Tamar Ettun "One Thing Leads to Another: Part 2"
Andrea Meislin Gallery
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Andrea Meislin Gallery presents an exhibition of sculpture and video by Tamar Ettun, One Thing Leads to Another: Part 2. This is the artist's first solo exhibition with the gallery.
Moving to the United States from Israel, Ettun attempted to bridge the gap between the two cultures by relying on symbols with roots in both places. Hot Air Balloons caught her attention because of their similarity to the parachutes she saw during her training in the Israeli Army. Upon graduating from the Yale MFA program (2010), Tamar Ettun received a travel grant that she used to research Hot Air Balloons while traveling from Vermont to San Francisco in forty days.
Through Ettun's travels – reminiscent of both the journeys in Homer's Odyssey and Around the World in Eighty Days – she collected materials and experiences that later formed the basis for her sculptures. In the end, there are forty small sculptures all based on the theme of transportation and movement – one for each day of her journey. Along with the sculptures, the secondary gallery space will feature a video installation projected onto an inflated Israeli Army parachute. In the video, Ettun slowly crosses a field in Vermont as she guides an enormous hot air balloon along with her. The balloon appears to float above Ettun – defying gravity and even pulling her upwards, but at the same time her movement reveals the balancing act she attempts in moving this heavy object along her charted course. Walking in a Field Holding a Hot Air Balloon was filmed in Vermont in conjunction with noted balloonist Brian Boland. Stills from the video will also be on display at the Gallery and available for purchase.
[Image: Tamar Ettun "Walking in a Field Holding a Hot Air Balloon" (Still) (2011)]
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Schedule
from November 19, 2011 to December 17, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-11-19 from 16:00 to 18:00