Eti Jacobi / Fairies and Donkies

Opening: 17/11/2005   Closing: 24/12/2005

Fairies and Donkies, Exhibition view, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2005
Fairies and Donkies, Exhibition view, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2005
Fairies and Donkies, Exhibition view, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2005
Donkeys and Fairies Installation, Acrylic on Canvas, 100x100cm, 2005
Donkies and Fairies Drawing Installation, Ink on Paper, 35x45cm, 2005
Donkies and Fairies Drawing Installation, Ink on Paper, 35x45cm, 2005
Donkies and Fairies Drawing Installation, Ink on Paper, 35x45cm, 2005

Fairies and donkeys

 

The main body of my work is paintings on black canvas. There is a tradition of painting which reacts to the white canvas, to a blank support.

 

The white is the non-color which is being stained. The non-color of my works is the Black. Of course, the logic of acting towards a blank, black background is different from the logic of acting in response to the white background (like Raffi Lavie or Cy Twombly). Nevertheless, I still take action towards the black in a way which has to do with the way these painters (re)act towards the white.

 

There has always been a figure of a fairy in my works. My painting is the utmost degree of stuttering fairytales.

 

Concerning that, there is a thought that keeps popping up in my head, a suspicion that always bothers me: that in every donkey there hides a fairy.