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Born in Haifa Israel, 1974 |
| About the Artist | |
In her theatre-like installations, Efrat Zehavi depicts the tragic aspect of human existence, albeit not without satire and grotesqueness. Combining sculptures with photographs, décors, video animations and sound, her staged ‘mise-en-scènes’ provoke dialogue within the space of the installations. |
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Refugees
2008 |
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Rita Wizard (Rita Tovenaar)
2008 |
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Wild Wilders (WildeWilders)
2009 |
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Pim Penis (Pim Piemel)
2008 |
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| Still from Animation, detail from the installation Pleader's Prayer |
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Hirsi Mud
2008 |
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| Still from animation, detail from the installation Pleader's Prayer |
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Pleader's Prayer
2008-2009 |
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| The “Pleader’s Prayer” began with a song, was inspired by the allegorical medieval paintings of the ‘Last Judgement’ and developed further as a metaphor for contemporary social and political reality, with an emphasis on the subject of immigration. For Zehavi the subject of immigration is inextricably bound to topics such as violence, xenophobia, loss of identity, cultural alienation and existential anxiety. In the installation these subjects are reflected also in the private domain. It elaborates the universal struggle between the ‘self’ and the ‘other’ and the relationship between ‘man’ and ‘woman’.
¬Politicians in the Netherlands involved in major disputes regarding immigration and integration are portrayed in the animations in the “Pleader’s Prayer”. These animations, along with the entire installation, reflect the frustration and powerlessness of humankind. Towering above them all, not ‘Jesus’, but an advocate, a pleader, a man is singing a prayer defending humanity beyond Good and Evil.
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Pleader's Prayer
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Pleader's Prayer
2008-2009 |
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| Sculptures: Papier-Maché, plaster, wax
7 TV + 7 Animtions in loop
painted wood (furnitures) |
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Pleader's Prayer (detail)
2008-2009 |
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| Sculptures: Papier-Maché, plaster, wax 7 TV + 7 Animtions in loop painted wood |
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Pleader's Prayer (detail)
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| Education and biography | |
| Education 2001-2003 Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, MFA Plymouth University of Arts and Education, UK, MFA 2000 The School of Visual Art, course design for stage, Jerusalem, Israel 1995-1999 Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel, BFA, com laude Solo Exhibitions - 2009 ‘Pleader’s Prayer’, Art Amsterdam Solo Edition Gallery Onno van Toor, Amsterdam, NL - 2008 ‘Passportraits’, Kunstvlaai A.P.I. Westergasterrein, Amsterdam, NL - 2007 ‘Crime Scenes, Onno van Toor Gallery, Rotterdam, NL - 2005 ‘Dreaming.doc’, Nora gallery, Jerusalem, IL - 2005 ‘Heroes Displeasure City’, Gallery Rosh Hanikra, IL - 2005 ‘Fireland’, Galerie Dvergur, Reykjavik, IC - 2004 ‘Leben? Oder Theater?’ Project Space De 5er, Rotterdam, NL Selected Group Exhibitions - 2009 ‘Klankvelden’, Pand Paulus, Scheidam NL - 2008 ‘Horen, Zien, Zwijgen’, Galerie 300 procent, Rotterdam, NL - 2008 ‘WEDERZIJDS - kunst in context’, Het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, NL (catalogue) - 2008 Biennale Ramat Hasharon for young artists, Tel Aviv, IL (catalogue) - 2008 ‘Art ID’, Arti 08, Den Haag, NL - 2008 ‘Between Artist & Subject’, ABC Treehouse Gallery, Amsterdam, NL - 2008 ‘KUNSTPUNKTE’, Onomato, Dusseldorf, DE - 2008 ‘Image’, Artots, Den Bosch, NL - 2008 Group exhibition, Onno van Toor Galerie, Rotterdam, NL - 2007 ‘Be(com)ing Dutch’, Museum Nacht van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL - 2007 ‘We (don’t) need another hero’, Gil & Moti Homegallery, Rotterdam, NL - 2007 ‘Desert Generation’, Ha’kibbutz Israeli art gallery, Tel Aviv, IL - 2007 ‘Virtual-residency’, Unesco Weltkultuerbe, Völklingen, DE (catalogue) - 2007 Art-store kunstambassade, Pictura, Dordrecht, NL (catalogue) - 2006 ‘Rotterdam(inter)nationaal’, Art-store kunstambassade, Rotterdam, NL - 2006 ‘Terror?’, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, - 2006 ‘Open Draw’, Open Source Art, Champaign, Illinois - 2006 ‘Made in Rotterdam’, Gil & Moti Homegallery, Rotterdam, NL - 2005 ‘Highspot’, Gil & Moti Homegallery, Rotterdam, NL (Duo) - 2003 ‘Displeasure City’, TENT, Rotterdam, NL - 2003 Museum Night, Gil & Moti Homegallery Rotterdam, NL (duo) - 2002 ‘Point of view’, Galerie des FORUM, Nordersted, DE - 2002 ‘Amsterdam Visite’, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL - 2002 ‘Ramble’, RAM gallery, Rotterdam, NL - 2002 ‘Madam, I am Adam the organization of private life’, Galerie der Kunstuniversitat,Linz, AUT - 2002 ‘Penetration’, Bar David Museum, Kibbutz Baram, IL (catalogue) Residencies - February-May 2007 EKWC European Ceramic Work Centre, Den Bosch, NL - 1st International Open Art Residency 16-30 July 2008, Eretria, GR |
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