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Naama Tsabar — Transition
Naama Tsabar

Transition

2016

Transition (2016) presents a large-scale wall-mounted construction in which the physical materials of painting and the functional hardware of sound production are fused into a single, unified object. Stretcher bars and canvas form the structural foundation, while embedded electronics, cables, knobs, and speakers transform the surface into an active instrument capable of generating and transmitting audio. The work measures 223 × 152 × 16.5 cm, giving it a commanding presence that sits at the threshold between sculpture, painting, and sound installation. Tsabar destabilizes the conventional boundaries of each medium, asking the viewer to reconsider what a canvas is permitted to do and what a speaker system is permitted to look like. This piece belongs to a sustained body of work in which Tsabar investigates feminism, architecture, and the body's relationship to built environments and musical performance. Canvas here is not a passive receptacle for paint but a resonating membrane, capable of vibrating and producing sound when activated, a quality that charges the object with latent energy even in its dormant state. The visual language of the work is deliberately restrained, with the tangle of cables and the ordered placement of knobs providing an aesthetic tension between control and improvisation. Collectors acquire not only a striking physical object but also an embedded capacity for activation, lending the work a performative dimension that distinguishes it from static wall-based works. The piece is signed and is presented framed solely by its own structural elements, available through Dvir Gallery.

Medium
Wood, canvas, electronics, cables, knobs, speakers
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Naama Tsabar, Transition, 2016

Transition (2016) presents a large-scale wall-mounted construction in which the physical materials of painting and the functional hardware of sound production are fused into a single, unified object. Stretcher bars and canvas form the structural foundation, while embedded electronics, cables, knobs, and speakers transform the surface into an active instrument capable of generating and transmitting audio. The work measures 223 × 152 × 16.5 cm, giving it a commanding presence that sits at the threshold between sculpture, painting, and sound installation. Tsabar destabilizes the conventional boundaries of each medium, asking the viewer to reconsider what a canvas is permitted to do and what a speaker system is permitted to look like. This piece belongs to a sustained body of work in which Tsabar investigates feminism, architecture, and the body's relationship to built environments and musical performance. Canvas here is not a passive receptacle for paint but a resonating membrane, capable of vibrating and producing sound when activated, a quality that charges the object with latent energy even in its dormant state. The visual language of the work is deliberately restrained, with the tangle of cables and the ordered placement of knobs providing an aesthetic tension between control and improvisation. Collectors acquire not only a striking physical object but also an embedded capacity for activation, lending the work a performative dimension that distinguishes it from static wall-based works. The piece is signed and is presented framed solely by its own structural elements, available through Dvir Gallery.

Medium
Wood, canvas, electronics, cables, knobs, speakers
Dimensions
overall: 223 x 152 x 16.5 cm
Year
2016
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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