Israel House
About the piece
Israel House (2009) belongs to Berend Strik's acclaimedsolo exhibition Thixotropy at Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam (13 June– 18 July 2009). The work was created during Strik's journey to East Jerusalemand the West Bank, where he visited both Palestinian and Jewish settlements.
The work forms part of a quartet with Palestinian House, Arafat,and Ramallah, examining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict throughintimate domestic imagery. Together they display everyday scenes with a subtlesubtext of tensions, challenging viewers to look beyond the surface of familiarimagery. A catalogue Thixotropy: Transfixed, Stitched Photographs(Valiz, 2009) accompanied the exhibition with texts by Sophie Berrebi, MatthijsBouw, and Laurie Cluitmans.
Sources: GalerieFons Welters · Artmap review · Valizcatalogue
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