Be'er Series I, no. 2 studio installation view detail _1993_sylvia safdie_mirror, steel_220 x 91.5 cm
Be'er Series I no. 4 view 2_gallery 312, chicago_1995_sylvia safdie_steel, mirror_220 x 101.6 cm
Be'er Series I no. 4 view 3_gallery 312, chicago_1995_sylvia safdie_steel, mirror_220 x 101.6 cm
Be'er Series I, no. 2, studio installation view_1993_sylvia safdie_mirror, steel_220 x 91.5 cm
Slide Images
Be’er Series
1 - Be'er No. 5, 1995
Permanent Installation in Gallery 301, Chicago
2 - Be'er No. 5, 1995
Permanent Installation in Gallery 301, Chicago
Mirror, steel
Height: 220 cm x diameter: 102 cm
Height: 86.5 in x diameter: 48 in
3 - Be'er No. 2, 1993
Mirror, steel
Height: 220 cm x diameter: 102 cm
Height: 86.5 in x diameter: 48 in
4 - Be'er No. 2, 1993 (detail)
Be’er means well in Hebrew.
“The rich generative possibilities of reflection and inversions have been a long-time preoccupation of the artist. Be’er No 4. 1993, [cat 45], are two-part framed mirror ‘well’posits Safdie’s investigation vertically, reaching simultaneously “bellow ‘and ‘beyond’ the ceiling in order to ‘un-earth’ the luminous ’liquidity’ of the cylindrical vessel.”
(1) Irena Zantovska Murray: “Sylvia Safdie, The Inventory of Invention” pg. 25, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, 2003.
“The rich generative possibilities of reflection and inversions have been a long-time preoccupation of the artist. Be’er No 4. 1993, [cat 45], are two-part framed mirror ‘well’posits Safdie’s investigation vertically, reaching simultaneously “bellow ‘and ‘beyond’ the ceiling in order to ‘un-earth’ the luminous ’liquidity’ of the cylindrical vessel.”
(1) Irena Zantovska Murray: “Sylvia Safdie, The Inventory of Invention” pg. 25, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, 2003.