Selected works


 

Descriptive Problems: Spostamento (Photo version 2), 1970
(Detail)
Black-and-white photographs, pencil drawings on paper,
aluminium frame
50 x 67,5 cm
Archivio Galleria Piero Cavellini, Brescia


Descriptive Problems: Numbering Stairs

(Linguistic Problem No. 1), 1971

Slide version: black-and white slide projected onto wall.


Funzionalismo Critico, 1973

Printed text on card, black-and-white slide, tape recorder, 5 audio tapes, edition of 50


Center and Periphery, 1978

Printed text on paper, unlimited

Various sizes


Art and Modernization, 1979

Printed text on paper, unlimited

Various sizes


Oriental Elements, 1979

Installation of 10 wall elements, painted metal, printed text on paper

Variable dimensions


Element D 1, 1981-82 (detail)

Offset print on paper

71 x 50 cm



Element D 4, 1981-82

Untreated metal sheets, laquered steel, glass, 5 + 27 offset posters, printed texts on paper

Installtion approx 700-800 cm long



Industrial Pavilion A 1, 1981-82 (detail)

Installation: untreated steel, lacquered steel, metal mesh, untreated wood, painted wood, Perspex, offset print poeters, printed text on paper

Approx. 250 x 560 x 350 cm


Models for Socialism X-1, Y-2, 1983

Lacquered steel, painted steel, metal mesh, wire, Perspex, LEDs

Dimensions unknown


Element C-16, 1985

Painted and lacquered aluminium sheets, lacquered steel, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

173 x 551 x 51 cm

Collection Skirbal Museum, Skirbal Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA


Function - Construction - Working Tables (2nd version), 1986

Installation: untreated, lacquered, and gavanized aluminium, galvanized steel, lacquered wood, plaster, glass, Letraset, printed text on paper, wood frame

Installation approx. 600 x 380 cm


Anomalous Model XY 422, 1986

Untreated aluminium, painted and lacquered metal sheet, lacquered brass, LEDs, Letraset, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

Installation approx. 235 (from floor) x 160 x 35 cm

Collection The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel


Anomalous Model XY 423, 1986

Painted and lacquered metal sheets, lacquered brass, untreated wood, Letraset, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

48 x 289 x 48 cm, 33,5 x 26 x 2,5 cm, 30,5 x 18 cm, 35,8 x 26 x 2,5 cm

Collection Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne Metropole, France


Anomalous Model XY 426, 1986

lacquered aluminium, galvanized, painted, and lacquered metal sheet, lacquered brass, Perspex, LEDs, Letraset

Length approx. 300 cm

Collection Musée de Grenoble, France


Element F-6 (2nd version), 1978/1987

Lacquered steel, galvanized, painted and lacquered metal sheets, wood, printed text on paper (framed)

Sculpture: 118 x 792 x 83 cm

Panels: 76 x 175 cm each

Text: 29 x 51 cm

Collection Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, USA


Where Are You Going America?, 1987

Prined text on paper, unlimited

Various sizes


Where Are You Going America? (Construct Paradigm WFS 324), 1987

Untreated, anodized, lacquered or painted aluminium, lacquered brass, neon lights, silkscreed text, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

105 x 234,5 x 34 cm

Collection Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany


Element F-20, A Middle East Story, 1988

Anodized aluminium, painted and lacquered steel plate, steel spring, lacquered brass, plywood, Formica, sikscreened text

Four elements 70 x 200 cm each

Four elements 115 x 130 x 210 cm each


Proposal for B-Bau Pavilion, 1988

Print on paper

70 x 115 cm

*Work unrealized


There Is Another Third World (Against Primitivism), 1989

Printed text on paper, unlimited

Various sizes


Future Utopia Eschatology, 1989


Anodized and coated aluminium, stainless steel, silkscreen on acrylic glass, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

350 cm height, lenght variable

Height 350 cm, lenght variable

Collection Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany


Cultural Attraction, 1990

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, plastic rods, magnets, silkscreened text

133 x 410 x 45 cm

Collection Freunde der Kunstmussen Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany


Natural State, 1990

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless stel, Novotex, Perspex, elasticated strap, silkscreen

Approx 230 x 190 x 30 cm


Peripheral, 1990

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, plastic rods, Perspex, silkscreen

Approx 144 x 440 x 35 cm

Collection Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany


Black Box, 1991

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, lacquered brass, copper, metal mesh, steel spring, glass lenses, plastic loop fasteners, transparent card case, printed paper, sikscreened text

Installation: 325 x 160 x 60 cm

Collection Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany


African Plant, 1991

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless stel, wood, wire, PVC, leather, synthetic fabric straps, foldback clips, plastic loop fasteners, transparent card case, printed paper, silkscren, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

