Unstable Places

Unstable Places approaches the idea of instability – of a site or of a situation – in physical, political, psychological, and existential terms. Experiences of uncertainty and precariousness are affecting society and individual life as never before, and today’s artists reflect upon this in very different ways and mediums. On view here in Jerusalem, a city filled with conflicting convictions, are works by artists at the forefront of contemporary art, acquired with the generous support of friends of the Israel Museum worldwide.Unstable Places - New in Contemporary Art, exhibition viewWolfgang Tillmans, Silver 127, 2013; Dayanita Singh, File Rooms, 2011, Moshe Ninio, Glass (III), 2011, Katinka Bock, Stone Under the Table, 2009. Photo: Elie Posner

Bruce Conner, CROSSROADS, 197635-mm black-and-white film, sound, transferred to high-definition video, 36 mins.'Music by Patrick Gleeson and Terry RileyPurchase, Contemporary Art Acquisitions Committee of American Friends of the Israel Museum, New York, in honor of Suzanne Landau, and the Barbara and Eugene Schwartz Contemporary Art Acquisition Endowment Fund 

Omer Fast, 5,000 Feet Is the Best, 2011Video, color, sound, 30 mins.Purchase, “Here & Now” Contemporary Israeli Art Acquisitions Committee, Israel, and Contemporary Art Acquisitions Committee of American Friends of the Israel Museum, New York