

October 13 2019 – July 5 2021
2021
October 13 2019, July 5 2021 presents a pair of shoes animated by a concealed motor and battery, set in motion by the steady pulse of a metronome. Naama Tsabar transforms an intimate, body-worn object into a restless performer, the shoes tapping or shifting in rhythmic response to a mechanical heartbeat that operates independently of any human presence. The work belongs to Tsabar's ongoing investigation into the residue of bodies, the persistence of gesture, and the tension between stillness and compulsion. By titling the piece with two specific dates, the artist inscribes personal or historical time directly into the object, inviting the collector to hold an open question about what occurred between those coordinates and what the interval between them might mean. Tsabar is recognized internationally for sculptures and performances that treat materials as sites of latent energy, often embedding sound-producing mechanisms within objects associated with femininity, labor, or intimacy. Here the metronome introduces a temporal architecture that never resolves, a counting without destination that gives the work an almost anxious quality alongside its formal precision. The shoes retain their specificity as garments shaped by a body, yet they are now uncoupled from that body entirely, animated instead by a logic that is rhythmic and indifferent. This tension between the personal and the mechanical is central to Tsabar's practice and gives the sculpture its emotional complexity. The piece is signed and offered through Spinello Projects, a gallery with a strong curatorial commitment to artists working at the intersection of sculpture, sound, and conceptual practice. At roughly 28 by 18 by 39 centimeters, the work is compact enough to occupy an intimate domestic or institutional setting while commanding sustained attention through its quiet, persistent movement. Collectors drawn to time-based sculpture, feminist materiality, or the poetics of the body will find in this work a rigorous and affecting addition to any collection.
- Medium
- Shoes, metronome, motor and battery
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Spinello Projects, Miami, FL
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Spinello ProjectsView on map
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