• A series of sculptures made from reconfigured, ready-made bows, transforming a centuries-old performative tool. Tsabar uses bows to elicit sound in performances with her ongoing series of Works on Felt. However, in this body of work, the bows are stripped from their functional essence as a tool at the service of sound and are instead turned into a sculptural object in which materials––horsehair and wood, ––become the predominant aesthetic factors. The bow configuration is disrupted as Tsabar diverts the usual flow of the bow hair, from a closed loop on a single bow, to create continuity across two, three or four different bows. The resulting vocabulary of shapes, lines, and forms—potentially endless in configuration—possesses a sensual and bodily presence.

Continuity in Two #6, 2024
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