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Article: Nahum Tevet
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- May 1, 2007
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JERUSALEM
Nahum Tevet
THE ISRAEL MUSEUM
Nahum Tevet lives and works in Tel Aviv, "the white city," which is in the midst of a construction boom even as areas are deteriorating. His work reflects the quintessence of the city-its light and its air, and above all its indomitability. Despite the title of the current exhibition, "Works, 1994-2006," the show begins with a key work from 1976 (though reworked in 2006), Pages from a Catalogue (Cézanne), 14 Times 81 x 65 cm, which gives a two-dimensional introduction to what lies ahead. Its monochromatic (off-white), De Stijl-like system of forms creates a tension that is repeated time and again throughout the exhibition, alerting us to the fact ...