60 MINUTES on

Selected (feminist-craft-oriented) Projects

METASEX94 (1994)

OVERCRAFT (2003)

BOYSCRAFT (2007)

Visiting Curator Lecture Series

FIU Department of Art and Art History

March 6, 2015

METASEX94

1994

Ein Harod Museum of Art

Bat Yam Museum (MOBY)

Miriam Cabessa There is Nothing To Do, 1994 Glass cabinet with taxidermied animals

Anat Zahor Urination, video, 1994

Ariane Littman Untitled, 1994 Wall installation with female mannequin legs, slide viewer, fabric and wood

Anat Betzer Room installation with doormats and wool-woven tapestries, 1994

Anat Betzer Room installation with doormats and wool-woven tapestries , 1994

Anat Betzer Detail of tapestry, 1994

Ganit Mayslits-Kassif, Building Components, 1994 Wood, feathers, glass, liquids, latex and plaster

Ganit Mayslits-Kassif, Building Components, 1994 Wood, feathers, glass, liquids, latex and plaster

Ganit Mayslits-Kassif, Building Components, 1994 Wood, glass, candies

Nir Hod Woman-Soldiers, 1994 Photo transfer, oil on canvas, glitter, triptych

Nir Hod Woman-Soldiers, 1994 Photo transfer, oil on canvas, glitter, triptych (detail)

Hila Lulu Lin No More Tears, 1994 video

Hila Lulu Lin Cold Blood (A Poem in Three Parts), 1996 Computer generated images on fabric and paper

General view of MetaSex at the Bat Yam Museum, Israel

OVERCRAFT

2003

The Art Gallery, Haifa University

Artists’ House, Tel Aviv

OverCraft presents 15 Israeli women-artists who distinctively use an obsessive

and decorative visual language in order to reveal various aspects of

feminist-oriented issues, such as the body, woman-nature relationship,

gender labor politics and pornography.

„Obsession‟ is defined in the dictionary as a domination of one‟s thoughts or

feelings by a persisting idea, image or desire. In psychology this term is

explained as a sort of neurosis characterized by emotionally charged

compulsion. The term “compulsive-obsessive” is common to refer to any

exaggerated preoccupation with something. „Decoration‟ related to

ornamentation, beauty and craftsmanship. OverCraft will focus between

these two terms.

Participating artists:

Tal Amitai, Hilla Ben-Ari, Aya Ben Ron, Miri Chais, Meital Katz-Minerbo,

Alice Klingman, Shula Kobo, Vera Korman, Tal Matzliah, Dina Schupak,

Michal Shamir, Dina Shenhav, Naomi Siman Tov, Merav Sudaey, Yael

Yudkovik

Hilla Ben-Ari Mechanized Flow, 2003

Aya Ben-Ron The Four Seasons (Autumn) 2003

Aya Ben-Ron The Four Seasons (Summer) 2003

Aya Ben-Ron The Four Seasons (Spring) 2003

Aya Ben-Ron The Four Seasons (Winter) 2003

Michal Shamir Untitled, 2003

Michal Shamir Untitled, 2003

Michal Shamir Untitled, 2003

Michal Shamir Untitled, 2003

Michal Shamir Untitled, 2003

Michal Shamir Untitled, 2003

Tal Matzliah Not Tasty, 2003

Tal Matzliah Not Tasty, 2003

Yael Yudkovik Polynomos, 2004 Ceramic floor installation

Meital Katz-Minerbo The Hairy Scary Woman, 2004

Merav Sudaey 32A, 2004

BOYSCRAFT

2007

Haifa Museum of Art

AVAF, Butch Queen 4, 2005, wallpaper installation Edna Ohana, Filiality, 2007, wax sculpture of Uri Gershuni on a sewing machine

Edna Ohana, Filiality, 2007, wax sculpture of Uri Gershuni on a sewing machine

AVAF, Butch Queen 4, 2005, wallpaper installation

Masculinity /Macho Stereotypes

Violence. Aggression. Strength. Competitiveness

Assaf Rahat

Untitled, 2003

parcel twine,

thread, glue

Assaf Rahat

The Sacrifice of Isaac

2003

parcel twine,

thread, glue

Ashraf

Fawakhry

Ikhtilal

(Unsteadiness),

2002

embroidery

threads, nails

and acrylic on

plywood

Ashraf Fawakhry

Ikhtilal (Unsteadiness),

2002 embroidery threads,

nails and acrylic on plywood

Tom Gallant, The Collector II: Acanthus, 2005, paper cut, glass and wood

Ramazan Bayrakoğlu, Car, 2005, satin cloth, 135 x 315 cm

Ramazan Bayrakoğlu, Car, 2005, satin cloth, 135 x 315 cm (detail)

