The forgotten little candy in my pocket, and.

Ali Eyal invites visitors into an installation composed of a cabinet and a series of paintings. The cabinet functions as both surface and container, evoking forms of domestic life drawn from memory. Inside, real and plastic bullet shell casings sit together, reflecting on the immediacy of violence and how objects can carry traces of fear, intimacy, and historical rupture. In Eyal’s paintings, objects become sites where the strange and familiar converge. Time appears stretched, layered, and loosened from any fixed historical point. Engaging with the venue’s architecture, Eyal creates an eerie environment that evokes a domestic space, while its absences invite viewers to project their own memories, hopes, and fears. Although painting and drawing remain central to Eyal’s work, his exhibitions often resist being confined to these media. Instead, each presentation becomes a space for experimentation, where images, objects, and spatial arrangements come together to produce unstable narratives.

Special thank you to the Kranzberg Arts Foundation for support of the gallery space.

Courtesy of François Ghebaly.