Nelly Agassi and Elham Rokni at Dvir Gallery

Artists: Nelly Agassi, Elham Rokni

Exhibition title: Heart of Gold

Venue: Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Date: February 8 – March 21, 2020

Photography: Elad Sarig / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Dvir Gallery

NELLY AGASSI & ELHAM ROKNI, Heart of Gold, exhibition view, 2020, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

NELLY AGASSI, Dakota, 2020, golden fabric, variable dimensions

NELLY AGASSI, Dakota, 2020, golden fabric, variable dimensions

NELLY AGASSI, Dakota, 2020, golden fabric, variable dimensions

ELHAM ROKNI, Inside, outside, upside down, 2020, oil on canvas, 220 x 345 cm

ELHAM ROKNI, Inside, outside, upside down, 2020, oil on canvas, 220 x 345 cm

ELHAM ROKNI, Inside, outside, upside down, 2020, oil on canvas, 220 x 345 cm

ELHAM ROKNI, Wildcat, 2020, oil pastels on paper, 76.5 x 56 cm

NELLY AGASSI & ELHAM ROKNI, Heart of Gold, exhibition view, 2020, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

ELHAM ROKNI, The Hyacinth, the Swan and the Dog, 2020, oil and gold leaves on paper, 76.5 x 56 cm

ELHAM ROKNI, The Dog, The Mouse and The Tree of Life, 2020, oil and gold leaves on linen, 181 x 115 cm

ELHAM ROKNI, Camel Caravan, 2020, oil and gold leaves on paper, 141 x 97 cm

NELLY AGASSI & ELHAM ROKNI, Heart of Gold, exhibition view, 2020, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

ELHAM ROKNI, The blue bear, 2020, oil on linen, 293 x 181 cm

NELLY AGASSI & ELHAM ROKNI, Heart of Gold, exhibition view, 2020, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

Anecdote of the Jar
BY WALLACE STEVENS

I placed a jar in Tennessee,
And round it was, upon a hill.
It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill.

The wilderness rose up to it,
And sprawled around, no longer wild.
The jar was round upon the ground
And tall and of a port in air.

It took dominion everywhere.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.

NELLY AGASSI, The Jar From Tennessee (Anecdote of the Jar / Wallace Stevens), 2018, sound, 4:24 min

NELLY AGASSI, Free Solo, 2018, fabric and thread, 17.8 x 14 x 6.4 cm

NELLY AGASSI & ELHAM ROKNI, Heart of Gold, exhibition view, 2020, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

ELHAM ROKNI, Lion and Bull (study), 2019, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm

ELHAM ROKNI, The Red Bear, 2019, oil, acrylic and ink on linen, 150 x 181 cm

NELLY AGASSI & ELHAM ROKNI, Heart of Gold, exhibition view, 2020, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

NELLY AGASSI, Gundelia 1, 2008, fabric, sewing pins, embroidery hoop, 24 x 19 cm

NELLY AGASSI, Gundelia 2, 2008, fabric, thread, embroidery hoop, 15.5 x 13 cm

NELLY AGASSI, Metzulot (Deep Water), 2009, mixed media, 15 x 2.5 cm

NELLY AGASSI, Wide Shut, 2019, mixed media, 14 x 4.5 cm / 29.9 x 4 cm

NELLY AGASSI, Wide Shut, 2019, mixed media, 14 x 4.5 cm / 29.9 x 4 cm

NELLY AGASSI, Cynara, 2007, mixed media, 24.5 x 9 cm