Approx. 20 x 485 x 43 cm

Collection S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium


Cactus Model, 1991

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, MDF, Perspex, plastic pot, cactus, soil, silkscreen, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

Approx. 174 x 390 x 55 cm

Collection S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium


Distance and Differences, 1991

Anodized aluminium, stainless steel, untreated copper, plywood, Formica, PVC, Perspex, glass lenses, silkscreen, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

150 x 770 x 120 cm


Measurements, 1992

Unreated aluminium, stainless steel, untreated brass, silkscreen

30 x 141 x 32,5 cm


Contingency and Solidarity, 1992

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, brass, magnets, wood, plastic, PVC, Pertinax, plastic balls, plastic loop fasteners, transparent card cases, duct tape, foldback clips, printed paper, silkscreen

Installation approx. 250 x 560 x 65 cm

Collection Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden


Deep Mythologies, 1992

Lacquered aluminium, untreated and lacquered copper, lead, wood, PVC, Novotex, mirrors, sand from the Judean Desert, plant remains, water, elasticated cords, upholstery fabric, plastic loop fasteners, transparent card cases, foldback clips, paper, index cards, silkscreen

Installation approx. 220 x 570 x 45 cm

Hauser & Wirth Collection, Switzerland


The Limit of My Knowledge, 1992

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, untreated brass, Novotex, glass lense, flat mirrors, fisheye mirrors, modeling paste, locking joints, strings, index card, adhesive tape, paper tags, paper, silkscreen

Installation approx: 145 x 620 x 50 cm


Olive Model, 1993

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, untreated brass, PVC, Ertalon, Pertinax, silkscreen

133 x 458 x 23 cm

Friedrich Christian Flick Collection


Our Destiny Is Modern: We Are Condemmed to Be Modern, 1994

Printed text on paper, unlimited

Various sizes


Vegetable Construct, 1994

Untreated and anodized aluminium, untreaded and lacquered copper, metal mesh, insulation panels, wire fure element, PVC, Novotex, silkscreen, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

Installation approx. 240 x 520 x 50 cm

Collection S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium


Comfort (A Simple Volumetric Study), 1994

Untreaded, anodized, and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, wood, wicker, rosh matting, fibreboard, Formica, plastics, plastic laminate, miniature leather sofa, paper-covred wire, rubber ties, cord, cotton bands, cardboard, slamps, silkscreen

160 x 475 x 75 cm

Hauser & Wirth collection, Switzerland


B-Bau (Ventilation System for Warm Climatic Countries), 1986/1994

Anodized an lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, PVC, Perspex, jointed wooden lay figures, fans, automobile batteries, electrical cables, electric plugs, plastic loop fasteners, transparent card cases, foldback clips, printed paper, silkscreen

166 x 376 x 67 cm


The Peripheral Man, 1995

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, magnets, wood, Formica, plastic, plastic balls, Novotex, Pertinax, Perspex, mirrors, wooden rosary, snthetic resin rosary, fake moustache, rubber bands, woolen cord ('Aqal), strings, labels, foldback clips, parer tags, plastic coated prints, silkscreen

250 x 200 x 100 cm

Collection The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel


Wedding, 1995

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, wire construction, wood, MDF, Formica, plastic, Perspex, clamps, textiles from Damascus, Ethiopian monk's cowl, plastic coated prints, silkscreen

200 x 250 x 100 cm

Collection The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Zvi Goldstein, Wedding

Future, 1989/1995

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, Perspex, silkscreen

Installation: 64 x 109 x 11 cm

Collection Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany


Reconstructed Memories, 1996

Anodized aluminium, Pertinax, Perspex, siklscreen

65 x 128 x 9,5 cm

Private collection, Belgium


JĂ¼dische Chronologie, 1996

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, silkscreen

78 x 144,5 x 5,5 cm

Collection Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany


Winds from the Sahara: Sharkiya - Day 2 (1st version study),

Winds from the Sahara: Simoon - Day 3,

Winds from the Sahara: Ghibli - Day 5, 1996

Pencil, pen, injet print, photographic print, collage on grapg paper

50 x 148 cm

*Works as yet unrealized


Winds from the Sahara: Sirocco - Day 4, 1996/1997

Anodized ans lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, PVC, Deralyn, window blind, plastic loop fasteners, silkscreen, printed text on paper, aluminium frame

142 x 500 x 13 cm

Collection Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden



A Letter To Julian, 1998

Pencil, pen on graph paper

50 x 70 cm

*Work as yet unrealized


Harmattan (Mousgoum Winds), 1999

Pencil, pen, inkjet print, adhesive tape, collage on grapg paper

50 x 116 cm

*Work as yet unrealized


Perfect Worlds, Possible Worlds (A, B) (2nd version), 1989/2000

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, stainless steel, siklscreen, Formica, plywood, Pertinax, glass, plastic loop fasteners, transparent card case, paper, printed text on paper, aluminum frame

