1. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2004 Attic Chair [Forevermore] C-print, digital 33.5 x 22.5 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
2. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2004 Room 27 with Schlesinger Box [Forevermore] C-print, digital 33 x 39.4 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
3. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2004 Room 40 With Rabin [Forevermore] C-print, digital 32.5 x 51.2 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
4. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2004 Southeast Room [Forevermore] C-print, digital 23.2 x 43.3 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
5. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2004 Surgery Room [Forevermore] C-print, digital 27 x 39.4 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
6. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Mamila [Palaces of Memory] C-print, digital 46.4 x 79.9 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
7. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Tree House [Palaces of Memory] C-print, digital 46.4 x 51.7 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
8. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Tree House (detail) [Palaces of Memory] C-print, digital 46.4 x 51.7 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
9. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Still Life [Palaces of Memory] C-print, digital 46.4 x 68.5 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
10. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Agnon's Library [Palaces of Memory] C-print, digital 46.4 x 70 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
11. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Numbered House [Palaces of Memory] C-print, digital 39.4 x 76 in Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
12. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Homage to Simonides [Palaces of Memory] Composite print 61 x 100 cm (24 x 39.4 in) / 118 x 193.3 cm (46.4 x 76.1 in) Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY Homage to Simonides (46.5x76 inches, 2,500 frames), photographed in the Austrian Hospice, a mid-19th century building, in the Old City of Jerusalem. This work is a tribute to the Greek poet Simonides, known as the inventor of the Art of Memory. This method is based on creating mental structures (real, imaginary or both) and placing symbolic objects in them, standing for the things we wish to remember, thus building a palace of memory. |
13. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Memo Van 3 [Palaces of Memory] Composite print 80 x 91.7 cm (31.5 x 36.1 in) / 118 x 135.3 cm (46.4 x 53.2 in) Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY 1,200 frames. A journey in Israel in an old van, carrying suitcases packed with nostalgic objects, photographs, private memories MemoVan 3 is located near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, (founded 1926), a place of bloody history until 1967. In this work, I try to connect personal memories with communal / shared Israeli (and Palestinian) memories. |
14. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Memory Suitcase #4 [Palaces of Memory] Suitcase #4 30 x 45 cm (11.8 x 17.7 in) Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
15. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Memory Suitcase #11 [Palaces of Memory] Suitcase #4 30 x 45 cm (11.8 x 17.7 in) Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
16. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Memory Suitcase #6 [Palaces of Memory] Suitcase #4 30 x 45 cm (11.8 x 17.7 in) Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |
17. | ![]() | Yuval Yairi 2006 Memory Suitcase #8 [Palaces of Memory] Suitcase #4 30 x 45 cm (11.8 x 17.7 in) Provided by the artist - Yuval Yairi Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY |