


Work on Paper #23
2020
Work on Paper #23 presents a quietly commanding surface in which material and meaning become inseparable. Constructed from pH-neutral cotton paper, cotton thread, and pH-neutral glue mounted on wood, the piece measures just under 70 centimeters in height yet carries a physical presence that exceeds its modest scale. Tsabar has sutured, layered, or otherwise worked the paper into something that hovers between drawing, textile, and low-relief sculpture, inviting close looking at the seams and textures that animate its surface. The deliberate use of archival, acid-free materials signals a commitment to longevity, while the handmade quality of the thread and glue work gives the piece an intimacy more often associated with the body than with paper. Naama Tsabar, born in Israel in 1982 and now based in New York, has built a widely recognized practice around the idea that sculpture can become a site of participation, sound, and feminist reclamation. Her larger installations are frequently performed upon by collaborators who identify as female or non-binary, and that same politics of touch and activation runs quietly through even her works on paper. Work on Paper #23 can be understood as a distillation of those concerns, a piece in which the physical act of making, the pressure of thread against paper, the grain of cotton against cotton, stands in for the corporeal energy that drives her broader sculptural thinking. The work arrives signed by the artist, without a frame, allowing the collector to make considered choices about presentation and context. For a collection attentive to the intersections of materiality, feminist thought, and contemporary sculpture, it represents a concentrated and lasting example of Tsabar's vision.
- Medium
- PH-neutral cotton paper, cotton thread, pH-neutral glue, and wood
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · KINOSAITO Benefit Auction
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