Sunday, December 16, 2012 6:30 PM
Opera Gallery, 115 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012

For tickets: http://elem.org/events/

The 5th Annual Israeli Art Auction for ELEM- Israeli Youth in Distress
Public Auction by Mr. Eric Silver of the PBS Antiques Roadshow and Lillian Nassau Gallery

Naama Tsabar






Title: Study For Work On Paper (Variation 4)
Year: 2012
Size: 8.75x24 inch
Description:
In a special technique carbon fiber and epoxy were embedded in the inner layers of watercolor paper, giving the paper new characteristics, it is more rigid and can hold tension. 
Edition: Unique
Value: $1200
About the Artwork:
The Watercolor paper is sculpted by the tension of the guitar string as its tightened by the guitar machine head. The paper piece turns into a string instrument
About the Artist: 
Naama Tsabar (b. 1982 Israel) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She received her MFA from Columbia University in 2010 and her Bachelor’s from the Hamidrasha School of Arts, Israel. Her work was included in exhibitions at MoMA PS1, New York; The X Initiative, New York; The Tel Aviv Museum, Israel (solo); The Haifa Museum, Israel; Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York; Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv (solo); Pianissimo Gallery, Milan (solo); Ford Project, New York; Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg; and ExtraCity, Antwerp, Belgium. Tsabar’s work has been featured and reviewed in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Artforum, Artreview, Art Asia Pacific, and Fader Magazine.

Website: www.naamatsabar.com

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