Ría, everything remembered is dear, everything remembered is there
Works by Lihie Talmor and Ruti Talmor
This exhibition assembles 33 prints, including photogravures and photo-etchings, that capture a deeply personal trip across the American South by the mother-daughter duo Lihie Talmor and Ruti Talmor, as they followed Elvis Presley’s early steps. “Eventually, like my mother, I was entranced by the mystery that seemed to sit at the core of [Elvis Presley]; there was something unreachable, ungraspable, about him that we wanted to understand. He was a multiplicity of things and yet the essence of him was none of these. How do you capture something that doesn’t leave a trace? What do we leave behind after we are gone?” says Ruti Talmor, whose road diary provides intimate and evocative reflections and insights into their two-week odyssey.
Focusing on the years between Elvis’s anonymity and stardom, the pair charted the locations of his first performances, while gathering anecdotes from locals who knew him personally and those who had experienced the seismic shift that his fame brought to the deep South. Through a visual and narrative journey that combines art with introspective inquiry, the show offers a vivid picture of the experiences and landscapes they found while passing through Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. “The final work doesn’t always directly depict the original location, but rather the relationship between humans and place, the landscape, and its environment as they exist. I utilize photography and etching as tools for interpretation and divergence,” says Lihie.
“We always began with the encounter: How did you know Elvis? What did he mean to you? But this always led outward onto the identity of the American South, and inward into people’s understanding of themselves.”
“As photogravures, Lihie has imbued them with haunting, longing, loss, wonder, and possibility. Something tickles at the edge of our vision; something dances deep within the stillness of the image.”
– Ruti Talmor
Ría, todo lo que se recuerda se quiere, todo lo que se recuerda existe
Obras de Lihie Talmor y Ruti Talmor
This exhibition assembles 33 prints, including photogravures and photo-etchings, that capture a deeply personal trip across the American South by the mother-daughter duo Lihie Talmor and Ruti Talmor, as they followed Elvis Presley’s early steps. “Eventually, like my mother, I was entranced by the mystery that seemed to sit at the core of [Elvis Presley]; there was something unreachable, ungraspable, about him that we wanted to understand. He was a multiplicity of things and yet the essence of him was none of these. How do you capture something that doesn’t leave a trace? What do we leave behind after we are gone?” says Ruti Talmor, whose road diary provides intimate and evocative reflections and insights into their two-week odyssey.
Focusing on the years between Elvis’s anonymity and stardom, the pair charted the locations of his first performances, while gathering anecdotes from locals who knew him personally and those who had experienced the seismic shift that his fame brought to the deep South. Through a visual and narrative journey that combines art with introspective inquiry, the show offers a vivid picture of the experiences and landscapes they found while passing through Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. “The final work doesn’t always directly depict the original location, but rather the relationship between humans and place, the landscape, and its environment as they exist. I utilize photography and etching as tools for interpretation and divergence,” says Lihie.
“Siempre comenzábamos con el encuentro: ¿Cómo conociste a Elvis? ¿Qué significaba él para ti? Pero esto siempre conducía hacia el exterior, hacia la identidad del sur de Estados Unidos, y hacia el interior, hacia la comprensión de las personas sobre sí mismas.”
“Como photogravures, Lihie los ha impregnado de zozobra, anhelo, pérdida, asombro y posibilidad. Algo cosquillea en el borde de nuestra visión; algo baila en el centro de la quietud de la imagen.”
– Ruti Talmor