Ilana Dotan: Shelf Life
An exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art showcasing the impressive charcoal and graphite drawings by artist Ilana Dotan. Her works, which include magical and photographic realism, focus on inexpensive household items and contemporary packaging materials. Dotan transforms the still-life tradition by focusing on symbols of modern consumer culture.
An exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art showcasing the impressive charcoal and graphite drawings by artist Ilana Dotan. Her works, which include magical and photographic realism, focus on inexpensive household items and contemporary packaging materials. Dotan transforms the still-life tradition by focusing on symbols of modern consumer culture.
The striking charcoal and graphite drawings by Ilana Dotan (b. 1967) are crafted in a magical, almost photographic realism. With flawless technical control, she conveys the texture, materiality, and transparency of cheap, industrial objects from the domestic environment. Dotan transforms the tradition of 17th-century still life into an engagement with contemporary packaging materials, which at their margins symbolize fast-paced, distracted consumer culture.
