Check-Post
dal 11/7/2008 al 27/12/2008
Segnalato da
Yair Garbuz
Asad Azi
Asim Abu-Shakra
Pamela Levi
Diti Almog
Haim Maor
Moshe Gershuni
Yocheved Weinfeld
Ilana Tenenbaum
11/7/2008
Check-Post
Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
Art in Israel in the 1980s. The exhibition will reflect, among other things, the first local expressions of postmodernism, pluralism, identity politics, feminism, post-colonialism, the return to the image and to painting, and an awareness of the power fields shaping artistic discourse (in the political context of the first war in Lebanon and its repercussions). Curated by Ilana Tenenbaum.
curated by Ilana Tenenbaum
Check-Post: Art in Israel in the 1980s July 12 - December 28, 2008
Curator: Ilana Tenenbaum In the context of Israel's 60th anniversary
celebrations, the Haifa Museum of Art has chosen to present the story of
art in Israel by focusing on the art of the 1980s - the fourth decade of
Israeli independence. The purpose of this exhibition is to present an
overview of Israeli artmaking during this decade, while singling out
important artists and shedding light on this period's (1978-1988)
important artistic trends and movements. The exhibition will reflect,
among other things, the first local expressions of postmodernism,
pluralism, identity politics, feminism, post-colonialism, the return to
the image and to painting, and an awareness of the power fields shaping
artistic discourse (in the political context of the first war in Lebanon
and its repercussions).
The exhibition will also examine the activity of
independent artists' groups such as Radius, Rega, Meimad, Zik and others,
who began offering alternatives to existing artistic conventions during
those years. The decade in question was characterized by various shifts
and by the burgeoning of new ideas, whose widespread examination would
only crystallize during the 1990s: refugees and the relations between the
first and third worlds (as given expression, for instance, in the works of
Yair Garbuz), ethnicity and Middle Eastern identity (Asad Azi, Asim
Abu-Shakra), gender and feminism (Pamela Levi and Diti Almog), the
preoccupation with the Holocaust (Haim Maor, Moshe Gershuni, Yocheved
Weinfeld) and other themes. This exhibition is part of the project '60
Years of Israeli Art,' a project sponsored by the Culture Department at
the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport; it is also supported by the
national headquarters responsible for Israel's 60th anniversary
celebrations, the Beracha Foundation and the Center for Library
Education.
image: Jacob Mishori, Self Portrait, 1981
Opening: July 12 at 8.30 p.m.
Haifa Museum of Art
26 Shabbetai Levi Street - Haifa
Hours: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed: 10a.m.-4p.m. Thu: 10a.m.-9p.m. Fridays and holiday eves: 10a.m.-1p.m. Saturdays and holidays: 10a.m.-4p.m.