Gedi Sibony

Untitled, 2008, Carpet & Tape

305 x 107 cm

The constructions from Gedi Sibony draw from the traditions of minimalism in their pared down aesthetics and conception of sculpture as selfcontained conceptual objects. Unlike the highly polished works of artists such as Donald Judd or Ad Reinhardt, Sibony’s objects adopt an impoverished style and are often made from found materials such as cardboard, plastic sheeting, and wood. Through these media, which are associated with both construction and 

debris, Sibony’s work elevates the humble qualities of everyday ‘stuff’ to create instances of poetic beauty. 

In Untitled, Sibony presents a strip of carpet mounted on the wall as a ready-made ‘painting’ picturing a geometric composition made from tape; through its delicate arrangement and tactile surface, Untitled seduces invested contemplation of its precarious form and physicality.

The interest in Sibony for me is in the provisionality in which he works and the critique of form. Sibony manages to disrupt our usual ideas around thinking, by presenting mundane items in, some cases, quite momentous fashion.   Yet, it is the feeling of vunerability, a sense of the potential for things to collapse under their own weight which is intriguing.