The ultra-Orthodox world comes to art.
On December 19, an exhibition will open at the Uri Zvi "Geula Gallery" house that will feature works by ultra-Orthodox artists by birth and other artists who correspond with the ultra-Orthodox world.
The vision of the gallery is original and rooted Israeli art.
She is named after the public leader and founder of the Uri Zvi House - Geula Cohen.
Srulik, Untitled, Photo: Leah Golda Holterman
Alongside the exhibition, the fourth issue of the magazine "Yehi" is currently being published.
The issue is a comprehensive and first-of-its-kind collection, 150 pages of the best works of ultra-Orthodox literature and art.
The authors all have a direct biographical affiliation with the ultra-Orthodox world, on a wide scale, converts to the questioners, women and men, Lithuanians, Hassidim, graduates of Sephardic yeshivas and Chabad followers. The changes and upheavals in the ultra-Orthodox world, and for many of the artists this is their first publication.
Geula Gallery, Photo: Elhai Salomon
"Geula Gallery was established with the aim of expanding the range of artistic work in Israel, with a central emphasis on presenting Israeli art as an alternative to the mainstream, the hegemonic current," says Beit Uri Zvi CEO Assaf Barki. .
National Israeli art is based on broad and deep roots that are an inspiration and a living and productive source for creation and a value and aesthetic compass.
Our gaze is more on the local, on my down-to-the-bone identity and on my roots. "
Untitled, Photo: Leah Golda Holterman
"Geula Gallery" - Opening event
19.12.2021, Sunday: 19:00
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