Azkelon
Sigalit Landau
Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris
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- Title
- Azkelon
- Gallery
- Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris
- Year
- 2011
- Duration
- 16 min 46 s
- Format & Technical
Video, loop, colour, sound
Edition of 9 + 2 AP
- In collaboration with
I filmed people playing the “knife” game. Azkelon is a hybrid of Aza (Gaza) and Ashkelon. These two towns share a beach but are separated by a border. The Gaza strip is one of the most crowded districts in the world, populated mostly by refugees and Ashkelon was conceived by Jewish immigrants from Arab countries. From my point of view, young people on both sides play this “game”. Where there is play – there is life. It is an agreement to simple rules: they may win, they may lose; the interaction is possible interaction.
Sigalit Landau
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Sigalit Landau
- Artist
1969, Jerusalem, Israel
Sigalit Landau is one of the most important Israeli artists working today. Her complex works touch on a number of social, humanitarian, and ecological issues, embracing topics such as homelessness, banishment, the relationships between victim and victimizer and between decay and growth. She achieves this through a diverse range of materials such as salt, sugar, sand, bronze, marble, and readymade objects. Much of her work is concerned with the human condition and the body (often her own) is a key motif. Landau first represented Israel at the Venice Biennale in 1997 in a group show, followed by a solo presentation in the Israel national pavilion in 2011. She has featured in numerous exhibitions and museums, such as Documenta X in 1997, MoMA, New York in 2008 and a retrospective at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) in 2014. Her work is found in many major collections, including MoMA and Centre Pompidou
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Galerie Christophe Gaillard
- Address
- 5, rue Chapon , 75003, Paris, France
- Phone
- +33 1 42 78 49 16
- Website
- galeriegaillard.com
Founded in 2007 rue de Thorigny, Paris, the gallery moved, in October 2015, to its 450m2 new location in the Marais, with two distinct spaces : FRONT SPACE and MAIN SPACE. Though it shouldn’t be seen as one of its guidelines, the Galerie Christophe Gaillard is proud to be working with many women artists. The gallery can be seen as a trajectory space for a new generation of emerging artists (Michelle Lopez, Rachel de Joode, Letha Wilson). It also represents great figures of contemporary art (Hélène Delprat, Sigalit Landau). Futhermore, working with the agreement of the estate, the gallery aims at enhancing the pertinence of recognized artists from the 60s to the 90s like Tetsumi Kudo and Daniel Pommereulle in light of actual art practices. The gallery opens up to the international market by developing a network of partner galleries and by taking part in many art fairs such as Paris Photo, Artissima, Loop, NADA, abc berlin, FIAC OFFicielle, Vienna Contemporary…