THE BACKYARD OR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

WAREHOUSE 2, JAFFA PORT, 2009

Curator: Varda Steinlauf

Meira Grossinger’s works can be described as belonging to the genre of Neo-Dadaism. Through a combination of used and ‘second hand’ objects she creates portraits of bygone life. Some of her objects are meager and rejected, while others are culturally charged. In this show the fusion of the two has produced a collection of artifacts from completely different worlds, which transmits an atmosphere both of the world of The Other and the world of the homeless – a world of ‘non place.’ Grossinger is exhibiting a series of installations in a warehouse situated in the Jaffa port area which at the moment is undergoing renovations and is being developed as part of the new promenade which connects Jaffa with Tel-Aviv. The warehouse has been deserted and neglected in recent years, and Grossinger’s installations accentuate the feeling of this space as a ‘non-place’…

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