104 Rothschild was exhibit as part of the group exhibition ‘Miscellaneous’, Edmond De Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Ofra Harnam & Nofar Cohen.
I am interested in relics, in ruins that reveal the source, out of a desire to touch the primordial core at the base of the structure. The work is a tribute to the original building on Rothschild Boulevard and the corner of Sheinkin street on Tel Aviv that now serves as the Edmond de Rothschild center. The building was constructed in 1928 and has had many incarnations and undergone historical preservation. The interior spaces have been completely altered; only the building’s façade remains in its original form. The process of preservation has left the building’s shell without a trace of peeling plaster or the marks of time. The work Rothschild 104 consists of three wooden panels, a kind of echo of the tripartite façade. On each panel, I performed actions of removal and addition that reveal and hide material. Using building materials, lines and geometric shapes borrowed from the building’s original floor plans and photographs documenting its history, I turn the spotlight on what is not visible on the surface, on bits of information and past layers covered over and hidden through the years.
Mix Media on wood, 366x735 cm.
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Installation view: Neta Cones
