Participating Artists
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The Architect: Order Against the Dangers of Nature, 1996, from the series "Professionals," oil on paper, 66 x 100 cm, Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS Ltd., Tel Aviv
Roee Rozen
Representations of handicrafts began appearing in Roee Rosen's paintings in the early 1990s. This combination stemmed from a desire to engage with practices that have traditionally been marginalized in the history of art, and to efface the historical hierarchy between "high" and "low." The assimilation of a handicraft identified with femininity into painting, which is considered to be fundamentally "masculine," is also related to Rosen's interest in flexible models of gender identity. The Architect: Order Against the Dangers of Nature is the last work in the series "Professionals." It features various Nazi and pornographic symbols that "contaminate" pastoral European scenes. Two Educational Carpets and a Stain involves a parody of sorts on genre painting, whose sweetness is undermined by pornographic and historical allusions. The doubling created by the two carpets embodies the concept of bifurcated or multiple identities, which is a fundamental component of Rosen's works.
Born in Rehovot, 1963; lives and works in Bnei Zion
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