Chameleon (2023)
MFA graduate exhibition
MFA graduate exhibition
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv
curators: Dor Guez and Hadas Maor
curators: Dor Guez and Hadas Maor
Chameleon, 2023
Drawing based installation
Drawing based installation
This installation continues Dolev’s exploration of synesthesia, light and color. The seven drawings in it were made with soft chalk pastels. From layers of pigment on paper, a circle of light emerges.
The drawings follow the logic of “mood rings”, a popular nostalgic trinket invented in 1970s’ New York that changes color based on the wearer’s body heat. Every drawing tries to capture, through its spectrum of color, a specific emotion noted in the instructions on the original ring.
The ring offers a kind of magical solution: an external object that is a direct, supposedly objective measurement of inner feelings. The installation tries to do the same: offer an emotional compass spread out across the gallery space.
The drawings follow the logic of “mood rings”, a popular nostalgic trinket invented in 1970s’ New York that changes color based on the wearer’s body heat. Every drawing tries to capture, through its spectrum of color, a specific emotion noted in the instructions on the original ring.
The ring offers a kind of magical solution: an external object that is a direct, supposedly objective measurement of inner feelings. The installation tries to do the same: offer an emotional compass spread out across the gallery space.
