Silver Linings (Co-curated with Omer Halperin)
2023, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Participating artists: Neftali Bezem, Yaniv Drey, Michael Druks, Noa Glazer,
Michal Helfman, Dan Kedar, Harel Luz, Oz Malul, Lior Ophir, Pearl Schneider,
Zelig Segal, Sari Srulovitch, Oded Yaakov, Noa Yafe
Michal Helfman, Dan Kedar, Harel Luz, Oz Malul, Lior Ophir, Pearl Schneider,
Zelig Segal, Sari Srulovitch, Oded Yaakov, Noa Yafe
The exhibition responds to the gallery’s new space in Kiryat Hamelacha, which up until recently served as a Judaica factory. On the ruins of the closed down factory we present an exhibition which brings objects of Jewish ceremonial art together with local visual art.
Before the space is transformed into a gallery, “Silver Linings” aims to pause and acknowledge the presence of the past and its continuation into the present. The space of the abandoned Judaica factory is kept the way it was left, with layers of dust, dirt, and the personal objects that the workers left behind. Like a gemstone fixed within a Menorah, the various objects on display are embedded into the architecture and become a part of its form.
The encounter of Jewish ceremonial art with fine art reveals overlapping territories that exist between these two different manifestations. The exhibition generates a space to rethink the relations between life and art and between the sacred and the everyday. This relationship, as articulated in the connections between the various objects on display, is embodied in the corporeality of the material. It originates from one particular point where the relation between man and light was first established.
︎ Ouzi Zur, Haaretz
︎ Ouzi Zur, Haaretz
Silver Linings
2023
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Pearl Schneider
Magic
2008
collage of pan and pencil on canvas
45 x 35 cm
Silver Linings
2023
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Unknown Artist
Untitled (IDF Torah Scroll Case)
circa 1950
Wood, fabric
Variable dimensions
Neftali Bezem
Untitled
circa 1980
Oil on canvas
51 x 43 cm
Michal Helfman
Untitled
2023
Oil pastel on paper
100 x 50 cm
Michal Helfman
Untitled
2023
Oil pastel on paper
100 x 50 cm
Yaniv Drey
Dormition
2022
Wood, aluminum, centrifugal blower, whipped cream gas
250 x 190 cm
Silver Linings
2023
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Silver Linings
2023
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Silver Linings
2023
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Pearl Schneider
Electrical Appliances
2011
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 50 cm
Silver Linings
2023
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Silver Linings
2023
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Silver Linings
2023
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Noa Yafe
Basement
2018
Inkjet print, rug
Variable dimensions
Noa Glazer
Slippers
2019
Felt, transparent fishing cord, hand spun thread
42 x 51 x 18.5 cm
Silver Linings
2023
Installation View
Michael Druks
Cambridge Collars
1977
Cotton collars on a wooden wrack
74.5 x 4.5 x 24 cm
Harel Luz
Untitled
2020
Linoleum print on paper
21 x 33 cm, 23 x 11 cm
Silver Linings
2023
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Zelig Segal
Untitled (Swinging Candlestick)
2010
Bent brass tube
18 x 21 x 22 cm
Zelig Segal
Three Hassidim
2008
Iron, wood, brass
145.5 x 141 x 46 cm
Unknown Artist
Untitled (770 Eastern Parkway – Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters)
Circa 1970
Poster
43.5 x 50 cm (framed)
Silver Linings
2023
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Oz Malul
Crickets
2012
Mixed media
Variable dimensions
Silver Linings
2023
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Lior Ophir
Untitled
2015
Pencil on paper
33.5 x 26 cm
Silver Linings
2023
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Unknown Artist
Untitled (Ort Israel Candlesticks)
Circa 1950
Iron pleated nickel
16.5 x 4.5 cm
Silver Linings
2023
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Oded Yaakov
Untitled
2021
Pen and pencil on paper
36 x 30 cm (framed)
Silver Linings
2023
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