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Belle Shafir and Hanna Ellert: Split Paths of Time / Trumpeldor Gallery


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הצילומים באדיבות Trumpeldor Gallery

08/03/2018 to - 03/06/2018

Belle Shafir and Hanna Ellert: Split Paths of Time
“Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.”  (Anselm Kiefer)
Belle Shafir and Hanna Ellert: Split Paths of Time presents a joint exhibition of artists Belle Shafir and Hanna Ellert, in which their creations reflect the sediments of the past as they drift in the memory of each artist. The exhibition portrays artworks created from a variety of ready-made objects as well as other materials that have been associated with the textile industry and with craft; such as fabrics, threads, yarns, buttons, beads, and more. The artists’ use of crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery, and weaving are traditional techniques whose origins can be found in domestic handicrafts that have been regarded, in the past, as “women’s work. For Shafir and Ellert, these techniques and materials are a visual means of expressing their own experiences and histories.
Belle Shafir’s choice of material is not random, but rather filled with intention and meaning. Suspended crocheted horse hair in Installation (2016-2017), is deeply rooted in her childhood experiences of growing up on a horse ranch in Germany, where she was raised by parents who were both Holocaust survivors. A dense mass of dangling looped chains made from actual horse hair from her father’s ranch creates the sensation of bewilderment in a thick, dark forest, while the sounds of galloping hooves and whinnying horses perforate the air in her multimedia video art work Subortus (2015). These art works are indicative of the landscape and environment of the artist’s birthplace, yet they also allude to her disorientation within her Israeli identity and personal conflict that wavers between the cultures. Her artwork urges the audience to engage in her art through its sensory settings and by movement. Topics pertaining to memory and history are also evident in her Retrospectacle Series (2015), and in her animation video Whisper of Memories (2016), in which people are extracted from old photos from her family album and are reanimated in different settings. Shafir includes herself as a child, appearing as a cartoon character that jumps from scene to scene, as she reconnects to her childhood life through her present-day perspective.
Hanna Ellert uses ready-made materials and while creating the artwork, she transforms their context. A napkin is turned into a dress. A bottle cap can become a hat, a mouth or a spot of color. Anything is possible, and anything can happen as discarded materials find new identities. Events and memories such as her son leaving home to begin his army duty, as well as passed-on memories from her father’s survival of the Holocaust play an important part in Ellert’s process, especially in her drawings, Fly Away Little Bird (2015) series, and Sacrifice (2017). Her childhood memories of her grandparents in traditional Caucasus dress as well as their customs are woven into her intricate sculptures, which are particularly visible in Red Motherhood (2016), and Blue Motherhood (2016). These cocoon-like structures are made from string, yarn, and fragments of old shirts that are wound around ready-made items. They possess an icon-like and spiritual quality, which are reminiscent of the spirit houses of Far East cultures. They shelter her, while allowing her to be absorbed within the work and to be present in that intimate moment.
Shafir’s and Ellert’s creative process is a sort of research and gathering of experience, in which each artist can uncover and grasp their true self, by directing the connecting strand of thought, which leads from one work onto the next, from one path on to another. It is an ever ending journey.
Shira Mushkin, Curator


location - Trumpeldor Gallery

Time - 08/03/2018 to - 03/06/2018

Exhibition opening - 08/03/2018
פתיחת התערוכה "בל שפיר וחנה אלרט: שבילים מפוצלים של זמן" באוצרותה של שירה מושקין תתקיים בגלריית טרומפלדור ביום חמישי, 8 במרץ 2018, כ"א באדר תשע"ח, בשעה 18:30 ברחוב טרומפלדור 19 בעיר העתיקה בבאר-שבע. הכניסה חופשית.


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