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"Draw Me a Tree",
2002.
Iron + paint, height 2.5 m,
Castra, Haifa
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My Sister, My Bride,
2001.
Iron + paint, height 2.20 m,
Wadi Nisnas, Haifa
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Tree (Large) No.
1, 1999.
Iron, height 3.10 m. diameter 3 m.
Open Museum, Tefen Industrial Park
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Tree
(Large) No 2, 1999.
Iron, height 3.30 m., diameter 3 m.
Castra, Haifa |
Tree (Large) No.
4, 2002.
Iron, height 3.5 m. Castra, Haifa |
Tree
(Large) No. 6, 2004.
Iron, height 3.10 m. Ein Hod
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Rap-so-dy, 2000.
Iron and bronze, height 1.90 m. |
End of the Giants'
Season, 2001.
Iron and bronze, height 2.5 m. diameter 2.6 m. |
In Mides Yard, 2002.
Instelation on a roof in Wadi
Nisnas, Haifa
Iron and painted Iron, height 3 m.
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Cypress, 2002.
Iron, height 4.5 m. Wadi Nisnas, Haifa
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Landscape
Sculptures
When one considers the body of work that Irit Segal Israeli
has
accumulated over the last few years - iron pictures, outdoor
landscapes, gigantic animals and trees - many qualities
are
evident throughout her creations, both on the thematic
level , and in the art itself, the creative process.
Selecting iron as her canonical material, her insistence
on
creating 'real' works in a word bent on virtual pastimes
is
certainly a primary choice - to leave the beaten track
and walk
through the hinterland, the neglected areas far
from the
main highway.
Preparing the raw material is an important part of Irit
Segal
Israeli's work, consisting essentially of cutting iron
tubes into strips
that obviously retain the radius of the original tube.
That radius is
always there, a permanent element in the collage of components
assembled into a sculpture. Thus, a multiple movementderives
from the positioning and alignment of the strips, manipulated
into
a new state in the sculpture.
Assembled from a wealth of iron pieces, the sculpture
is, indeed,
an act of creation, formed in an ongoing process of addition
and
subtraction, so that the completed work requires no modifications.
This is work that requires constant, active, and powerful
involvement.
In these representations of landscapes and animals, constant
and
careful attention to the biblical texts and tales is far
from mere
awareness. On the contrary, there is an overwhelming sense
that
the artist deliberately emphasizes them, and sometimes
one can
actually discern their presence.
The choice of an earthy, primeval material to conquer
spiritual
realms, to sanctify perpetual yearning is always present
in Irit's works,
bringing to mind two dominant images. Van Gogh's cypresses
is one
of them, and the other is the tree beside Rachel's Tomb,
depicted on
a postage stamp issued during the British Mandate.
Yaakov Dorchin |
Contact
Irit Segal Israeli for more information: 23 Leah Goldberg Street,
Haifa
Tel: 972-4- 8343401 Fax: 972-4- 8341092 Cellular: 972-505-524903
E-mail iritisra@actcom.co.il |