Humus (2001-2003)

This work has been presented on many occasions in Israel and abroad, and has been acquired for the Paris City Collection. The gesture of spreading oil paint on a plate simulates the customary serving of a humus dish. The work deals with time, and relates to Spanish artist Salvador Dali's melting clocks.

It presents a material that simulates popular fast food made of oil paints - a marker of high western art - drying the oil paints requires two years in the waiting, hence the question of time. Another important motif in this sculpture is cultural identity and East-West relations in the local gastronomy culture.

The Humus, a local dish appropriated as a marker of Israeliness from the Palestinian cuisine, is placed on a porcelain plate intended to hang as display in the European fashion.