Artwork as Instrument

Theressa Malone, Picture this Post, April 5, 2023

Dvir Gallery’s NAAMA TSABAR’S LAYERS AND FORMATIONS Invites Viewers To Interact With Art as Musical Instruments 

New York-based artist Naama Tsabar’s Layers and Formations is currently showing at Dvir Gallery in Paris. The exhibition comprises three installations: Works on Felt, the Gaffer series, and the New Yorker series. On the opening night, Tsabar drew each into dialogue when she played the works of art like instruments. Thick panels of curled, earth-colored felt are bound with piano strings and connected to an amplifier. The unexpected melody of these instruments is evident in the accompanying video, in which the position of the felt, the tension of the string, and the shape of the artist’s body work in unison to produce a range of sounds.
 
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