Guy Zagursky, Fat Boy, the King is Dead, 2007, wood carving, 100 x 240 70 cm

Military subjects or

Patriotic References

Lior Shvil, Rough Cut, 2006-2007 (video still), single-channel video

Dave Cole, The Knitting Machine MASS MOCA, 2005 (video still)

Expressions of Loss and Healing

Oliver Herring, Untitled (Flowers for Ethyl Eichelberger), 1993, knit Mylar

Oliver Herring, Untitled (Flowers for Ethyl Eichelberger), 1993, knit Mylar

Kristian Kožul, Wheelchair I, 2003, from the series "Discoware," wheelchair, chrome

beads, mirrors, rhinestones, feathers, rotating platform, 120 x 100 x 80 cm

Kristian Kožul, Wheelchair I, 2003, from the series "Discoware," wheelchair, chrome

beads, mirrors, rhinestones, feathers, rotating platform, 120 x 100 x 80 cm

Kristian Kožul, Wheelchair I, 2003, from the series "Discoware," wheelchair, chrome

beads, mirrors, rhinestones, feathers, rotating platform, 120 x 100 x 80 cm

Erez Israeli, Fields of Flowers, 2005 (installation detail), glass beads

threaded on plastic netting, 35 x 360 x 260 cm

Post-colonial Approaches Exoticized Perception

of Authenticity Preoccupation with

‘Otherness’

El Anatsui, Another Man's Cloth, 2006, found aluminum, copper wire, 366 x 495 cm

El Anatsui, Another Man's Cloth

2006 (detail)

El Anatsui, Another Man's Cloth

2006 (detail)

Tim Curtis, Untitled 2, 2005, from the "Labor series," 365 men's ties, wood

Tim Curtis, Untitled 2, 2005, from

the "Labor series," 365 men's ties,

wood (details)

Nick Cave

Soundsuit, 2006

found fabric, beads,

sequins, mirrors

and thread

245 x 63 x 36 cm

Nick Cave

Soundsuit, 2006

found fabric, beads,

sequins, mirrors

and thread

245 x 63 x 36 cm

General view

Nicholas Hlobo, Unongayindoda (One Who Almost Looks Like a Woman), 2005-2006

Installation: dress, handbag and boots, organza, rubber and ribbon, 260 x 600 x 330

The Homosexual Discourse

and Queer Theories

Stephan Goldrajch

22h38, 2007, color print

edition 1/3, 70 x 70 cm

Stephan Goldrajch, 22h38, 2007, color print, edition 1/3, 70 x 70 cm

Gil Yefman, Untitled, 2007 (installation detail), knitting with wool and

thread, fabric, lace, plastic

Gil Yefman, Untitled, 2007 (installation detail), knitting with wool and

thread, fabric, lace, plastic

Servet Koçyiğit, Sometimes, 2005, crochet tapestry, polyester thread, textile

hardener, 11.5 x 673 cm

Servet Koçyiğit, Sometimes, 2005, crochet tapestry, polyester

thread, textile hardener, 11.5 x 673 cm

Francesco Vezzoli, Cyd Charisse Is an Embroider, 2001, 2 b/w laser prints on

canvas with metallic embroidery and golden frame, 59 x 49 cm each

Francesco Vezzoli, The End (Teleteatro), 1999 (video still), from "An

Embroidered Trilogy," 1997-1999, directed by Carlo Di Palma, with Valentina

Cortese; video stills

Francesco Vezzoli, The End (Teleteatro), 1999 (video still), from "An

Embroidered Trilogy," 1997-1999, directed by Carlo Di Palma, with Valentina

Cortese; video stills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiyWW7RTtSw

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiyWW7RTtSw

General view

General view

Gal Weinstein

Huliot, 2004 (detail)

perforated PVC pipe

diameter: 15 cm; height: 323

Shaul Tzemach, Concretion, 2005-2007, paper cut, 70 x 100 cm

Haimi Fenichel

Homebox, 2004-2005

carving, Ytong block

30 x 30 x 30 cm

Haimi Fenichel

Passive Aggressive, 2007

carving, Ytong block

30 x 5 x 5 cm