. Read the New York Times, or better yet, read Ha'aretz online (Israel's daily paper). Or get some books out of the library about the history of the region. A wonderful book to start with that is about the current climate is Drinking the Sea at Gaza by Amira Hass.