Yaakov Dorchin

Shelter, 2020

Bronze, H. 80 cm  × diameter 4 meter 

Shelter seems to have grown among the trees and shrubs, as though it had risen from the earth itself. Dorchin creates a form that recalls an ancient relic or a natural structure, such as a tree trunk, a rock, or a piece of bark torn from the ground. It is precisely through this act of ripping away that the sculpture creates a space, however ephemeral or imagined, of .protection and introversion

Meet the Artist:
Yaakov Dorchin is a sculptor, recipient of the Israel Prize for Visual Arts, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Haifa. During the 1980s, he established himself as one of Israel’s leading sculptors. His works are displayed in numerous public and private collections in Israel and abroad, including the collections of the Israel Museum and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. His sculptures are installed at institutions of higher education, the Knesset, and in public spaces throughout Israel.

Eden Bannet

Road Fossil, 2026

Tire imprint, sand, polymer plaster, fiberglass fibers
Dimensions Variable

Eden Bannet’s sculpture Road Fossil resembles a fossil, or perhaps a cluster of fossils. In paleontology, the study of ancient life mainly through fossils, one branch focuses on so-called trace fossils: preserved evidence of movement, such as footprints, trails, and other impressions left behind by living organisms. While an object is considered a fossil only if it is at least 10,000 years old, Road Fossil paradoxically attempts to fossilize the imperceptible flow of momentary “real time” by a concrete cast of a tire track impressed in sand.

The sculpture captures a moment that is inherently transient – perhaps even insignificant: an incidental mechanical movement from the present. Oscillating between sculpture and trace, the work inhabits the boundary between nature and infrastructure, heaviness and lightness, and between an everyday momentary action and the desire to preserve, perpetuate, and leave a lasting mark.

The Little Ruler, 2021

Jesmonite, gold, marble, vegetation

1. 52 X W. 22 X D.14 cm

Gotesman’s sculpture depicts a ruler riding his horse, reminiscent of the familiar genre of monumental equestrian statues erected in squares and public spaces all over Europe. Throughout history, the equestrian statue has served to glorify power, authority, heroism, and victory, and to create an idealized image of the leader in the public sphere. In Gottesman’s work, however, the monument has been miniaturized, undermining the aura and sense of power associated with it. The reduced scale transforms the image of the ruler into an almost minuscule and anecdotal object, creating a disconnect between the image’s pretensions and its actual dimensions. Thus, the monument is transformed from a gesture of admiration into an object imbued with ridicule and sarcasm.