Fat Cat, Red Tongue, Green Mind, White Milk

Michal Na'aman, born in 1951 in Kibbutz Kinneret, is one of the most prominent and influential conceptual artists in Israel. Since the 1970s, her work has critically examined the boundaries of language, vision, and representation, while exploring themes of gender, memory, and identity. Her pieces often combine image and text in ways that challenge the relationship between what is seen and what is said, opening a space for reflection and ambiguity.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Na'aman was associated with the “Poor Art” (Dalet HaHomer) movement, and her early works were characterized by collage, photographs, and linguistic references. In later years, she turned to painting, developing a distinctive visual language that incorporates masking tape as both a formal and conceptual element—creating complex dynamics of concealment and revelation.
Na'aman has exhibited widely in Israel and abroad, and has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Israel Prize for Visual Arts in 2014.