Demons

Oren Eliav (IL), Tamar Getter (IL), Guy Goldstein (IL), Aneta Grzeszykowska (PL),

Shai Ignatz (IL), Tomasz Kozak (PL), Zbigniew Libera (PL), Sigal Primor (IL),

 Zbigniew Rogalski (PL), Roee Rosen (IL), Karen Russo (IL, GB), Josef Sprinzak (IL)

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Curators: Naomi Aviv, Leah Abir

 

 

Who am I?... If this once I were to rely on a proverb, then perhaps everything would amount to whom I 'haunt'." (André Breton, Nadja, 11)

 

The “DEMONS” exhibition presented the works of Israeli and Polish artists while functioning as a platform for artistic dialogue. The theme of demons, which is both direct and elusive, confronts mutual fears, impulses, ghosts, and shadows, addressing contemporary concepts of history and creativity through them.

This exhibition didn't aspire to deal with demonology or the dark side of theology but to reflect on demons as a metaphor. Trying to speak about demons is like attempting to convert the punctum into studium. Impossible as it may be, we find this task essential, for “they are there, specters, even if they do not exist, even if they are no longer, even if they are not yet. They give us to rethink the 'there'…" (Derrida, Specters of Marx, 176). Through the medium(s) of art, we explore the common "there" of several simultaneous spaces, swarming with demons and apparitions – those of history, culture, and the self. It is because, in these haunted times, the constant stare of the demon is fundamental to our own consciousness and self-reflection.