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Press Release Checklist Second Gallery Orit Raff Hunt-the-Slipper Video 1:20 projected in a loop March 5- April 10, 2004 We are pleased to announce the exhibition/screening of Orit Raff's Hunt-the-Slipper, 2001 video, which was shown at the Todd Hosfelt Gallery in San Francisco, and in the solo exhibition of the same name at the Ramat Gan Museum in Israel, but has not been seen in New York. A selection of her still photographic work will be shown in conjunction with the video. The video refers to the children's game called "jeu du furet" in French which is translated into ˛Hunt the SlipperÓ in English as a metaphor for transformation, duality, concealment and revelation. Raff is interested in the meaning of ferret (as explored by French psycho-analyst Lacan), an animal which possesses all kinds of real and imaginary qualities- and its metaphorical transformation into the English name involving the slipper, which she plays out in the endless loop of the video narrative. The critic and art historian Johanna Burton has written extensively on Raff, and specifically about this work. To access these texts please look at are our website www.saulgallery.com under Orit Raff/further info. This is Orit Raff's third exhibition at Julie Saul Gallery. Born in Jerusalem in 1970, Raff lives between New York and Israel. She studied at Bezalel academy, School of Visual Arts, The Whitney Independent Study Program and received her MFA from Bard College in 2002. She has exhibited internationally, and her work has been written about extensively. Raff's work is in many public collections including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Albright Knox Museum in Buffalo, the MIT Visual Arts Center in Boston and the Tel Aviv Museum and Haifa Museum of Modern Art in Israel. Produced in conjunction with Artis: Israeli Art Week in New York, March 12-18, 2004 ORIT RAFF HUNT-THE-SLIPPER MARCH 5- APRIL 10, 2004 South wall: Hunt-the-Slipper, 2001 Video 1:20 projected in a loop edition 1/3 West Wall: (Dis)located Land #19, 2001 chromogenic print 47 1/8 x 37 5/8 inches edition 1/5 (Dis)located Land #8, 2001 chromogenic print 47 1/8 x 37 5/8 inches edition 1/5 North wall: (over flat files) Untitled, 1997 20 x 24 inches chromogenic print edition 6/8 Untitled, 1999 39 x 50 inches chromogenic print edition 1/3 East Wall: (over shelf, L to R) Untitled, 2001 16 x 20 inches chromogenic prints editions 1/8 Glove, 2001 15 x 15 inches chromogenic prints edition 1/8 Untitled, 1998 24 x 20 inches chromogenic print edition 4/8 top For additional information contact the gallery back |
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