91Dec 25, 2017
An impressive writing table belonging to Ilana Goor’s limited edition sculpted furniture series titled by Ilana Goor as the “furniture which appears as machines without engines” series. The series includes 15 different items: tables, chairs, floor lamps and a tea trolley. They are made in a combination of materials. The table is made of iron […]
92Dec 25, 2017
This is a work from Ilana Goor’s Earth Series which commenced in the 90s and continued to develop at the start of the century. The series incorporates the deep rooted connection of the artist to the Israeli landscapes of her childhood; to kibbutzim and agricultural settlements which are expressed by means of the use of […]
93Dec 25, 2017
This statue of a soldier only showing the lower half of his body from the hips downward seated on bronze casting evokes questions in the viewers’ minds, such as: Was he wounded? Is he resting? What happened to him? What does his face look like? Ilana Goor’s soldier teases the imagination and evokes different associations in […]
94Dec 25, 2017
The lighting designer Ingo Maurer is considered a virtuoso and a household name in his field. The lighting fittings that he designs are exhibited in various museums, boutique hotels and first class restaurants worldwide. The light fitting “Mozzkito” (mosquito) received international media attention in 1996 due to its interesting technique. It was assembled by merging […]
95Dec 25, 2017
During the exposure and reconstruction of the building initiated by Ilana Goor in the early 90s, these rare ballistae were found buried in one of the spaces on the premises. The assumption is that they are remnants from Napoleon’s expedition in Israel as part of his military campaign at the time. At first, he arrived […]
97Dec 25, 2017
The source of the five archaeological jars hanging in the library windows at Ilana Goor Museum is from a cave that collapsed near the Dead Sea, and its estimated date is 5000 years ago. Back then they used as storage jars.
98Dec 25, 2017
This is a wooden mask belonging to Queen Ngady a Mwaash of Kuba in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is decorated with hundreds of beads, shells, pieces of cloth and fruit peels in geometric shapes typical of Kuba art. The mask embodies anew, in textual form, the mythical sources of Kuba and the monarchial […]
99Dec 25, 2017
A bench made of an ancient plough brought over by Ilana Goor from Egypt. The lower part of this plough included sharp shards of iron to plough the earth. Ilana removed them, used them for another artwork which is exhibited in the Museum, in order to turn the plough into a functional and usable piece […]