TAMARA TURGEMAN

this body of works deals with fleet as a mass of objects and war memories. -Paintings and ceramic: Some of the names of the works of the ships are the names of warriors or goddesses of war taken from the ancient local mythology (Anat, Astarte, Yael, Dvora, Shemesh) The names of other works are taken from a poem written by Yehuda Amichai- "a song for shabbat evening" Will you come to me tonught Laundry has allready dried in the yard A war that never has enough Is now somewhere else. And roads keep coming back Like the hourse returning without its rider. and the house is being closed at the evening Upon the good and the bad in it." התבואי אלי הלילה כבסים כבר יבשו בחצר מלחמה שאף פעם לא די לה היא עכשיו במקום אחר. וכבישים שבים בלי הרף כסוס החוזר בלי רוכבו, והבית נסגר בערב על הטוב והרע שבו." -Porcelaine wall plates: This body of work consists of porcelain plates painted before the kiln. The plates illustrates different states of a sinking submarine. Alongside the states are operational orders to descend underwater. The orders are taken from the "Victory Album" of the Six-Day War. The plate symbolizes the change that an individual or a society undergoes - from a basic object to a decorative object that embodies a narrative. Turgeman's use of the plate and the orders symbolizes opposing sides of the welfare spectrum; on one, minimal restriction for the sake of survival, and on the other side, mental and material well-being on the other side. This spectrum and shift resemble the change that the Israeli society underwent after the Six-Day War, perhaps influencing decisions made regarding the Yom Kippur War. The fracture and the crack represent the shattered illusion of well-being and what had been engraved in the collective subconscious.