Hila Kravelnikov Paz: On The Seam
Eretz Israel Museum | Until 31 December
Hila Krabelnikov Paz documents moments and scenes from the religious-national society in which she grew up. Krabelnikov Paz touches on subtle, less talked-about gender issues, such as religious society’s expectations of women and their status in the religious establishment.
She documents fleeting moments from her personal life. She uses simple, disposable materials, such as masking tape, wallpaper, stickers, posters, and pashkvils. The exhibition will also feature a number of free-form embroidery works. The two techniques she uses: masking tape gluing and embroidery, are based on laborious handcrafts – embroidery is associated with women, and the gluing process is reminiscent of “masculine” industrial materials. Both crafts do not allow for mixing colors, and through the Sisyphean and meticulous work of choosing the color of the material, she manages to create an illusion of depth, light, and shadow, simulating brushstrokes in an impressionistic style. The exhibition will feature recent works, combined with new works she created especially for the exhibition that incorporate details from objects from the Pavilion’s collection for Jewish Culture and Folklore, such as women’s head coverings from the 18th-19th centuries.
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