Michal Shamir | Cabinets of Wonder in Contemporary Art

Curators: Dalia Levin, Daria Kaufmann and Ghila Limon
Sep. 8, 2012 - Dec. 29, 2012

Born in Israel, 1957

Untitled, 2012, installation, mixed media (different types of glue).

In Michal Shamir’s installation, a flock of semi-transparent “birds” seems to fly across one of the museum exhibition spaces. Upon closer scrutiny, however, the creatures flying overhead are revealed to be little more than the vestiges of birds or parts of wings.

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