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Hugging and Wrestling: Contemporary Israeli Photography and Video

by Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland

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Ori Gersht talks about photographing olive trees 01:25
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Ori Gersht discusses technological advances in photography 03:06
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Natan Dvir discusses his bodies of work 'Belief' and 'Conflict' 00:58
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Natan Dvir talks about how his 'Belief' series affected his own religious views 01:20
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Adi Nes discusses his working process when creating photographs 01:09
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Adi Nes talks about perceptions of Israel in the media and other issues 02:25
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Dana Levy talks about her reasons for creating the video 'The Dreamers' 01:14
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Rina Castelnuovo talks about her relationship to the media and perceptions of Israel 01:09
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Rina Castelnuovo discusses her technique of capturing 'real-life' moments 01:17

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"Hugging and Wrestling" presented a selection of outstanding photographic and video works by a group of Israeli artists, most of whom are connected to Tel Aviv - a city that has become an emergent center of artistic activity on the global art stage. The artists grappled with the past, embraced the legacy of Israel’s history, while they dealt with the challenges of the present. They embraced but wrestled with ideals, and brought into question the premises on which such ideals once stood. The artists wrestled with political discord, religious divisions, and social inequalities. They examined the religious versus the secular, the individual versus society, and the search for personal and collective identity in a vibrant, evolving, contemporary culture. The exhibition provided a glimpse into the rich, multifaceted dimensions of a country defined as much by the energy, faith, and commitment of its peoples as by conflict and by the enormous challenges it faces as a nation. "Hugging and Wrestling" was curated by Margo A. Crutchfield and generously underwritten by the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Additional support came from Forest City Enterprises, Cleveland Jewish News, Artis-Contemporary Israeli Art Fund, Consul General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States, and Glidden House.

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released September 12, 2009

Photo credit: Rina Castelnuovo, "Alumin",Gaza Border, 2005, Chromogenic Color Print, 30 x 40 inches. Courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery.

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