Heavy Heavenly Bodies, Milani Gallery 2008
Treatment for Hysteria II 2008 Oil and watercolour on resin 20 x 25cm Consumption 2008 Oil on linen 180 x 270cm What Begins Aloud 2008 Oil on Polyester 120 x 150cm The World as I Know it 2008 Oil on polyester 68 x 135 cm Non-Sense 2008 Oil on polyester 25 x 20 cm Man’s place in the world 2008 Oil on polyester 90 x 115 cm West End Grasshoppers 2008 Oil on polyester 29 x 60 cm Icarus as Manager 2008 Oil on polyester 110x 170 cm Fallout 2008 Oil on linen 180 x 270 cm Victory Over the Sun 2008 Oil on polyester 133 x 190cm The Boy 2008 Oil on polyester 35 x 28 cm Amona 2008 Oil on linen 150 x 240 cm
The comb of an electron shower 2008 Oil on polyester 90 x 115 cm The works in Heavy Heavenly Bodies suggest liminal encounters through blurred or hidden identities of forms, where many figures are forsaken but for ghosts. A family processes food under the image of the Doomsday Clock, a lone Jewish settler challenges Israeli security officers at the settlement of Amona (the painting is based on documentary photographer Oded Balilty’s Pulitzer Prize-winning image), and a line of women dressed in national flags reflect current international alliances.
Featured Work
Consumption 2008 Oil on linen 180 x 270cm