Israeli Modern Arts and Crafts from 2008 to 2002
Post date: Jun 23, 2011 10:38:55 PM
Art in reverse chronological order, by Israeli designer Ezri Tarazi.
'Per Capita' Exhibition 2008
"It is his work outside the industrial system that Ezri Tarazi has used as a forum for political comment. His 2008 'Per Capita' exhibition in Basel featured, among other pieces, a sofa called 'Crowded', consisting of a chaotic aggregation of rock-shaped pillows made of parts of various national flags, stitched together in a seemingly random fashion... which suggests, in the designer's words, 'that there is more than one truth and that truths can live together."
via ArchiTonic.com, Design Israel written by author Simon Cowell, Zurich Switzerland, 2009
PROJECT//CROWDED ROCKS 2007
Rihutim:
Neo-Design Pavillion
Tel Aviv, September 2007
Curator: Hatahana- Design Station
via http://www.tarazistudio.com/index.html?project_id=140
NEW DESIGN 2002
Ezri Tarazi NEW DESIGN FROM ISRAEL: Cooper Hewitt New York, January 2002
Curators: Ezri Tarazi, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Curatorial Assistant: Ellen Lupton, Wava Carpenter.
Exhibition design: Tarazi Studio.
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum's Solos Exhibition series presents innovative works by designers living in Israel - a small country at the center of a world discourse... Israeli industry has a dual character: On the one hand, the country supports high-tech industries that produce advanced equipment for world markets; on the other, Israel has few manufacturers of furniture and domestic goods. This dichotomy pushes designers to work for industry while also creating small batches and one-off pieces that contribute to modern living.
Most of the pieces are made in the designer's own workshops, using commonly available materials and simple or improvised manufacturing techniques.
They reflect upon change and transformation rather than permanence and perfection. The designers offer transitional solutions to timeless problems... Their voices can be at once hopeful and hesitant, assertive and melancholic....