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, […]