One of the exhibits in the exhibition initiated by the municipal gallery "Gallery Yama", where 5 artists donated works.
It is unclear whether the work will remain for a long time.
The sculpture was photographed on the same day, it is likely that when water flows in the Ga’aton stream the view is more spectacular
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Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
5
Ofer Romano
Wanderer
Styrofoam, fiberglass, and yacht varnish
Five horse heads at the mouth of the Ga’aton River, galloping eternally toward the sea. Like buoys - proud markers - they struggle and balance. The horse heads were born from Ofer Romano’s encounter with an old postcard of Nahariya and his visit to the Byzantine mosaic in the Katznelson neighborhood.
Horse sculptures appear in ancient cultures, in public squares, and of course, on carousel rides in amusement parks. In the nostalgic memory of Nahariya, the elegant horse-drawn carriages appear—carrying tourists along Ga’aton Boulevard all the way to its water basin.
In that very pool, once, paddle boats, wooden rafts, and inner tubes floated. Romano’s horses are placed in the now-dry boat pond, longing to gallop with the stream of the river, to freedom - to the sea.
During the exhibition, the five-headed procession will be accompanied live by a watery choir performing the Song of the Sea—the biblical hymn traditionally sung after the splitting of the Red Sea, when the Israelites crossed safely and the Egyptians drowned:
“Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously;
Horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
(Exodus 15:20–21)
A song of praise for salvation against all odds, a hymn for the journey from slavery to freedom; a song of the sea, surging and triumphing over horses and riders.
[Logos: Yama Gallery, Municipality of Nahariya, Mifal HaPais, Culture Line, Tarbut]
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