
Work on Felt (Variation 10) Black
2016
A monumental sheet of raw industrial felt, 183 by 140 centimeters of matte black surface, becomes something entirely other in Naama Tsabar's Work on Felt (Variation 10) Black from 2016. Threaded with carbon fiber, piano string, and a guitar tuner, the work sits at the intersection of sculpture and instrument, its familiar textile substrate quietly undermined by the precision hardware embedded within it. The result is an object that reads, at first, as austere and resolved, a minimalist wall-based work in the tradition of process art, yet one that carries latent kinetic and sonic potential within its structure. What distinguishes this series, and this variation in particular, is the direct relationship Tsabar establishes between physical form and acoustic output. Adjusting the tension of the strings does not merely alter the sound the work produces when plucked through its amplifier; it changes the sculpture's physical silhouette entirely, causing the felt to bow outward or flatten in direct correspondence with the pitch. The work is never fully fixed. Its appearance at any given moment reflects the last decision made by whoever engaged with it, making each encounter a continuation of the piece rather than a passive viewing. Tsabar collapses the distance between composer, performer, and object into a single material proposition. For collectors, Work on Felt (Variation 10) Black represents a significant and cohesive statement within Tsabar's broader practice, which has attracted sustained institutional attention internationally. The work is signed and offered in excellent condition, unframed, allowing the felt to retain its raw, unmediated presence against the wall. Its scale commands a room without demanding architectural concessions, and its interactive dimension ensures that it remains generative rather than static over time, a quality that distinguishes it sharply from decorative acquisitions of comparable scale and visual weight.
- Medium
- Felt, carbon fiber, epoxy, guitar tuner, piano string, amplifier
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Dvir GalleryView on map
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