The Exhibition "Two sculptors: Julia Segal, Vered Aharonovitch" in Ilana Goor Museum

The exhibition examines the works of two figurative artists by addressing ways in which they relate to each other within the eclectic space of the museum. Two extremely different approaches to technique, materials, texture, color and form are brought into contact with one another. 

Julia Segal, born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1938, and currently living in Jerusalem, is a senior artist of Russian origin with a modernist neo-classical sensibility. Her miniature relief-like, three-dimensional figurative works are dense with gestures and references that amount to anonymous characters. These figures function as models for a folk representational aesthetic that deals with refugees, immigration and survival. Segal’s works are distinct in their rough and raw texture (copper, bronze and acrylic colored plaster), which is typical of the Modernist sculptural movement as it began to transition into Impressionism. 

By contrast, young Israeli-born Vered Aharonovich (1980) who lives and works in Tel-Aviv is known for being an activist with an emphasis on gender awareness. Aharonovich, postmodern in her daring approach to industrial materials and paints (fiberglass, MDF, epoxy), creates representations of female characters who have been taken advantage of and betrayed.

This challenging encounter between the two artist’s works invites new perspectives and angles through which the works can be read and interpreted. At first glance, the works reflect two very different extreme dispositions, yet both are charged with potent social criticism that emphasizes compromised states of alienation and exclusion. Both strike forth within the multicultural era in which they exist.
 

For details about the exhibition:  click here.
 

The exhibition will be on display until 22.09.16.

 

 

A special guided tour of the exhibition will take place on Friday 16.09.16 at 12:00.