Shards by Chaim Bezalel
The “Shards” series is predominantly assemblages with hand made clay or porcelain tiles containing original photographic laser decals burned into the glaze. These are contained in shadow boxes or other display mechanisms, sometimes with found objects. See the video, “Shards”
Stars and Stripes I, II, III
“Stars and Stripes I” burned hand made clay and porcelain tiles with burned in laser decals, bronze and porcelain found objects in 7-UP crate. |
“Stars and Stipes II” assemblage in Canada Dry crate, 12 x 18 x 6 in. |
“Stars and Stipes III” assemblage with raku fired tiles, steel plate, wooden knobs 22 x 18 in.
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“Study in Brown” by Chaim Bezalel and Yonnah Ben Levy handmade tiles and steel in wooden crate 18 x 27 x 6 in. Test Tiles in Glass Covered Box by Yonnah Ben Levy and Chaim Bezalel |
Shipworm Tiles |
Time & Tide “Time and Tide” clay tiles (raku and pit fired, glazed with laser decals) acrylics, steel in shadowbox, 25 x 21 x 6 in. |
Will the Circle be Unbroken “Will the Circle be Unbroken” clay discs (one side relief pattern, other side laser decal) bronze, cast iron scale, 44 x 40 in. (each disc is 6 in. diameter and 1 in. thick) |
“Petroglyphs” clay, wood, steel, copper, brass, 55x27x8 in.
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Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs (detail) each disc is 6 ½ in. in diameter, 1 in. thick, carved on one side with an image burned into the other side.
Creation II, clay, wood, rusted steel, horse hair, acrylics 18 x 21 x 4 in. |
Creation I, pit fired clay, bisqued clay, acrylics, antlers and wood 28x13x4 in. |
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A New Work The image on the right is titled “Insets & Offsets” and is unlike anything we've done before, which is why we're putting it on our home page. It's not exactly a painting, it's not exactly a print, and it's not exactly a collage. The colored papers are offset ink tests from the 1940's or 50's. The colored designs in gouache are made with wood blocks from Bali for printing fabric. The black and white designs are pen and ink. The piece is 51 x 46 in.
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Pixilated Pine “Pixilated Pine” 25 x 17 x 3 in. mounted in fruit crate |
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Medallians
Medallians pit fired clay mounted in shadow box 15 x 12 x 3 in. |
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Return for Redemption (1975), 19x12x4 in. (private collection) handmade, glazed tiles with burned in laser decals in Coca-Cola crate. |
To a Hammer, Every Problem is a Nail, 25 x 17 x 3 in. pit fired clay and metal in fruit crate
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Ruins
of Ashkelon, 7 x 36 in.,
original photographic laser decals on high fired clay with found
Byzantine era pottery shards
Aviary,
7 ½ x 27 in.
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Enjoying Everyday Life (TV Evangelists), 7 x 21 in. |
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Cloud of Witnesses (crowd surging through the Vatican) diptych, 24 x 20 each frame |
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Gaza Celebrates Yeshiva Massacre (photo by Reuters) “Pour out thy wrath on the heathen that have not known thee ...” (Psalm 79:6, also found in the Passover Haggadah) illustration and calligraphy on the two left tiles taken from the Darmstadt Haggadah ca. 1430, Scribe: Israel ben Meir of Heidelberg (size 6 x 34 in.) |
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Dem Bones, 9 x 35 in., laser decals on porcelain with skull and horns |
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Our Town, 21 x 17 in., laser decals on porcelain with antique Ambrotype photographic montage on glass
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New Moon Tammuz II, 11 ½ x 9 ¾
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The Passion (collaboration with Yonnah Ben Levy) assemblage with laser decal, raku fired clay, and Byantine shards,encaustic wax 21 x 14 in. |
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Cupies, 8 x 10 in. |
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Free Standing Assemblage and Sculpture
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World Trade Center (brand mascots) |
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World Trade Center, extruded forms with burned in decals, 14x17x13 in. |
Upstate, Winter, 14 x 21 x 5 in., Terracotta with laser decals, brass, wood |
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“Lodgepole Pine”
See the video of "Lodgepole Pine" documenting the installation in which the artist threw balls of clay at the trunk of a large tree and hours later carefully removed the now dried impressions of the bark, pinecones, branches, and needles. After firing they were affixed to galvanized nails and attached to a suspended piece of driftwood. The accompanying music is Paul Robeson singing Joyce Kilmer's beloved poem, "Trees," (1913) set to the music of Oscar Rasbach and recorded in 1939.
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Catwalk, wood,brass, porcelain (revolves with motorized turntable) 25 x 18 x 18 in.
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links to related work
video of “My Grandmother's Matchbook Collection” |