Home Sick
Rotem & Omri Zin-Tamir
7/1/23-9/10/23
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
“The drawing hanging in the center of the room is a 10’x10’ sheet of paper that we made from Abaca and Japanese Kozo fibers. Embedded into the natural fibers are some readymade papers we found in our wallets. After making the smaller sheets, we glued them together using Tapioca glue to make the large piece. Then we impregnated it with a mixture of Pine Resin and Tung Oil to make it more resistant to moisture.
On the final paper, we drafted a blueprint of the floor plans of both of the apartments we were each born in, as each of us remembered them, combined into a single living space. On the other side of the paper, there is a drawing of pliers in a circular chase trying to bite itself, like the Ouroboros – the snake that devours its own tail.
In the background, there is a blue wall with a retractable gate or window bar pattern designed from the same pliers that appears in the drawing. The blue color covering the wall is made of natural Indigo Pigment mixed with a medium of Gum Arabic and White Wine.” – Rotem and Omri Zin-Tamir
Home Sick opens at the Mardag Gallery in the Franconia Commons with a public reception with the artists on Saturday, July 1, 2023 from 2pm-4pm, concurrent with a Music @ Franconia outdoor concert event. The exhibition will run until September 10, 2023.
Please also join Franconia Sculpture Park’s Art Director Sharon Louden in hosting a Virtual Artist Talk with Rotem and Omri Zin-Tamir at 6 pm on Thursday, August 3, 2023 via Facebook Live. Click here to access the Artist Talk.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Rotem and Omri Zin-Tamir immigrated to the United States from Israel in 2011. They both received their Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the Department of Sculpture and Extended Media at VCUarts in Richmond, VA, and a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts from the Bezalel Academy for Art and Design in Jerusalem. Their collaborative work has been exhibited at Locust Projects, Miami, FL ; Artists Workshops Gallery, Tel Aviv; LIT Gallery Chattanooga, TN; they were recipients of the Artis Exhibition Grant, New York, NY, and featured artists in residence at ARC Chattanooga. Omri and Rotem live and work in Minneapolis, MN with their son Oliver where Rotem serves as an Assistant Professor in Sculpture at the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota and Omri has a sourdough bread bakery.
Location
29836 St. Croix Trail
Shafer, MN 55074
Franconia Sculpture Park resides on the ancestral Dakota lands of the Wahpekute in Mni Sota Makoce, along the St. Croix River which also holds significance by the Ojibwe and other Native peoples. We recognize, support and advocate for all Native nations and will actively center Native voices in our work.
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