Fresh goods! Fresh pretzels! Roy Menachem Markovich from Tel Aviv presents his latest sculptures, created during a two-week residency in the hotel’s studio.
The artist finds his materials, such as cardboard, electronic waste, and pieces of wood, plastic and metal, in the gold mine that is Langstrasse.
The precariously crafted objects are humorously playful, mischievously reminiscent of trophies and cups, or models for monuments and memorials, such as those found everywhere in Israel. Each individual “desktop sculpture” is a statement made up of fragments of the past, of used materials bearing scratches and wounds, which the artist has worked on by hand with a saw, adhesive tape or hot glue and, with imagination, willpower and strength, screwed together to form a fragile object of the present. It is no coincidence that this precarious, improvised state is reminiscent of a society in a reality of trauma and uncertainty about the future.
On the occasion of his artist residency in the 25hours hotel Langstrasse, Roy Menachem Markovich is producing an exclusive new fanzine, which will celebrate its premiere in the hotel’s open studio.
message salon embassy zine
„Bonboniera“ Roy Menachem Markovich
Limited edition, 50 copies. Photography by Yigal Pardo, Johanna Saxen, Romi Lee, Jens Franke, Avi Chai ©2025 Roy Menachem Markovich & message salon