Tal Frank | The Ministry of Culture and Sport’s 2009 Awards for Art and Design

Curators: Dana Orland and Dalia Levin
Sep. 4, 2010 - Jan. 8, 2011

Untitled, 2010, sculpture
Tal Frank
Tal Frank’s helmets’ kisses correspond with significant moments in the history of sculpture. The readymade taken from everyday life, in this case helmets, gains new meaning when it is mounted on the museum’s wall in a sculptural composition. However, the familiar object, the helmet, is in fact a replica of the original. These are only seemingly helmets, and therefore lack the heroism of the original. The circular and precise installation imbues the helmets with a delicate, uncharacteristic air, like beads in a necklace.

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