The Door in the Wall
Group exhibition:
Rachel Levian, Guy Levy, Netta Rabinovitch
Curator: Dr. Revital Michali
04 April 2024 - 04 May 2024
The Door in the Wall
Group exhibition: Rachel Levian, Guy Levy, Netta Rabinovitch
Curator: Dr. Revital Michali
In the group exhibition The Door in the Wall, artists Rachel Levian, Guy Levy, and Neta Rabinovitch present paintings, drawings, and sculptural installations that explore thresholds and points of transition. Their works serve as a symbolic portal, connecting physical and mental spaces. In each of the works in the gallery space, we witness a nuanced moment that captures a transition and emphasizes the tension of the split second in which the shift occurs.
A door or a portal is always an invitation to choose an option different than the current one.
The works in the exhibition offer a doorway to different facets of reality: from logical thought about the physical reality, to imaginary domains, clad in the spark of formation and creation.
In this exhibition, the artists invite the viewer to step up to the threshold of their world and pass between thought and observation, between gazing and contemplating.
About the artists and the curator
Rachel Levian is a multidisciplinary artist, specializing in sculpture, drawing, text, and music. Graduated with with honors from the art department of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, and holds a master's degree in art from Bezalel.
Rachel has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Israel, including the Center for Contemporary Art - CCA, the Shemi Atelier at Kibbutz Cabri, Tel Aviv Museum, Binyamin Gallery and more. She participated in Artport's short residency program. In addition, Levian is a member of the art collective 'M I Awake?', and the creator, composer, and lyricist for the music group 'Reish
Guy Levy is a multidisciplinary artist, specializing in painting, drawing, and printmaking. Graduated with honors from the multidisciplinary art department, Shenkar, and holds a master's degree in art from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. After completing his undergraduate studies in 2016, he received an Encouraging Young Artists scholarship from the Cultural Foundation America-Israel, the "Adams" award of Excellence (2017), and the 'Young Artist award' from the Ministry of Culture and Sports, 2019. Levy has exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in Israel, including Alfred Gallery, Maya Gallery, and the Schechter Institute. In 2021, he was invited by the artist Sigalit Landau to participate and present as a guest artist in her exhibition at the Rubin Museum "Olive to Olive". Levy participated in the residency program of "The Lab" by Isrotel hotels.
He teaches art classes at the Petah Tikva Museum of Art and at the "Shchafim"gifted and outstanding students center in Herzliya, where he forms collaborations of art and technology, digital and traditional art.
Nurit Tal-Tenne is an independent curator and lecturer. She holds an MA from Tel Aviv University’s Department of Art History. Over the past two decades, Tal-Tenne has curated dozens of solo and group exhibitions, collaborating with prominent artists such as Elie Shamir, Adi Ness, and Alex Libak. Using an eclectic approach, she curates diverse research-based exhibitions in various exhibition spaces. They incorporate a range of disciplines and are linked to social issues (rape and sexual violence, victims of terrorism, postpartum depression and more), some with an “artist-curator” agenda. Tal-Tenne has authored numerous articles and catalogs. In 2019, her book, “The Big Bear - Talks about Postpartum Depression” was published by Pardes. In 2022, she was appointed Chair of the Committee of Judges for the Young Artist prize of the ministries of education and culture.
Neta Rabinovitch is an artist specializing in drawing, and working primarily with pencil and graphite. Her drawings range from digital to manual domains, between concrete and abstract spaces. She graduated from the visual communication department of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and holds a master's degree in art from Bezalel. Rabinovitch has participated in exhibitions in Israel and abroad, including at the P8 Gallery in Tel Aviv and the Opera House Gallery of Contemporary Art in Athens, and participated in residency programs in New York and Taiwan.
Dr. Revital Michali, researcher, independent art curator, teacher and performance artist, lives and works in Tel Aviv. Michali holds a doctorate in Visual Art from Tel Aviv University. Her writing and art focus on female identity, motherhood and her connection to the public space. Michali has curated and produced exhibitions and art events in Tel Aviv, Berlin and the United States, including solo and group exhibitions at the ID Festival and Bethanien Künstlerhaus in Berlin, Providence College Galleries in Providence and Alfred Gallery. She has also curated performance night events and festivals at the galleries Kav 16, Alfred in Tel Aviv and Circle 1 in Berlin. She has written and produced artist books and collectors’ catalogs.
Bein Hashmashot: Between Night and Day;
End – Edge – Addendum.
The Door in the Wall is the sixth exhibition of the 2023-2014 exhibition season, presented on the subject of the trilogy Bein Hashmashot: Between Night and Day; End – Edge – Addendum. Today’s times are characterized by a sense of urgency which can lead to one-dimensionality, yet also invites a complex, “multi-focal” analysis. One cannot discuss the present without considering the past and building the future.
End: There is a sense that the imminent end is lingering in the air, boundaries have been crossed, the world order has been upended, and doubt has now been cast on assumptions that were once axioms. That which was once taken for granted is no longer certain. What is good and what is bad? How can one distinguish between the two? The word “end” signifies the finishing part, the point where the thing ceases to exist.
Threshold: The threshold is a gate, an opening one must pass through in the struggle to restore meaning, decorum, and standards. In order to recover, one must consent to sojourn in threshold spaces, in destruction and uncertainty. One must agree to touch upon loss, compromise, and change. One must push up against the edges and taste the ashes.
Addendum: Lingering within a sense of destruction, anxiety, and horror enables, in the end, hope to sprout. From wallowing in the depths, the cracked and broken areas, and from disease, separation, loss, and collapsed systems, a seed sprouts, breathing new life into the consciousness and the body and helping to identify the strength embodied within them.