The second part of the installation consists of embroidered ink drawings. Although the ink stains are arbitrarily created and cannot be controlled, their outlines are demarcated by the act of embroidery, which comes to define and domesticate them. In this context, the embroidery appears as a violent act, which injures the canvas in a desperate attempt to give form to the inherently formless stains.
Whereas the circular stretches of drum leather are made to fit into a square frame, the square canvas that forms the support for the ink stains is forced into circular embroidery hoops. These inverse relations between the supports and frames constitute a formal conflict. At the same time, the ink stains resembling maps of charted territories allude to additional, political and social conflicts.

This exhibition was produced with the support of the Ostrovsky Family Fund
Curatorial accompaniment: Efrat Livny

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