9.מירה חרמוני לוין, מזוודה, 1998, שמן על בד, 60X90 סמ, צילום גריגורי קטיןMira Hermoni Levine, Suitcase, 1998, oil on canvas, 60x90 cm, photo Gregory Khatin
Still Life
Curator: Meira Perry-Lehmann
20 Oct — 15 December, 2018
In her exhibition, Mira Hermoni-Levin shows works that were made from 1990 to 2017. Hermoni-Levin paints in oil on canvas, revisiting the same themes over and over again, as if doomed to Sisyphean repetition, in an endless bid to perfect her subjects. Her oeuvre comprises two groups of works: one includes depictions of a girl in a white dress staring frontally at the viewer, possibly a self-portrait or a specter; the other – on view in the current exhibition – portrays still-life objects that are not still. The objects are associated with uprooting, travel, even the Holocaust. Sometimes the painting shows only fragmented objects, and the invisible parts are a secret, that according to the artist not even she is party to. The closed, frayed suitcases had known better days, as had the cupboards, closets, and tables, which also resemble suitcases full of secrets.
Still Life, 9.מירה חרמוני לוין, מזוודה, 1998, שמן על בד, 60X90 סמ, צילום גריגורי קטיןMira Hermoni Levine, Suitcase, 1998, oil on canvas, 60x90 cm, photo Gregory Khatin
Still Life, 8.מירה חרמוני לוין, קערה ותמונה על כוננית, 2014, שמן על בד, 90X60 סמ, צילום גריגורי קטיןMira Hermoni Levine, Bowl and Picture on Chest of Drawers, 2014, oil on canvas, 90x60 cm, photo Gre
Still Life, 2.מירה חרמוני לוין, ואזה לבנה על כוננית, 2012, שמן על פשתן, 100X80 סמ, צילום גריגורי קטיןMira Hermoni Levine A white vase on a chest of drawers, 2012, oil on linen, 100x80 cm, photo Gregor
Still Life, 5.מירה חרמוני לוין, כסא לבד, 2012, שמן על פשתן, 100X80 סמ, צילום גריגורי קטיןMira Hermoni Levine, A chair alone, 2012, oil on linen, 100x80 cm, photo Gregory Khatin