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My sculpture expresses my relationships and world views on personal issues such as intimacy, pregnancy, life and death, the interaction between tiny, inconsequential mankind and major bureaucratic institutions, and in global matters such as the environment, recycling of industrial waste, preservation of commodities that have a link to history, and more. My creations are comprised of a number of materials: bronze, epoxy, polyester, and, in recent years, I have created sculptures made primarily from railway waste: wooden templates of railroad cars, pieces of track, motor parts, wheel systems and more. These sculpture materials were taken from a foundry for railroad car parts, which serviced all of the trains in the Middle East from 1931 to 1948, and then serviced Israel Railways until 1952. My wood pieces are constructed of balanced, round shapes, a sort of impression of non-functional objects that exist in our lives, hinting at the modern inspiration of urban architectural structures that remind us of ancient monuments or temples. The conversion of these wooden templates, which have been abandoned for decades, into artistic creations, while maintaining the authenticity of the material, illustrates how history obtains another meaning and becomes a living project. The items taken from industrial sites expose us to the historical chain of creation, and serve as a monumental source for inspiration. Our present history's dimension of time is shrinking and coming into creation before our very eyes, and excites me from a creative aspect by impressing new uses upon existing elements. Most of the elements have been taken from used and spare parts sites for trains and tracks, and can be interpreted as a challenge or an expression of longing for the so familiar and conventional motifs that appear in the history of art. |
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