Magasin III Jaffa is pleased to invite you to a conversa with Tsibi Geva on Haim Steinbach’s works in last decades.

In 1985, Tsibi Geva left Israel in order to enroll to an art school in New York City. During that time, he regularly visited galleries in the city and witnessed the rapid development of young galleries opening in East Village. These were mostly small galleries that featured young artists and new trends in art, and at that time became the most exciting thing in the art world. In 1985-86, there was a dominant turn in exhibited art , from neo-expressionist art (artists such as Julian Schnabel, David Sally), to new and different styles based on post-modernist theories. They seemed as a continuation of the development of conceptual trends in art (connected to Marcel Duchenne and conceptual art), and connected to pop and the op-art of the 1960’s (Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley and Philip Tuffnell).

During this period Geva became acquainted with the works of Haim Steinbach, who emerges as a prominent, influential and fascinating figure within this group of artists. The first museum exhibition that brought together these artists was ‘ENDGAME’ at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston (1986). Geva followed and found a special interest in Steinbach’s work in these years, and years to come. Later on, Geva met Steinbach in an artists retreat in Mitzpe Ramon in Israel at 1995. At the upcoming talk in Magasin III Jaffa, Geva will present his knowledge and personal view on Haim Steinbach’s works and its important place in art history.

iota is a design company with a social and ecological mission. It strives to design luxurious handmade objects for the interior, through traditional hand-craftsmanship, while creating jobs for otherwise unemployed people worldwide.
iota’s vision combines social responsibility alongside the preservation of traditional craft while emphasising the importance of skill.

Sheila Hicks is an internationally-renowned artist with a career spanning six decades. She is known for her ground-breaking use of materials and color and has redefined boundaries through her practice.

Hicks’ art works and techniques inspire the activities and products of iota studio, which have also exhibited an homage to Hicks’ exhibition at the Israel Museum in 1980, as part of the Jerusalem design week.

Migdalor by Sheila Hicks is the second exhibition in Magasin III Jaffa, the permanent satellite of Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art from Stockholm, Sweden.
The solo exhibition features a series of Hicks’ distinctive and vibrantly-colored sculptures, created from materials ranging from the traditional and natural – such as linen and cotton – to newly researched industrial materials based on new technologies.

Tal Zur is iota’s Creative Director and Head of Design. Tal is alum of the HIT design academy and today a junior professor at the school. She is also alum of the Museology and Curator program at the Tel Aviv University.

Sheila Hicks refers to her work Comets Sculpture, one of the three works featured in her exhibition Migdalor at Magasin III Jaffa, as “Bundles of Memory.”

In a conversation with Yaara Shehori we will discuss memories in literature and art and the materials they are made of.

Yaara Shehori is an Israeli novelist and book editor, Phd in Israeli literature. She has published three books and won various prizes, the last of which is the Bernstein Prize for a Hebrew novel (2017), for her novel Aquarium. In February, her fourth book will be published.

Sheila Hicks is an internationally-renowned artist of American origin, based in Paris since the mid-1960s with a career spanning six decades. She is known for her groundbreaking use in textiles and paint, and her artistic work has redefined the boundaries of the medium.

Migdalor by Sheila Hicks, is the second exhibition in Magasin III Jaffa, permanent satellite space of Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art from Stockholm, Sweden. The solo exhibition features Hicks’ distinctive installation of vibrantly colored sculptures in materials ranging from the traditional and natural, such as linen silk and cotton, to newly researched industrial materials based on advanced technologies.

 
 Alexandra Zuckerman will talk about the Cologne art scene in the 1980’s-90’s, and present the lead figures who prompted it. She will discuss how Cologne became a vibrant and youthful cultural center for artists such as von Bonin, and how von Bonin developed her artistic language.
 
Cosima von Bonin is an internationally-renowned German artist. She was born in 1962 in Mombasa, Kenya, raised in Austria, and has lived for decades in Cologne, Germany. von Bonin is known for her large-scale, mixed-media installations that frequently incorporate sculpture, textile “paintings” and sound, as well as film, video and performance.

