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Art from Israel: Here, There, Everywhere technologies: yes, the Israeli art scene has it

all, as well as many, many artists. They create
side-by-side, mature with just-born,
LILIANA KADICHEVSKI
It would be difficult to affirm that the art traditional with innovative. Consciously or
that is created in Israel should be considered not, they were and are marking the country’s
“Israeli art” by definition. More accurately - path all the way through time.
and what should be acknowledged - is that
there is definitely art in Israel, and much of it. It is a known fact that Israelis live in a
complex reality. They are driven to reflection
As a land overflowing with immigrants from and at the same time are urged to act fast.

every imaginable corner of the planet, and Everyday life absorbs their energy in big sips.
with the population in general and the So Israelis react, expressing what is just ready
creative minds in particular constantly to burst out of their chests. Art is there,
absorbing from both the near and far - impatiently waiting to be uncovered in many
thirsty of knowledge, eager to inhale the ways, trying to keep up with the roller coaster
wafts of fresh air approaching from the of life, trying to keep away from getting
distance - current local artistic endeavors swept off from its natural course.

cannot remain narrowly qualified as typical
of the region. The prolific artistic And for such small a country, there are so
development in this country should be many artistic doings! Private and public
viewed through a wide lens that focuses galleries, alternative spaces and museums,
mainly on its variety. decorate the country’s landscape. Festivals
and special events are reproducing by the
From solemn monochromes to pulsating minute. Group and solo exhibits; ongoing
color waves; from motionless hushed tours throughout the country’s peripheries
representations to moving images to vibrating and one-time events; live performances;

sounds; from abstract to neorealism; from municipal, national, and international events
conceptual to lyric; from spiritual matters to - almost everything goes.
political issues; bouncing between personal
and general, digging deep down into the However, in spite of all that enlightenment,
spirit or looking inside out; bringing up and due to more than a few reasons, artists
social concerns or depicting facts related to are creating frequently on shaky grounds, at
nature or manmade infrastructures; applying times barely surviving their ongoing efforts

exquisite craftsmanship, using sophisticated for recognition; often working with less than

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