Dana Darvish | The Paintings are Nearly Gone

The Paintings are Nearly Gone

The Jerusalem Artist's House, 2015
Part of the exhibition "Gatherer / Nonfunctional Display"

Curator: Tali Ben Nun

"Dana Darvish furnishes absence with a physical presence, inviting the viewer to dive in. In "The Paintings are Nearly Gone" she presents a photograph of Pierre Jahan documenting one of the Louver halls on the eve of the German invasion of France in 1939, after his major works had been removed to a safe haven. The photograph perpetuates the visual aspect of the avoid as evidence of the historical and political repercussions determining the destiny of the finds..."

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Installationm View
Photography: Liat Elbling

The Louvre Museum, 1939. Photography by Pierre Jahan.
Inkjet print on archival paper. 135x170cm, 2015

Untitled (״Taken for Conservation״)
Sticker on the wall, 2015

Untitled ("A couple in a rowboat watching as their cat jumping into the water. Photography by Nina Leen, 1950s")
Inkjet print on archival paper, 32x42cm, 2014

Untitled (״The Heads are Missing | Abundance is all soulful.")
Ready made. 50x40cm, 2015

Untitled (Horses in my dream)
Inkjet print on archival paper, 44X50cm, 2015