Group Exhibition at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai Carpentry Workshop presents : "The Sun Did Not Stand Still"
Creating Hope And Renewal Through Art October 8 - October 26, 2024
Artists: Nir Adoni, Daniel Oxenberg, Shai Azulai, Brit Einstein, Eyal Assoulin, Roi Binsky, Zadok Ben David, Orna Ben Ami, Sophie Barzon Makai, Tamar Branitzki, Uri Gersht, Liya Dayagi, Daphna Dishi, Reut Dafna, Einav Halpern Sanker, Doron Wolf, Ofra Wolf, Ariela Wertheimer, Natalia Zourabova, Gabi Salzman, Moshe Tarka, Nurit Livne, Yona Levi Grossman, Zohar Morag, Ido Markus, Ruth Nevo, Shira Sagol, Yana Stup, Dana Sitton, Sarita Peled, Michel Platnick, Lala Kalush, Tamar Karavan, Gidi Rubin, Lior Reisel, Khen Shish, Ronen Shahrabani, Eran Shakin
Curators: Lilach Shmoul and Shlomit Oren DUART
On October 8, 2024, a year and a day after the October 7th disaster, a unique exhibition was opened at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai. For the first time, artists from the Gaza Envelope host artists from central Israel in a joint display of solidarity, representing the Israeli spirit through art. The works in the exhibition serve as a testament to hope, faith, and the ability to grow through creativity. Many of the participating artists were personally affected by the war, and their works reflect both the difficulty and pain of their experiences, as well as hope for a better future. The exhibition will be held in the Yad Mordechai carpentry workshop, a 70-year-old facility that has long served the kibbutz and its members.
On October 8, a group exhibition was open at Kibbutz Yad Mordechai marking revival and continuity. The exhibition will present inter-regional cooperation that expresses the fascinating diversity of the emerging art field in Israel. The works displayed in it represent hope and the belief in the ability to continue growing in difficult times, even when time seems to stop and the pain and fracture seem unbearable.
The exhibition offers visitors a look at the creative forces at work in our regions. The works touch on the effects of time, memory and renewal. The artists participating in the exhibition, many of whom were personally injured in the war, express and reveal the pain and difficulty that accompany them in coping with the challenges of the past and present. Their works represent the preservation of historical memory and at the same time the movement and continuity, which are both the source of relief and those that enable the processing of trauma and growth from it.
The exhibition's title, 'The Sun Did Not Stand Still,' is taken from Margaret Larkin's award-winning book. It tells the story of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, named after Mordechai Anielewicz, leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and recounts the sacrifice of kibbutz members who lost their lives in one of the fiercest battles during Israel's War of Independence. The book is etched in collective memory as part of the kibbutz ethos, with the sun symbolizing constant movement and continuity.
The exhibition is an initiative of Limor Livne, a Kibbutz Yad Mordechai resident. The opening night taked place on October 8, 2024, with the participation of the artists and public figures, including Benny Gantz, Chairman of the State Camp alliance, former Defense Minister and IDF Chief of Staff, and current Yad Mordechai resident, who assisted in establishing the exhibition, MK Alon Schuster State Camp 🇮🇱 Former Deputy Minister of Defense, Minister of Agriculture, Rev. Shaar HaNegev Regional Council, Hezi Bezalel ( businessman and honorary consul of Rwanda), Chemi Peres, Chairman of Peres Center for peace and Innovation , Gidi Mark CEO of Taglit Birthright Israel and many more.
The exhibition will be displayed in the carpentry shop of Kibbutz Yad Mordechai and will be open free of charge to the general public during the holiday period, 26.10.24-8.10.24. Opening hours: 10:00 - 19:00, Fridays 10:00-14:00
As part of the exhibition, there will be tours, cultural events and artists' dialogue meetings
Full information at the link here https://sunneverstands.co.il/
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