Desert Cliché: Israel Now – Local Images
Arad Museum, Israel; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach; Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center of New York University; Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta and Yerba Buena Center for the Art, San Francisco
November 1996 - November 1998
This critical and provocative exhibition provided the American audiences a rare opportunity to view a significant body of works by some of the most prominent and promising artists working in Israel at that time. Desert Cliché (co-curated with Amy Cappellazzo) included works of eighteen contemporary Israeli artists, who deconstruct the myths and stereotypes of Israeli cultural identity. Using humor, cynicism and irony, the works in this show conveyed multiple views of Israeli life in the ’90s. From their post-Zionist viewpoint, the artists addressed the numerous tensions inherent in contemporary Israeli life, including holy places that function as tourist sites, the multiple layers of Israeli identity, and the symbiotic relationship of Arabs and Israelis.
Participating artists
Dana and Boaz Zonshine, Hilla Lulu Lin, David Reeb, Michal Heiman, Gilad Ophir, Philip Rantzer, Ariane Littman-Cohen, Nir Hod, Meir Gal, Gil Shachar, Pinchas Cohen Gan, Tiranit Barzilay, Dganit Berest, Asim Abu-Shakra, Tsibi Geva, Asad Azi, Micha Kirshner
Desert Cliché: Israel Now – Local Images
Arad Museum, Israel; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach; Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel; Grey Art Gallery & Study Center of New York University; Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta and Yerba Buena Center for the Art, San Francisco
November 1996 - November 1998
This critical and provocative exhibition provided the American audiences a rare opportunity to view a significant body of works by some of the most prominent and promising artists working in Israel at that time. Desert Cliché (co-curated with Amy Cappellazzo) included works of eighteen contemporary Israeli artists, who deconstruct the myths and stereotypes of Israeli cultural identity. Using humor, cynicism and irony, the works in this show conveyed multiple views of Israeli life in the ’90s. From their post-Zionist viewpoint, the artists addressed the numerous tensions inherent in contemporary Israeli life, including holy places that function as tourist sites, the multiple layers of Israeli identity, and the symbiotic relationship of Arabs and Israelis.
Participating artists
Dana and Boaz Zonshine, Hilla Lulu Lin, David Reeb, Michal Heiman, Gilad Ophir, Philip Rantzer, Ariane Littman-Cohen, Nir Hod, Meir Gal, Gil Shachar, Pinchas Cohen Gan, Tiranit Barzilay, Dganit Berest, Asim Abu-Shakra, Tsibi Geva, Asad Azi, Micha Kirshner
Dana and Boaz Zonshine, Untitled, 1996, video
