Going down from the land
Michal Fuchs Michal Fuchs Going down from the land 2020 Installation, Iron and Aluminum casting, wires, Plastic, water, aluminium profiles, Infusion equipmentCactus: approx. 1 meter high, approx. 70cm diameter / Plants: approx. 24 pieces, each 50-100cm high /pools: approx. 7 pieces, Squares and rectangles, 50-100cm wide / 50-100cm long / 3 cm high Two images […]
Mesusa
Michal Fuchs Michal Fuchs Mesusa, 2018 Wall Installation Steel, Laser cut 400cm x 230cm x x1,2mm Privat collection Oliver Winter Photo: Brigita Kasperaitė, A&O Galerie, Leipzig In her work “Mezuzah (Mezuzah)” Fuchs interprets a Jewish tradition. Mezuzah refers to a writing capsule that is attached to doorposts. Inside the capsule is a klaf, an inscribed parchment with […]
Tefillin, Ktiv hasar
Michal Fuchs Michal Fuchs Tefillin, Ktiv hasar, 2018 Installation / performance played by Hannes Lingenspaper, Laser cutEach 60cm X 4 meter https://player.vimeo.com/video/299622824?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 Tefillin, Ktiv hasar’ is an interpretation of a daily ritual which take place in the jewish tradition. A big part of the people which make the Tefillin ceremony are secular Jews. The five hanging paper […]
Ishmael/Isaac sacrifice: Idea / Model
Michal Fuchs Michal Fuchs Opferung Ismaels / Isaaks: Idee / Modell (Ishmael/Isaac sacrifice: Idea / Model), 2017/18 Installation, Burg Galerie im Volkspark, Halle (Saale), Germany Iron, Magnets, Wire, Wood, Lasercut Etienne Dietzel „Michal Fuchs’ two part installation is based on two historical and holy texts: the narrative of the sacrifice of Isaac in the Old […]
Akedat’
Michal Fuchs Michal Fuchs Akedat’ / Binding of (Die Opferung von), 2016 2 Collageseach: 220 x 386 mm In The Quran Ishmael is the son which Abraham sacrifice to god, in the judaism it is Isaac. The words from the Bible and the Quran where cut out, and instead reminds are the holes (a wall).The collages […]
To sleep in eternal repose
Michal Fuchs Michal Fuchs Tsu shlofn in eybiker ru / To sleep in eternal repose, 2016 Artist’s book, Edition of 3 books, Handmade paper, collages, hot stamping, laser printing. Coptic binding / 245 X 185 mm Many of the Yiddish folk lullabies symbolize, directly or indirectly, the spiritual-cultural world of the diaspora Jew. The eternal dreamer, with no roots, […]