Installation: 19,5 x 155 x 33 cm

Collection The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel


Virus G 1, 2000

Print on paper, edition of 10

Five Parts, 60 x 80 cm each


Virus G 2, 2000

Print on paper, edition of 10

Five Parts, 60 x 80 cm each



Things We Are Afraid Of, 2000

Pencil, pen, collage on graph paper

Approx. 50 x 150 cm

*Work as yet unrealized


Reconstructed Memories (Lariam B), 2001-2005

Anodized and lacquered aluminium, broken glass, cast aluminium, Ertalon, glass lenses, dried lizard, dried crayfish, stuffed Armadillo, metal wire, power transformer, electrc wire, light fitting, broken light bulb, newspapers, tag, strip, plastic loop fasteners, matchboxes, matches, candles, silkscreen

83 x 300 x 34 cm

Collection Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany


Haunted by Objects, 2010-2012

Temporary installation: more that 800 objects, selected by the artist from various departments of The Israel Museum's collections, including Zvi Goldstein's The Peripheral Man, 1995; combined with 62 text passages from Room 205, 2010, printed on paper, framed; various display cases designed by the artist.

Installtion at K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, DĂ¼sseldorf, Germany

Room approx. 2560 x 1450 cm



My Gardened Mind, 2010

Lithograph, printed in 9 colors from 7 stones, on 300 gsm. Velin Arches handmade paper, edition of 100 + 10 AP

Two parts, 70 x 100 each


Room 205 - The Voices, 2011

Installation: plaster walls and ceiling, acoustic insulation, audio player, loudspeakers, metal mesh elements, wood, MDF, Formica, wires, Perspex, neon lights, paper

274 x 980 x 420 cm

Age 7 (Reconstruction), 1954/2012

Perspex box with two shelves, pipe wrench, callipers, Plasticine, sheet of card rolled into a conical form, bread, ring-binder clip, thread, glue, page cutout from On Paper, paper

50 x 60 x 15 cm

Private collection, Krefeld, Germany


Winds From Jericho: Double and Triple New Exotic Models, 1997/2012

Pencil, colored pencil, pen, inkjet prints, photographic prints, adhesive tape, collage on graph paper

31.5 x 100 cm

Digital rendering on paper

22 x 100 cm

*Work as yet unrealized


Winds from Jericho: Free-standing sculpture, 1997/2012

Pencil, coloured pencil, Oriental fabric, adhesive tape on graph paper

42 x 83 cm

*Work as yet unrealized


Winds From Jericho: Wall-related sculpture/shelf, 1997/2012

Pencil, colored pencil, metal mesh, Oriental fabric, adhesive tape on raph paper

49 x 51 cm

*Work as yet unrealized.


Winds from Jericho: Cushions and mattresses, 2012
Pencil, colored pencil, pen, collage, photo collage on paper

50 x 70 cm

*Work as yet unrealized


Winds from Jericho: Living by Other's Calendar - Hijri 1435, 2013/14

Digital rendering on paper

37 x 66 cm

* Work as yet unrealized


Winds from Jericho: Bedu, 2014

Digital rendering on paper

25 x 100 cm

* Work as yet unrealized


Serial Constructions, Element F-6 (1st version), 1978/1982 Lacquered steel, galvanized, painted, lacquered metal sheets, wood, printed text on paper (Constructivism in Developing Countries?),aluminium frame


Anomalies, Anomalous Model XY 424, 1986

Painted, lacquered steel, lacquered brass, Letraset

Installation, 2017: Drywall, glass, gevanized metal, Deralin, lighting system

Collection The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel


Serial Constructions, Element C-14, 1978/1982

Lacquered and painted steel, galvanized, painted, and lacquered metal sheets, wood, aluminium, Perspex, printed text on paper (Function, Progress and Universalism in the Third World!), aluminium frame

Anomalies, Anomalous Model XY 422, 1986

Three parts: untreated aluminium, painted, lacquered metal sheet, lacquered brass, LEDs, Letraset, printed text on paper (Third World and World 3), aluminium frame

Installation, 2017: Drywall, glass, gevanized metal, Deralin, lighting system

Collection The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel


From My Archive, 1978–2021

Wood, glass, perforated galvanized metal plates, magnets, various drawings and documents, various objects
2 display cases 80.5 Ă— 357 Ă— 16.5 cm and
29 display cases ranging from 75.5 Ă— 108.5 Ă— 16.5 cm to 75.5 Ă— 368.5 Ă— 16.5 cm
Collection S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium