Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art in Stockholm is pleased to announce Migdalor by Sheila Hicks, the second exhibition in its permanent satellite space in Jaffa, greater Tel Aviv since it opened in January 2018. The solo exhibition will feature a series of Hicks’ distinctive and vibrantly-colored sculptures, created from materials ranging from the traditional and natural – such as linen and cotton – to newly researched industrial materials based on new technologies.

Sheila Hicks is an internationally-renowned American artist, based in Paris since the mid-1960s with a career spanning six decades. She is known for her ground-breaking use of materials and color, and has redefined boundaries through her practice. Inspired early in her career by pre-Columbian textiles, Hicks is constantly innovating, and her brightly colored works transform and adapt to each new environment.

Migdalor, curated by Karmit Galili from Magasin III Jaffa, features three significant recent installations by Hicks. The monumental Saffron Sentinel (2017) is the principal work that will occupy a large section of the exhibition space and be visible from both windowed façades day and night. Hicks originally produced this massive presence for her retrospective exhibition at the Centre Pompidou this past winter. More than 200 bundles of pure pigment, transformed into loose fiber, are stacked and piled floor to ceiling inviting the visitor to become immersed in color fantasies.

Sheila Hicks: Migdalor is on view October 11, 2018 through February 15, 2019. For more information, click here.

Photo: Cristobal Zanartu