Deganit Stern Schocken

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Function as expression Expression as function

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Fibula brooch, 1976 Silver, gold (18k) 4.5 × 5 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

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Fibula brooch, 1980 Silver, copper, nylon thread 5.8 × 8.8 cm

Function as expression Expression as function

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Fibula brooch, 1976 Silver, gold (18k) 4.5 × 5 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

33

Fibula brooch, 1980 Silver, copper, nylon thread 5.8 × 8.8 cm

Function as expression Expression as function

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In the Air, spiral brooch, 2012 Gold (18k), stainless steel, quartz Ø 7 cm, D 2 cm

In the Air, object, 2012 Silver, stainless steel, citrine Ø 8.5 cm, D 5 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

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Spiral brooch, 1987 Silver, gold (18k), stainless steel 7.5 × 4 cm

Spiral brooch, 1987 Silver, gold (18k), stainless steel 5.8 × 4 cm

Function as expression Expression as function

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In the Air, spiral brooch, 2012 Gold (18k), stainless steel, quartz Ø 7 cm, D 2 cm

In the Air, object, 2012 Silver, stainless steel, citrine Ø 8.5 cm, D 5 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

41

Spiral brooch, 1987 Silver, gold (18k), stainless steel 7.5 × 4 cm

Spiral brooch, 1987 Silver, gold (18k), stainless steel 5.8 × 4 cm

Function as expression Expression as function

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HOW MANY IS ONE

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Body-piece, 1993 Silver, gold (18k), stainless steel 90 × 90 cm

Function as expression Expression as function

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HOW MANY IS ONE

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Body-piece, 1993 Silver, gold (18k), stainless steel 90 × 90 cm

How many is one / Ants

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HMIO, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, parts from the installation, 2003 Objects / neck-pieces / brooches Silver, stones, cubic zircons, paint

How many is one / Ants

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HOW MANY IS ONE

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HMIO, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, parts from the installation, 2003 Objects / neck-pieces / brooches Silver, stones, cubic zircons, paint

How many is one / Ants

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HMIO, Half mold, 2003 Rubber 13.8 × 10.5 cm

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NEGATIVE WORK Itzhak Carmel

From the catalog of the 2003 exhibition How Many Is One at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Written by psychotherapist Itzhak Carmel “How many is one?” is a Zen question aimed at inducing negative work, placing the terms “many” and “one” in constant conflict. The apparently psychological answer, “more or less,” preserves the opposition between the terms, signifying the positive (more, a lot) and the negative (less, but not empty) and the work that is carried out between them. The answer is also related to an encounter with reality, a compromise, an interim road raked by the Zen master as he meditatively repeats the same action, over and over again.

At the beginning of the 20th century, psychoanalyst Otto Rank tried to answer the question through the notion of “a couple.” The “one” arouses a feeling of loneliness, while the “many,” the crowd, arouses fear of assimilation, of being absorbed, fear of death. The interim road between these two anxieties is taken through a relationship of “a couple,” easing loneliness and presenting a solution (biological or creative, even artistic) to the fear of death. Lack, the negative, drives us to form a relationship; in loneliness, the question “how many is one?” is also the answer, accompanied perhaps by a soft sigh, emitted air—a concretization of vitality.

Negative work is expressed not only in the name that Deganit Stern Schocken gave

How many is one / Ants

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HMIO, Half mold, 2003 Rubber 13.8 × 10.5 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

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NEGATIVE WORK Itzhak Carmel

From the catalog of the 2003 exhibition How Many Is One at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Written by psychotherapist Itzhak Carmel “How many is one?” is a Zen question aimed at inducing negative work, placing the terms “many” and “one” in constant conflict. The apparently psychological answer, “more or less,” preserves the opposition between the terms, signifying the positive (more, a lot) and the negative (less, but not empty) and the work that is carried out between them. The answer is also related to an encounter with reality, a compromise, an interim road raked by the Zen master as he meditatively repeats the same action, over and over again.

At the beginning of the 20th century, psychoanalyst Otto Rank tried to answer the question through the notion of “a couple.” The “one” arouses a feeling of loneliness, while the “many,” the crowd, arouses fear of assimilation, of being absorbed, fear of death. The interim road between these two anxieties is taken through a relationship of “a couple,” easing loneliness and presenting a solution (biological or creative, even artistic) to the fear of death. Lack, the negative, drives us to form a relationship; in loneliness, the question “how many is one?” is also the answer, accompanied perhaps by a soft sigh, emitted air—a concretization of vitality.

Negative work is expressed not only in the name that Deganit Stern Schocken gave

How many is one / Ants

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HMIO, object, 2003 Silver 15 × 15 × 3 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

HMIO, object, 2003 Silver 7.5 × 7.5 × 2 cm

HMIO, object, 2003 Silver 7.5 × 7.5 × 5 cm

HMIO, 2 obejcts, 2003 Silver 7 × 7 × 5 cm

How many is one / Ants

140

HMIO, object, 2003 Silver 15 × 15 × 3 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

HMIO, object, 2003 Silver 7.5 × 7.5 × 2 cm

HMIO, object, 2003 Silver 7.5 × 7.5 × 5 cm

HMIO, 2 obejcts, 2003 Silver 7 × 7 × 5 cm

Value

198

Figure of speech, The Heart, neck-piece, 2009 Stainless steel, polystyrene, silver, gold (14k), cubic zircons 15 × 9 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

199

Figure of speech, The Heart, neck-piece, 2009 Stainless steel, polystyrene, silver, gold (14k), cubic zircons 12 × 12 cm

Value

198

Figure of speech, The Heart, neck-piece, 2009 Stainless steel, polystyrene, silver, gold (14k), cubic zircons 15 × 9 cm

HOW MANY IS ONE

199

Figure of speech, The Heart, neck-piece, 2009 Stainless steel, polystyrene, silver, gold (14k), cubic zircons 12 × 12 cm

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