The Migration of the Wings, 2022-3, 2 channel video and sound installation, 9:24 min
The Migration of the Wings, 2022-3, 2 channel video and sound installation, 9:24 min
The Migration of the Wings, 2022-3, 2 channel video and sound installation, 9:24 min
The Migration of the Wings, 2022-3, 2 channel video and sound installation, 9:24 min
The Migration of the Wings, 2022-3, 2 channel video and sound installation, 9:24 min
The Migration of the Wings, M Leuven, Belgium, 2023, installation view
Mezuzah, 2022-23, Altered book, 12-1/2” h x 19-1/4” w x 2-3/4” d
Host Desecration, 2022, Altered books, 12-7/8” h x 19-7/8” w x 7” d
The Migration of the Wings, M Leuven, Belgium, 2023, installation view
Bearings, 2023, Set of four cast bronze hinges; facsimile of those on Holy Sacrament triptych, 10cm by 3.6cm x 4

The Migration of the Wings

The Migration of the Wings, a solo exhibition staged at M Leuven in Belgium, follows the movements and resonances of one of Leuven’s most iconic art works – ‘The Last Supper’ by Dieric Bouts – through a multimedia installation.

The exhibition at M explores themes of exile and diaspora, war and repatriation, through sculpture, architectural elements, and a film and sound installation.

The film, The Migration of the Wings, follows the movements of ‘The Holy Sacrament triptych’ (1464-8) by Dieric Bouts, commissioned for and still on view at Saint Peter’s Church in Leuven. In 1707, the triptych was dismembered and the central panel representing ‘The Last Supper’ was stripped of its wings. In modern history, the wings continued to travel, through legal means and by force, as reparations of war between Germany and Belgium. The work probes at the striking contrast between the central panel’s stillness and the constant movement of the outer wings, which both depict and enact scenes of Jewish diaspora.