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This dark ceiling without a star |
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23rd April 2010 to 11th June 2010 |
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New works by Noa Lidor |
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Noa Lidor presents a series of new works, in her solo show This dark ceiling without a star. The exhibition comprises a series of in-situ installations, sculpture and drawings that juxtapose the cosmic and the domestic, looking at systems of communication and the process of instilling meaning.
Endless Column is an allusion to Brancusi’s eminent sculpture, referring to the concept of the axis mundi (a cosmic axis) looking at symbolic passages between heaven and earth. Lidor’s version takes another cultural dimension; the piece is made of five identical pairs of nickel-plated candlesticks, alluding to a commandment addressed to married women in Judaism, the ritual of lighting a pair of candles every Friday to inaugurate Sabbath.
Connections between heaven and earth are also present in Lidor’s two other pieces. Field (Andromeda) consists of brass bells of various sizes embedded in a double size mattress. forming the star constellation of Andromeda, named after the eponymous princess in Greek mythology. Field (Perseus) represents another celestial constellation. The work is composed of a series of plastic recorders implanted into a cement ground. In Greek legend, Perseus was the hero who saved Andromeda from death to later became her husband.
Recent works by Noa Lidor include The Mammals at Tate Modern, an installation commissioned by the Tate for their Members Room (2008). She is currently working on a new commission to be shown as part of Drawn From Life at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, UK (2011). Lidor received her BFA at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem in 2001 and her MFA at the Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2004. She lives and works in London.
This dark ceiling without a star is the closing line of the poem Child by Sylvia Plath. |
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Untitled, 2010, drawing, ink, watercolours and carbon copy on paper, 40.5 x 50.5 cm
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