Alexandra Zuckerman is an Israeli artist. She studied art in Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem and in Stadelschule, Frankfurt. She has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad. In addition, her works are included in Magasin III’s collection.

Make your own sea creature inspired by Cosima von Bonin’s exhibition Ocean and Caffeine!

Dates: 12.07.2019 – 26.07.19 , every Friday morning.
Hours: 10:30 am / 11:30 am / 12:30 pm
*Free Admission*

Come join us for parent child activity and create your own sea creature using a unique kit  designed especially for this exhibition by Ayelet Gazit.

We will start with a family tour in the exhibition followed by a parent child activity, creating personal sea creatures.

Ages: 4-12
Duration: about an hour
Kids must be accompanied by a parent

• Big Fish Tales and Tails: Dan Tchernov will talk about Marine Biological Research in our nearby seas.
• Diving for Science in Israel: Beverly Goodman will share her experiences from research diving in Israel.

Come and make your own horseman!
Inspired by Tal R’s exhibition : Men Who Can’t Sit on Horses.

*Free Admission*
January 23rd, Thursday, at 5pm.
February 20th, Thursday, at 5pm.
March 19th, Thursday, at 5pm.

Ages: 6-12
Duration: about an hour
Kids must be accompanied by a parent

Come join us for parent/child activity and create your own horseman using a unique kit designed especially for this exhibition by Ayelet Gazit.
We will start with a family tour in the exhibition followed by a parent/child activity, creating personal horsemen.

Ginsburg and Caine discussed the impact of technological developments on civilian acts and resistance. How changes in the photographic medium impact our understanding of the civilian space, and formulate new ways of action, and how these actions are expressed in the art field.

Dr. Ruthie Ginsburg is a researcher and lecturer for visual culture, engaged in the fields of photography and human rights, and the political aspects of photography. Dr. Ginsburg lectures at the Beit Berl College of Art and the Academy of Art and Design, Bezalel. She is a member of the Lexicon for Political Theory Group at the Minerva Humanities Center at Tel Aviv University, and one of the editors at “Mafte’akh” Journal.

Ariel Caine is an artist and researcher currently living in London. Within the Forensic Architecture Agency at Goldsmith University, Caine’s artistic practice and research deals with relations between state, religious nationality and imaging technologies. His work tries to expose and challenge the way the photographic mechanism is rooted in the idea of ​​building and constructing physical reality. Caine’s works and publications have been featured in exhibitions and magazines in Israel and around the world.

The Night, a painting by Tal R featured in his exhibition : Men Who Can’t Sit on Horses, curated by David Neuman, was commissioned by Magasin III, and bears the same measures as Picasso’s monumental painting, Guernica. A quick glance at both of the art works will immediately show that apart from their equal enormous size – they seem to have nothing in common. In the lecture, we will seek to examine this claim, by looking at the political and historical contexts in which these works were created. Reflecting the ambivalent connection that exists between the work of art and the time and space in which it is made, pointing to surprising similarities, even if not immediately visible, in the practice of these artists.

Dr. Golan Lahat, Specializes in Political Philosophy, Lecturer in the School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs at Tel-Aviv University and the School of Communication at Ariel University. Academic Director of “IDEA” – Tel Aviv University for teens, a program for the gifted in the fields of the humanities, social sciences and arts, and the author of books “The Messianic Temptation: The Rise and Fall of the Israeli Left,” and “Rethinking Progress: The Political Implications of Kant’s Theory of Knowledge”.

* Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937.
** The Night, Tal R, 2019.

When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil’in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For more than five years, Emad films the struggle, which is led by two of his best friends, alongside filming how Gibreel grows. Very soon it affects his family and his own life. Daily arrests and night raids scare his family; his friends, brothers and himself are either shot or arrested. One camera after another is shot at or smashed. Each of the 5 cameras tells part of his story.

In the talk Emad Burnat will discuss the effect of the movie on his life and the struggle in Bil’in.