Common Ground
Israeli Art Meets Archaeology
- April 12 2024
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Curators: Amitai Mendelsohn, Tanya Sirakovich, Ahiad Ovadia, Pirchia Eyall
Assistant Curators: Elinor Zilberman, Lola Vilenkin - Designer: Shirley Yahalomi
- The Ayala Zacks Abramov Pavilion and Nathan Cummings Building for Modern and Contemporary Art
Over the years, many artists have sought to understand the present by deciphering the past, incorporating or addressing ancient culture in their work in diverse ways. The exhibition Common Ground dissolves the barrier between archaeology and fine arts, as recent Museum acquisitions of Israeli art are interwoven with ancient artifacts from the collection – most displayed for the first time.
The exhibition presents archaeological finds spanning millennia, in materials such as stone, pottery, wood, and metal, alongside contemporary drawings, sculptures, video works, photographs, and installation art. All of these explore age-old subjects like mortality, the strength and weakness of the human body; relationships between people; and belief in transcendent forces. What joins them together is a shared visual or material language. An invisible thread seems to lead from one work to the next, bridging the millennia and revealing a wealth of links and associations.
In the exhibition, ancient objects of archaeology complement and enrich our understanding of recent artworks. Sparking surprising connections, the creativity of the distant past and immediate present meets on common ground to inspire us with faith in the human spirit.
Artists: Ron Amir, Maya Attoun, Ilit Azoulay, Michal BarOr, Hilla Ben Ari, Deganit Berest, Miriam Cabessa, Ayelet Carmi, Chen Cohen, Gilad Efrat, Maayan Elyakim, Assaf Evron, Hamutal Fishman, Efrat Hakimi, Meirav Heiman, Menashe Kadishman, Miki Kratsman, Shai Kremer, Sigalit Landau, Netta Lieber Sheffer, Maria Saleh Mahameed, Ruth Patir, Hillel Roman, Elham Rokni, Karen Russo, Avi Sabah, Merav Salomon, Netally Schlosser, Etty Schwartz, Orit Siman-Tov, Micha Ullman, Amon Yariv, Addam Yekutieli (Know Hope), Noa Yekutieli
The exhibition was made possible by
The donors to the Museum's Exhibition Fund:
Claudia Davidoff, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in memory of Ruth and Leon Davidoff
Hanno D. Mott, New York
The Nash Family Foundation, New York
Israel Makov, Tel Aviv
Israel Discount Bank
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