alon andorn portfolio
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How You Tried To Set Them Free, 2014. Site-specific spatial triptych. Installation shot of Room I. Mural in center: HaKatsina (left section), 2014. Dry-erasable felt-tip markers on tiled walls. 230x380cm.
Detail shots from Room I.
Objects on black plastic shelves and green duct tape. Top to bottom, left to right: Headlights, 2014. Digital photo slideshow, digital frame, wooden wallpaper. 13.7x20.5x2cm.Supplicant, 2014. Flame resistant glove, wooden hand, tin can top. 21x21x22.5cm.Mounted Antlers, 2014. Olive tree branches, gilded cigarette foil, cable ties, wooden plaque. 22.3x17x7cm.Framed Max, 2010. Digital print on transparent vellum, gilded cigarette foil, wooden frame. 15.5x11.3x1cm. Wax Apple I, 2013. Flicker flame light bulb, paraffin wax, red pigment. 9.7x6x6cm.Nitzan (bud), 2013. Collaged digital prints, paperboard, wooden frame. 19.5x17x3.5cm.Dargat Nitzan (Bud Scout rank), 2014. Scout badge, olive tree branches & leaves, gilded cigarette foil,pearl pins, felt, wooden plaque. 18x13.5x6cm.Magen (shield), 2013. Military badge, crepe paper, canvas fabric, wooden frame. 17x13x3.5cm. Ohropax, 2014. Foam, silicone & wax earplugs, metal wire, wax earplug package. 6.5x8x11.5cm.
Detail shots from Rooms I & II.
Left: As Above, So Below, 2014. School desk, paraffin wax, hair removal beeswax, gold pigment, gauze, jock-strap, elastic bandage wrap, camouflage tape, fluorescent cloth tape, braided military lanyard. 75x110x63cm. Right: Olive Tree In A Mountainous Landscape, 2013. Digital print on transparent vellum, wooden wallpaper, overhead projector on mobile stand. Dimensions variable.
How You Tried To Set Them Free, 2014. Installation shot of Room II. Projection in center: Olive Tree In A Mountainous Landscape, 2013. Overhead projection. Dimensions variable.
Detail shots from Room II.
Left: DIYFF, 2014. Military sleeping bag, heat resistant gloves. 35x35x41cm.Top: SFFINX, 2014. Digital prints, wooden frame. 12x16.5x1cm. In background: Detail of HaKatsina (middle section), 2014. Dry-erasable felt-tip markers on tiles.
How You Tried To Set Them Free, 2014. Installation shot of Room II. Top right: Dreamcatcher, 2013. Cable ties, braided lanyard, paracord, metal wire, wooden plaque. 171x44x4cm.
Noble Cause, 2013. Acrylic transfer on gilded cigarette foil. 161.6x54.5cm.
How You Tried To Set Them Free, 2014. Installation shot of Room III. Center, left to right:
Buttercups, 2014. Single channel video, 1:48 min. loop; Valley Girl, 2013. Cowboy hat, felt, string, paracord, gilded cigarette foil, flicker flame light bulbs, wig, duct tape, paper mache, styrofoam, foam earplugs, tin cans. 214x30x29cm; HaKatsina (right section), 2014. Dry-erasable felt-tip markers on tiles. 230x387cm.
The Last Smoker, 2013. Feather, hair band, wig, scout neckerchief, duct tape, electronic cigarette, mechanical apparatus, paper mache, styrofoam, military neckwarmer, wooden armrest. 54x45x24.5cm.
HaKatsina (triptych), 2014. Dry-erasable felt-tip markers on tiles. Left section - 230x380cm; Middle section - 230x296cm; Right section - 230x387cm.
Left: Tracing (before), 2013. Dry-erasable felt-tip markers on whiteboards, corkboards. 140x120x2cm. Bottom: Detail shot of Tracing (after).
Pushmepullyou, 2013. Soap, wrapping foil, velvet, foam, wooden box. 8.8x34.6x9.7cm.
Underbelly, 2013. Mixed media on gilded cigarette foil, wooden frame. 31x45.7x3.5cm.
You Talkin’ To Me, 2012. Dry-erasable felt-tip markers on whiteboard. 60x80x2cm.
When Karen Met Patty, 2012. Photographic transparency mounted on lightbox. 21x29.7cm.
Leaffeather Headdress, 2011. Olive tree branches & leaves, gold spraypaint, thread, rope, cable ties, hair band, tin can top. 40x40x4cm.
Detail shots of Girl Scout Gone Wild, 2011.
Top: Isolierjacket, 2011. Military jacket & belt, duct tape, fabric, thread, cardboard tubes, hair extensions, pin. Right: Scout’s Post, 2011. Computer desk & chair, keffiyehs, duct tape, cardboard tubes. Dimensions variable.On screen: Girl Scout Gone Wild, 2011. Single channel video, 4:10 min, loop.
Dream Circle, 2011. Cable ties, rope, metal wire, olive pits, olive tree leaves, cellophane, string lights, cardboard tubes, tin cans, plaster, plant caddies with wheels. Dimensions variable.
We All Shall Be Boys, 2010. Single channel video, 5:00 min, loop.
Shipur Tzura, 2011. Installation shot. Projection on whiteboard: We All Shall Be Boys, 2010. Single channel video, 5:00 min, loop.
Bottom: Evergreen (before), 2011. Dry-erasable felt-tip markers on whiteboard. 70x100cm. Right: Installation shot of Evergreen (after).
Alon Andorn Born in 1978, JerusalemLives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
2012 - 2014 MFA, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Tel Aviv. Graduated with Honors.2008 - 2010 HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl. Graduated with Honors.2001 - 2005 B.Des in Visual Communication, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem. 2003 School of Visual Arts, New York. Student Exchange Program.
Solo Exhibitions
2014 How You Tried To Set Them Free, MFA Thesis Show, Bezalel, Tel Aviv. Curators: Michal Helfman & Gilad Ratman.2012 Girl Scout Gone Wild, HaMidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Boaz Arad.2010 Nes Hakatimba, Graduation Show, HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl. Curators: Rami Maymon & Hillel Roman.
Group Exhibitions
2013 Hangover, Traces V - Beyond Paper, the 5th Biennale for Drawing in Israel, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem. Curators: Masha Zusman & Avi Sabah. Fresh Paint 6# Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yifat Gurion.2011 Schooling: Blackboard-Education-Classroom, Bat Yam Museum of Contemporary Art, Bat Yam, Israel. Curators: Tali Tamir & Meir Tati.2010 It’s All About Identity, Flut Gallery, Bremen, Germany. Curator: Susanne Hinrichs.2009 Mess Media 3, Digital Art Event, HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl, Israel.2007 Designers of the Future ‘07, Designed in Israel, Reading Powerplant, Tel Aviv.2006 Artic 8, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv.2005 Coca Cele 6, Final project, Bezalel, Jerusalem.2003 In Exile, School of Visual Arts, New York.
Awards & Scholarships
2010 Award for Excellence in Artistic Creativity, HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl.2006 Sharett Scholarship, America-Israel Cultural Foundation.2002 Award of Excellence in Academic Achievements, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem.