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Resident Alien I
Sigalit Landau
1997
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Sigalit Landau is one of Israel’s most prominent artists. Only two years after her graduation from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, she was selected to exhibit at the Israeli Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1997. That same year, her works were shown at Documenta X in Kassel. In 1999, Landau won the OPEN 2000 Competition in London. She lives in Tel Aviv.
This sepia watercolor-over-pencil picture is representative of the romantic landscapes and cityscapes for which Salomon Leonardus Verveer was best known. His work bridges the romantic tradition in…
Scribes writing lists, Nimrud, late eighth century BCE. Two Assyrian scribes, standing side by side, make lists of booty as it comes in. One writes on a clay tablet and the other writes on a scroll.
Several horse figurines have objects on the forehead, like this one. The object may represent the horse’s forelock or mane, or perhaps a decorative ornament. This terra-cotta figurine from the City of…