The Jerusalem Biennale | At the Institute

Curator: Udi Urman

Participating Artists: Erez Aharon. Ziva Ben-Arav Rabinovitz. Shulamit Bismuth. Yasmin Elephant. Shany Ginon. Marik Lechner. Iris Nesher. Michel Platnic. Dana Reisin. Noam Reshef. Daniel Tchetchik. Amir Tomashov. Hamutal Yacobovitz. Studio Special Edition.

From emotional, historical, and spiritual depths, voices rise, not seeking redemption, but a space to bleed, to ache, to be heard.

'Open Wound' does not avert its gaze; on the contrary, it looks directly, with open eyes, into the rupture. Before it crusts over, is covered, obscured. Diving into collective pain is not a retreat, not a weakness, but a necessary inquiry. The artists in this exhibition create from within the wound, from the place where identity unravels, where faith is cast into doubt, where resilience may be born.

 

Curator: Dr. Alissa Schapiro.

Participating Artist: Caron Tabb.

A symbol of purity and holiness. A flag of surrender. A shroud. A blank slate. After two years marked by extraordinary suffering and pain – both personal and collective, in Israel and around the world – Caron Tabb brings the many Jewish and universal associations with the color white into her new multimedia art exhibition, 'On the Face of It'.

Tabb builds here upon the rich tradition of textile art in this monochromatic form as she explores poignant themes of memory, loss, identity, compassion, and spirituality. Referencing the significance of white in Jewish funerary and ritual customs, Tabb's art reflects the grief she has experienced due to the recent passing of her mother, the horrors of October 7, 2023, the plight of the hostages and their families, the social unrest and polarization in her adopted home of the United States, and the growing tide of hate toward her Jewish and Israeli communities.

 

 

Curators: DuArt – Shlomit Oren. Lilach Shmoul.

Participating Artists: Merav Heiman. Moshe Tarka. Adi van Velsen.

'Time Collapsing, Routine Leaking' proposes a space in which time no longer advances linearly, but instead loops, repeats, and resurfaces within everyday actions. In the aftermath of October 7 – when fundamental notions of security, home, and safeness were abruptly shattered – the exhibition explores an experience of existence within a reality of fractured temporality. Disturbance reverberates from the depths, resonating inward and outward as daily life continues under the strain of internal rupture.