Exhibitions

From modernism and the metaphysical ideal, through postmodern dystopia, contemporary art seems to be returning to a utopian vision of the future. The new cluster of exhibitions explores the construction of the utopian space as a fortress of hope for socio-political change and its promotion in contemporary art. Its aim is to examine the phenomenon of post-postmodernism, gaining strength in recent years and expressing the present generation's attempt to overcome the postmodernism of the late twentieth century, as a generalized reaction to the present, crisis-ridden moment.

This exhibition is concerned with oscillation between worlds, between various opposing poles – earth and sky, the physical and the spiritual, the real and the imaginary – as an expression of the meta-modern approach. The exhibition explores the ways in which the viewer experiences the work in conditions of movement, instability, doubt, perpetual change and drift.

This exhibit deals with mythological themes, which appear in the artworks of many contemporary, Israeli artists. The exhibit explores the yearning of Israeli art towards creating a dialogue with the classic, Greek mythological figures and their place in Western Art. The preoccupation is examined through the presentation of artworks from the seventies, alongside artworks from the current era.

This Exhibit seeks to explore the nature of the relationship between Post-Postmodernism stream of contemporary Israeli Art, and Israeli Art from the 1970's', where the artists were pushing to "correct" the atmosphere. Thus, we can highlight a new perspective of modern artwork, in light of transformation that have taken place at the local level, and in terms of effects resulting from the global art discourse.

The Jerusalem Enigma, the mystery buried within the spirit of the city, the holiness as an urban riddle - these are the issues standing in the centre of Leora Laor's exhibit.

The ancient metaphysical yearning for building the Jerusalem of
Heaven is at the center of Lila Chitayat's virtual project. In her work, this yearning encounters contemporary theories discussing the space of positive developments that can occur in the wake of technological innovations.

What will happen if John Lennon's dream of "Imagine there's no countries... Imagine no possession..." will be mutated into a Neo-Capitalistic nightmare - where Western culture will demolish the borders of all countries, until "otherness" becomes nothing but a worthless expression.

The icosahedron, constructed out of bamboo rods, is moved through the space of Ayelet Carmi's and Meirav Heiman's installation by seven figures pushing it by changing their posture and balance. Thereby, the artists turn the geometric-mathematical form into a vessel for the body and its actions. The vessel accumulates great tension between the concrete and definite, on the one hand, and the illusory and spontaneous, on the other hand; between the possible and the impossible.