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Installation, Wood on Plywood
Size: 35 W x 35 H x 11 D in
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This installation is composed of eight wall sculptures, 35 " x 35" x 11" each, that can be organized in various ways with a varying number of units. Each piece is composed of two kinds of plywood - weathered and new. The dividing line between them is based on the Renaissance idea of the Golden Section, which describes a relationship of measurements. For example, in a two-dimensional painting, the ratio of the short side to the long side is the same as the ratio of the long side to the sum of both the long and short sides. Mathematically, this is approximately 8:13, and that is how I decided on the proportion of the two kinds of wood that make up each piece. The contrast between the new and weathered wood plus the kinds of shadows that are cast as a result of their placement are what give each piece its character. For me, these pieces have a calm and contemplative quality. Since wood is a humble material, I named the pieces for the place names in Babylonia and Palestine where the Talmudic academies were located, which is now present-day Iraq and Israel. That is where Jewish law was debated and discussed by rabbinical scholars between the 3rd and 6th centuries CE. The Talmud is a record of those discussions and is still intensively studied today.
Installation:Wood on Plywood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:35 W x 35 H x 11 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Part of my concerns are with the inherent qualities of particular materials, such as sheet metal, wood, paper, wax, plaster, and clay. Beyond an Oriental sensitivity to simple materials and natural processes, I am interested in the irregularities and imperfections that result from the activity of forming each piece. Such irregularities and imperfections appear all the more significant when one compares one object to the next; hence, the repetitive nature and serial form of my work. After having made these pieces, I find myself concerned with how age and time transform each work by their cumulative effect on the materials involved. Metal rusts, wood decays, paper becomes brittle, etc. Everything in this world breaks down and decays over time. We are all transformed with the passage of time. Although the pieces exude a Zen-like feeling partly due to their minimalism, spareness, and use of natural materials, most of the titles have a basis in Jewish history and religion, which formed an important part of my educational background. Aside from fabricating my works in a series, I have also given my pieces titles that come from names in a series, whether they be the kings of Israel and Judah, the Judges, the high priests during the Second Temple period, the orders of the Mishnah, or the place names in Babylonia and Palestine, where the Talmud was compiled. Above such concerns, however, I hope these works suggest a spirituality – a mysterious depth which we try to approach but cannot really know.
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