MICHAL ROVNER

New York – Pace is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Michal Rovner at its 540 West 25th Street gallery inNew York. On view from March 8 to April 18, the show, titled Pragim—the Hebrew word for Poppies—will featureprints, video works, and installations from a series the artist started in 2019. Over the last five years, as part of thislong-term project, Rovner has filmed and drawn wild poppies that grow in her field in Israel.For more than 30 years, Rovner’s practice has centered on universal questions of the human condition—bringingissues of identity, place, and dislocation to the fore. The poppy—which carries different associations and meaningsaround the world—embodies both fragility and fortitude, as well as memorial and loss. The ongoing war hasimpacted the artist’s perspective on her Pragim works, as they now also powerfully reflect the state of unrest andanguish afflicting the region. Using a dark palette of black, grey, and red, the artist imbues her human-scale staccatoswaying poppies with harsh and tragic qualities.