"Shoes" (2011) – conceptual artwork by Isaac Cohen exploring materiality and existence through a humble still life. A worn pair of leather shoes rests beside cut cardboard forms and a crumpled architectural drawing on a concrete floor. Referencing Van Gogh, the piece reflects on the physical traces of labor, the weight of modernity, and the poetic tension between handmade materials and industrial design.

Shoes

2011 · Sculpture · cardboard, paper leather shoes

"Shoes" (2011) – conceptual artwork. A worn pair of leather shoes rests beside cut cardboard forms and a crumpled architectural drawing on a concrete floor. Referencing Van Gogh, the piece reflects on the physical traces of labor, the weight of modernity, and the poetic tension between handmade materials and industrial design.

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conceptual installation by artist Isaac Cohen exploring the poetics of engineering through minimalist industrial forms. Cardboard cylinders, a spool-like object, and etched panels with mechanical drawings muse on the creation of purpose by introducing design to simple materials. The work reflects on structure, function, and the transformation of raw components into objects imbued with meaning.

Engineering

2012 · Sculpture · ply wood, industrial waste
Pencil sketch of the ‘Private Helicopter’ sculpture: a cubic wooden frame on caster wheels with a central rotorshaft, interior table and chair, and a trailing cord drawn to an off-page motor.

Private Helicopter

2010 · Sculpture · wood, found objects, commodore 64 computer

First exhibited in “Dreaming Reality”, Pyramid Gallery, Haifa, Israel. Curated by Shirly Meshulam. At the age of ten, I found an abandoned washing machine on the side of the street. For reasons I couldn’t explain at the time, I immediately saw a helicopter. I believed—wholeheartedly—that I could build one, powered by its motor and my […]

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