Julien Salaud | Stellar Cave IV

Curator: Aya Lurie
Feb. 14, 2015 - Apr. 11, 2015

The Stellar Cave created by Julien Salaud invites the viewers into a space that encompasses a combination of nature and culture, shamanism, mysticism, and beauty, all of which are in dialogue with body culture in contemporary art. He has created scenes that recall renaissance frescoes and prehistoric wall paintings by interweaving threads, held down by nails, into deer and other local wild animals as well as unearthly beings. These figures seem to have been captured by the web of threads, which defines not only their movement but also its limits. Inspired by medieval aesthetics and traditional craftsmanship, the installation was produced during an artist class held by the artist at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art with Israeli art-school graduates and the artists who
are part of the museum’s educational staff, reflecting Salaud’s dialogue-oriented artistic temperament.

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