A Matter of Black & White, 2013, Video Installation (8 min loop)

Nevet Yitzhak’s piece includes a projection of a manipulated image, a Persian rug, on white paper hung on the wall. The video emulates a rug in the Adaabeh style (from a city by the same name in Iran), presented in black and white. The original decorative elements of the rug slowly move out of the white paper, out of their original and symmetrical frame onto the floor, leaving behind black holes. On the junction between the wall and the floor, the decorative motifs reorganize into a new composition. Yitzhak uses traditional aesthetic elements from classic Muslim art, and gently breaks the balance between them to create a new order.

Biography

Born in Israel, 1975 | Lives and works In Tel-Aviv | Graduated from Musrara in 2003, then continued to MFA in Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (2005-2007) | Presented a Solo Exhibition at KAV 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv (2013), and participated in group Exhibitions in Israel and abroad: Herzliya Museum for contemporary art, Herzliya (2013); Jeanine Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (2011); Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva (2009); Kuandu Museum, Taipei (2009) and more | won the Givon prize for new art from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2013); the Creative Encouragement Award, of Israel ministry of culture & sport (2012); Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Art project (2008 and 2010); Has been chosen to the Artport residency program for 2013-2014.

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