Domesticated Wilderness: On the Poetics of Impact in Avner Pinchover's Works.
This article explores the work of Israeli artist Avner Pinchover, focusing on his engagement with violence as both a performative act and an aesthetic strategy. Incorporating video and still image documentation to challenge the very cultural frameworks that embrace him, Pinchover's controlled yet un...
| Publicado en: | Israel Studies Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 127 - 151 |
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Indiana University Press
Spring2025
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