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Culture #4
Israeli (b. 1957)
Culture #4, 2003
Pure pigment on archival paper
Gift of Renée and Paul Mansheim 2011.13.8
In Culture #4, a Petri dish displays tiny human figures resembling microorganisms. Based on the artist’s video sculptures and installations, this work captures one split second of the specimens’ movement. The pairing and splitting of bodies evoke transnationalism and diaspora, or the migration or scattering of residents away from
their homeland. Israeli-born artist Michal Rovner is internationally acclaimed for her unique works that comment on national and cultural borders, identities, and communities. Rovner’s work speaks to her own Jewish heritage and the larger implications of cultural conflict in today’s global society.