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Naama Tsabar — Work On Felt (Variation 8) Bordeaux, 2016
Naama Tsabar

Work On Felt (Variation 8) Bordeaux, 2016

2016

Taut guitar strings stretch across a field of deep bordeaux felt in this striking 2016 work by Naama Tsabar, a piece that sits deliberately at the intersection of sculpture, sound installation, and painting. The strings are functional, tuned, and playable, transforming the wall-mounted object from a purely visual composition into a latent instrument awaiting activation. The rich, wine-colored felt grounds the work in sensory warmth while the tensioned hardware introduces a cool industrial precision, and the dialogue between these two registers gives the piece its quiet, charged energy. Tsabar is widely recognized for her investigations into the politics of space, performance, and the rock and roll tradition, frequently placing her work in conversation with histories dominated by male bodies and voices. The "Work On Felt" series channels those concerns into objects that are as formally rigorous as they are conceptually loaded. Each variation in the series differs in color, scale, and string configuration, meaning that Variation 8 in Bordeaux carries both its own visual identity and a relationship to an ongoing body of thought. Signed by the artist, this work represents a mature and fully realized expression of ideas that have earned Tsabar significant critical attention across international venues. Collectors drawn to work that rewards both immediate aesthetic impact and sustained intellectual engagement will find this piece particularly compelling.

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Naama Tsabar, Work On Felt (Variation 8) Bordeaux, 2016, 2016

Taut guitar strings stretch across a field of deep bordeaux felt in this striking 2016 work by Naama Tsabar, a piece that sits deliberately at the intersection of sculpture, sound installation, and painting. The strings are functional, tuned, and playable, transforming the wall-mounted object from a purely visual composition into a latent instrument awaiting activation. The rich, wine-colored felt grounds the work in sensory warmth while the tensioned hardware introduces a cool industrial precision, and the dialogue between these two registers gives the piece its quiet, charged energy. Tsabar is widely recognized for her investigations into the politics of space, performance, and the rock and roll tradition, frequently placing her work in conversation with histories dominated by male bodies and voices. The "Work On Felt" series channels those concerns into objects that are as formally rigorous as they are conceptually loaded. Each variation in the series differs in color, scale, and string configuration, meaning that Variation 8 in Bordeaux carries both its own visual identity and a relationship to an ongoing body of thought. Signed by the artist, this work represents a mature and fully realized expression of ideas that have earned Tsabar significant critical attention across international venues. Collectors drawn to work that rewards both immediate aesthetic impact and sustained intellectual engagement will find this piece particularly compelling.

Year
2016
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Hand-signed by the artist
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Kunsthaus Baselland

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