The Mishkan Museum of Art Ein Harod and the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa
are pleased to invite you to participate in the event:
MASTERPIECES
LAUNCH OF THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
Edited by Avi Lubin
Friday, 17 January 2025, @ 11.00
Mishkan Museum of Art Ein Harod | Waze
Free admission, no reservation required
LAST DAYS TO VISIT THE EXHIBITION
Opening hours until February 15, 2025
Sunday > closed; Monday – Thursday > 09.00-16.00; Friday > 10.00-13.00; Saturday > 10.00-14.00
Visitor Information/Tickets
The exhibition MASTERPIECES took shape in a time of seclusion and cultural isolation. First, due to the Covid lockdowns, then, under the shadow of the judicial overhaul, and over the past months, in the wake of the ongoing war. It features about 300 works by 46 artists of different generations from the local art scene, who reenact masterpieces of Western art history. Sometimes, this repetition takes the form of a copy, sometimes it involves a change of artistic style or a shift from one medium to another, and it is always created from a new context, in a different artistic, social, or political reality, and under the specific circumstances of a different time and place. The common through line that they all share is the recreation of the entire composition of the original artwork, meaning: As opposed to homage, inspiration, quote, synthesis, or correspondence, these are reenactments.
The exhibition’s title MASTERPIECES alludes to the irony inherent in the absence of classic masterpieces and Old Masters from the exhibition. At the same time, it also hints at the fact that all the works featured in it are significant original artworks created by prominent artists in the local art scene, and with that, showcases the wealth and depth of local art.
Artists featured in the ITALIAN SECTION of the exhibition:
Aram Gershuni, Adi Nes, Boyan, Fouad Agbaria, Jossef Krispel, Roni Taharlev, Sasha Serber, Matan Ben Cnaan, Orit Akta, Ruth Schloss, Udi Charka, David Nipo, Rotem Amizur, Boaz Tal, Yonatan Ullman, Elie Shamir, Zvi Lachman, Jonathan Hirschfeld, Reut Dafna, Tsuki Garbian, Uri Ben Natan.
