Art events

Proximity
Poland-Germany: Instructions for use
Photography exhibition
03-29 July

"Poland-Germany: Instructions for use" is the title of a project initiated in the framework of the Polish-German Year 2005/6 by Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, Goethe-Institut in Munich and the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation. The Project was aimed at encouraging young artists to send works presenting German-Polish relations from different perspectives and dealing with different artistic genres. The exhibition presented in Asia House contains selected photographs and short films by 30 artists from Poland and Germany. 

The presentation of the works in Israel is a mutual initiative of Instytut Polski and Goethe-Institut in Tel-Aviv – neighboring cultural institutions of neighboring countries. A visit through the exhibition takes the visitor not only on a Polish-German journey within the premises of Asia House but gives him also the opportunity to visit both institutions.

Opening: Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 19:30

In the presence of H.E. Mrs. Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska  - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Israel and Dr. Dr. h.c. Harald Kindermann - Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Israel.

Invitation

The exhibition will be open during the period July 3 through July 29, 2008
Venue: 4 Weizman St., Asia House, Tel-Aviv

Exhibitions of exceptional Polish photographers of the younger generation
Hydroklinika by Mikołaj Grospierre
UFO by Szymon Rogiński
3 may – 7 June

As part of the project of promoting young Polish photography "Photo Poland", the Artist’s House in Jerusalem will host two exhibitions of exceptional Polish photographers of the younger generation: Hydroklinika by Mikołaj Grospierre and UFO by Szymon Rogiński.

Photographs from the cycle Hydroklinika by Mikołaj Grospierre were taken in 2004 during his journey to Eastern Europe. In the town of Druskininkai (Lithuania) he documented one of the most famous USSR clinics. The artist was able to capture on film the last moments of the buildings’ existence, as they were demolished in 2005 due to economic reasons.

The subject of the cycle by Szymon Rogiński UFO is darkness illuminated with a single, characteristic light – the starry sky and remote areas which, as it seems, are haunted by aliens.

Curator: Nissan Perez

Polish curator: Adam Mazur

3 May – 7 June, Artist’s House, Shmuel Hanagid 12, Jersualem

Info: www.art.org.il/en/about.php

Exhibition and conference
Souvenirs: repressed historical and individual memory
in Polish and Israeli art/culture
19 may – June 15, Beer Sheva

The presentation of contemporary Polish and Israeli artists is an attempt at confronting the individual memory with the official historical narratives. The project focuses on the issues of history, however not only in reference to the Holocaust but also the history of the Polish People’s Republic and the political transformation in Poland after 1989. The exhibition, which takes place during the celebrations of the 60^th anniversary of State of Israel as well as the Polish Year in Israel, will provide an insight into the Polish and Israeli artists’ reactions towards the issues of Memory.

The opening will be preceded by a conference and a panel discussion with distinguished historians, psychologists as well as historians and theoreticians of art from Poland and Israel.

Conference: 19 May, 09:00-18:30, Senate Hall

Opening of the exhibition: 19 May 19:00 – 15 June, George Shrut Visitors’Center Gallery and Abraham Baron Art Gallery, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva

Emotions
Painitng Exhibition by Malgorzata krasucka - Margalit
24 May – 15 June, Ein Hod

Malgorzata Krasucka – Margalit is a professional artist, who lives and works in Warsaw. She is a painter, illustrator, and graphics designer. Krasucka has exhibited in over twenty large individual shows in Poland and abroad. Her body of works encompasses many different techniques, styles and genres. Her work includes a mix of painting techniques on canvas and paper, mixed graphics, in prints on paper and photographs. Her art is not limited to a particular thematic; however she prefers lyrically erotic and Jewish themes where she treats the subjects in a fairytale or even dream-like manner.

24 may 12:00 – 15 June, Ein Hod Gallery   www.artmargalit.com

Opening Hours: Sun. and Tue.-Thu. 10:00-16:00
Fri. 10:00-14:00

Sat. 11:00-16:00

Exhibition - March 68. Farewells and Returns
29 May – 21 June

The project touches upon a painful sphere of private memory and emotions. Its main idea was to make a group of Polish and Israeli students cooperate during several workshop sessions under the guidance of experienced documentaries. The works realized by the students are to bring the topic of March '68 closer to the general audience and introduce new information to the historical discussions.

29 May 19.30 - 21 June, Horace Richter Gallery, 24 Simtat Mazal Arieh, Old Jaffa

Screenings of Polish-Israeli Dance Videos at the Vdance festival
1-14 June, Tel Aviv Cinematheque

Audience will have the opportunity to see multimedia dance shows produced in cooperation between the Polish and Israeli dancers, choreographers and video artists. The main aim of the project is to provide a meeting place for the Polish and Israeli artists resulting in cooperation, exchange of experience and experiments in dance, sound and video. The invited artists will meet in the course of workshops conducted in Poland (in march) and Israel (in June), during which they would produce short videodance presentations inspired by the clash of two different traditions of dance as well as two different cultures.

1-14 June, Tel Aviv Cinemateque, Sprinzak 2, 03-6060800  www.vdance.co.il