- Artist/Maker:
- Joshua Borkovsky
- Bio:
- Israeli, b. 1952
- Title:
- Ship/Map (No.1)
- Date:
- 1990
- Medium:
- Diptych: Tempera and oil on wood panel
- Dimensions:
- 31 1/2 × 17 5/8 in. (80 × 44.8 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Ariana and Jack Weintraub Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Fund
- Accession Number:
- 1991-43
Not On View
Ghostly images of an antique sailing vessel and a world map are obvious symbols in Borkovsky's work of wandering and displacement. By focusing on the newly powerful Pacific Rim - the political and economic centers replacing former European Colonial Empires - the picture maps the distances traveled in the voyage of Western history. The "old-world" craftsmanship employed in this delicately executed icon of a New World Order adds an ironic sense of romanticism and nostalgia.
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