jerusalem in exile — tangible memories

 

     

 
 
 

Steve wanted to try and trace back why he was breaking away from his identity, and why he was seeking refuge in a different reality—he went back to his childhood memories in Jerusalem.

 

identity

2002
 

color transparencies

 

When I felt lost, I turned to the sky, to open spaces, calming colors, and escape.

My work is a celebration of solitude.

 

 

  

       

 

   

 

 
 

I saw elements that could be mistaken for being part of nature. Left behind, after time one takes it for granted that they belong. But they do not belong; they are simply not made of the same structure.

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

 
     
     

 
 
     

 

 

 
 

 
   

 

  
 

This is my spiritual way out of the struggle, a transcendence of the unfinished account of my childhood, my history and my identity.