Sling Stone Gemstone

In his new solo show, Sling Stone Gemstone, Yashaev is returning to his familiar techniques to manifest pictorial compositions that ask questions about the role of useless archaeological findings. The photographs and installation he is presenting at the exhibition were inspired by his wanderings throughout the kibbutz, where he encountered a languishing archaeological museum hall and a watering hole that existed on the grounds since the Hellenistic period. Photographing these abandoned sites in the kibbutz and reshaping them in his studio, he crafted images that deal with the tension between nostalgia and the struggle over the here and now.

Curator: Ruth Oppenheim.