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Reuven Israel: In Four Acts

Past exhibition
3 November - 20 December 2018
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Overview
Reuven Israel, In Four Acts

Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to present In Four Acts, a solo exhibition of new sculptures by Israeli-born, Brooklyn-based artist Reuven Israel. This will be the artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.

 

In Four Acts features a series of new works that occupy the floor and walls of the gallery. Each sculpture originates in a flat, compact state, but is modular and has the potential to expand to form multiple variations of itself.

 

The exhibition title refers to the dynamic state of the exhibition. During the course of the show, the works gradually unfold from minimal configurations into more elaborate adaptations. Each sculpture will change four times over the course of the exhibition, with each modification resulting in a new visual landscape.

 

 

The sculptures are constructed from multiple segments of precisely-cut oak hinged together with brass hardware. The faces of each segment are coated with paint and lacquer, shifting subtly through spectrums of color. As the viewer moves around the pieces, parts appear to either recede or protrude, while the materials used for these works echo the materials used in the gallery’s architecture, creating a dialogue and a growing tessellation within the space.

 

This new body of work marks a shift in Israel’s practice, emphasizing the idea of sculptures existing in a changeable state. By departing from a fixed form as the basis for his works, Israel proposes sculptures that are the sum of multiple possibilities, creating an evolution—with regards to shape, scale, and pattern—within a single artwork.

 

When the sculptures are set into their final, open positions, they often contain more negative space than mass, which allows the surrounding architecture to further inform and complicate the exhibition. The sculptures point to a broad range of references, from the staggered pixelation of enlarged digital images to the dense geometric patterns of indigenous weavings; their contours relate to architectural structures and have a physical presence that evokes the body. The four different expressions of the exhibition are separate acts, moments in time captured from a longer performance in which the sculptures become the actors and the gallery’s architecture becomes the stage.

 

Works
  • Reuven Israel Untitled Folding Object 58A, 2018 Oak, paint and brass hardware 89 x 20.5 x 1.5 inches
    Reuven Israel
    Untitled Folding Object 58A, 2018
    Oak, paint and brass hardware
    89 x 20.5 x 1.5 inches
  • Reuven Israel Untitled Folding Object 36A, 2018 Oak, paint and brass hardware 91 x 14.75 x 14.25 inches
    Reuven Israel
    Untitled Folding Object 36A, 2018
    Oak, paint and brass hardware
    91 x 14.75 x 14.25 inches
  • Reuven Israel Untitled Folding Object 31A, 2018 Oak, paint and brass hardware 83 x 7.25 x 1.5 inches
    Reuven Israel
    Untitled Folding Object 31A, 2018
    Oak, paint and brass hardware
    83 x 7.25 x 1.5 inches
  • Reuven Israel Untitled Folding Object 16b, 2018 Oak, paint and brass hardware 94.25 x 7.25 x 24.5 inches
    Reuven Israel
    Untitled Folding Object 16b, 2018
    Oak, paint and brass hardware
    94.25 x 7.25 x 24.5 inches
  • REUVEN ISRAEL Untitled Folding Object 55A,, 2018 Oak, paint and brass hardware 23.5 inches wide, height and depth variable
    REUVEN ISRAEL
    Untitled Folding Object 55A,, 2018
    Oak, paint and brass hardware
    23.5 inches wide, height and depth variable
  • REUVEN ISRAEL Untitled Folding Object 27A,, 2018 Oak, paint and brass hardware Dimensions variable
    REUVEN ISRAEL
    Untitled Folding Object 27A,, 2018
    Oak, paint and brass hardware
    Dimensions variable
Installation Views
  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

  • Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

    Reuven Israel, In Four Acts, installation view

Press
  • Reuven Israel. Unfolding Object 36A, 2018

    artillery: shulamit nazarian - reuven israel

    Jody Zellen, Artillery, December 11, 2018
  • Reuven Israel. In Four Acts, 2018. Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles

    LA Weekly: Reuven israel's post-structuralist play dates

    Shana Nys Dambrot, LA Weekly, November 27, 2018
  • Reuven Israel. Untitled Folding Object 36A, 2018

    ammo: reuven israel | in four acts @ shulamit nazarian

    Catherine Yange, AMMO, November 3, 2018

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