Pomegranate: A Video by Ori Gersht
Ori Gersht’s eerie and painterly video features a ripe pomegranate dangling from a string—until, in slow motion, a bullet slices through the fruit.
Referencing a still life by 16th century Spanish artist Juan Sánchez Cotán, Ori Gersht’s eerie and painterly video features a ripe pomegranate dangling from a string and framed with other freshly harvested produce in a window. In slow motion a bullet slices through the fruit—a food symbolic of Bible, Jewish law, and Near Eastern culture—spraying blood-red seeds and flesh in the air.
Presented in conjunction with artis: Israeli Contemporary Art in New York
Ori Gersht (Israeli, b. 1967), Pomegranate, HD film for framed LCD (color, sound). Purchase: Nathan and Jacqueline Goldman and Simon Lissim Funds, by exchange, 2008-219. Commissioned by the UK Film Council; Film and Video Umbrella. Courtesy of the artist and CRG Gallery