Nut Case

Noga Art Gallery
June 22, 2018 – July 27, 2018
Curator: Tali Ben Nun

The exhibition’s title is taken from one of the drawings on display—"Nutcase" The hermetic and complete image of a coconut is not only a metaphor for a tough, hairy shell that resists easy cracking and protects what lies inside (“a hard nut to crack”), but also a symbolic wordplay that, when translated back to its English origin (“nutcase”), evokes a flash of madness, marginality, or instability.

The hollow knock on the coconut shell (knock knock, who’s there?) led me to T.S. Eliot’s poem The Hollow Men:

"We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
… Shape without form, shade without colour,
Paralysed force, gesture without motion."

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Installation view

Installation view

Fresh window
180 x 80 x 25 cm
Glass, led, wood and oil paint
2018

Twinsisters
30 x 40 x 20 cm
Glass and plaster
2018

Armor
40 x 40 x 30 cm
Cast aluminum and plaster
2018

Armor
40 x 40 x 30 cm
Cast aluminum and plaster
2018

Installation view

Installation view

Gray
30 x 25 x 20 cm
concrete
2018

The children
100 x 70 cm
Oil on paper (monotype)
2016

Mother
300 x 220 x 60 cm
Black aluminum foil and metal stand
2018

Cat-Bird
30 x 30 x 20 cm
Glass and plaster
2018

Twinsisters
145 x 40 x 30 cm
Glass, plaster and metal stand
2018

Sleeping smoker
120 x 35 x 35 cm
Plaster, wax, burned wood, fabric, chair and three books
2018

Sleeping smoker
120 x 35 x 35 cm
Plaster, wax, burned wood, fabric, chair and three books
2018

Oval mole
30 x 35 x 40 cm
Black glass, plaster and plasticine
2018

Oval mole
30 x 35 x 40 cm
Black glass, plaster and plasticine
2018

Man and Woman
35 x 30 x 25 cm
Glass
2018

Fist
15 x 20 x 10
Plaster, wax and burned wood
2018

Public Garden
30 x 28 x 28 cm
Cast aluminum
2018

Public Garden
30 x 28 x 28 cm
Cast aluminum
2018

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