NOON / Tropical Conservatory Galleryהצילומים באדיבות Tropical Conservatory Gallery
16/12/2022 to - 16/01/2023
NOON
A new exhibition at the Botanical Garden in Jerusalem
"Yaar" - A space for Art in the botanical garden, hosts Artist Gabriella Klein
At the Tropical Conservatory Gallery
curators: Gaby Hamburg Fhima
Opening: 16.12.22 Closing: 16.3.23
A choreography of nature, dreams, closeups and allegories teems at the basis of artist Gabriella Klein’s exhibition “Noon.” The exhibition is concerned with the gap between what we see and what we name and define, between primal, simple, intuitive observation and the process of classifying and cataloguing particles of the world into small boxes marked by terms and definitions. These works all give expression to the power of time to transform the surface.
The exhibition’s point of departure is the recollection of a personal moment in time. As a young girl, Klein lies on her bed, her legs exposed, while rays of light and shadows, filtering through the window of her room at noon, caress her bare skin and move over it as she gazes at the shapes and the dance of light, which is briefly annotated before it disappears. These moments of observing and staring at the shifting and ephemeral patches of light are given expression in the oil paintings, the wall paintings, the screenprints and the collages created by the adult artist. In these works, Klein employs Surrealist practices, drawing excessively close to her subjects and thus distancing them from their basic essence and transforming them into patches of color and shapes stripped of their form, meaning and verbal definition. A pattern constructed of a tie, for instance, is transformed into a climbing plant, a pot, a rose.
The plant known as Dutchman’s pipe (aristolochia), which appears in the wall paintings and grows in the tropical conservatory adjacent to the gallery, has kettle trap flowers whose unique shape is adapted to catching insects. The insect drawn to the flower is swallowed into the tunnel leading to its reproductive organs, where it is covered in pollen that it scatters about once it emerges back out. It is this unique form that has lent it the flower's name Dutchman’s pipe, as well as additional names that allude to its resemblance to the female genitals.
Projected alongside Klein’s works is the short experimental film Meshes of the Afternoon by the avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren (which she directed with her partner, Alexandr Hackenschmied, in 1943). The film captures a woman trapped between dream and reality, much like the insect trapped within the plant. The film opens with a mysterious female arm that enters the frame out of nowhere, bisecting it and laying a flower on a path leading towards the unknown. The flower and its symbolic resonances are a recurrent motif in the works of both Klein and Dern, as is the outstretched arm that seems to have been severed from the body. The works of both artists are characterized by an experience of blurry, dreamlike time and by a female gaze at the marks left by time on the body and on nature.
Curator: Gaby Hamburg Fhima
Gabriella Klein is an American/Israeli painter currently residing and working in Tel Aviv.
Klein studied at The Art Institute of Chicago and holds a BFA from MassArt Boston (1995), and an MFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design/Hebrew University (2005).
Her paintings and site-specific wall murals have been exhibited at galleries and museums in Israel, Europe, and the U.S., including The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Israel Museum, Ashdod Museum of Art, Haifa Museum, Milchhof Pavilion Berlin, Habres+Partner Gallery Vienna, The Israel Drawing Biennial, Herzliya Biennial, and numerous gallery exhibitions.
Klein is the recipient of an Israel Ministry of Culture Award, Israel Lottery Grant, America-Israel Cultural Foundation Grant, and the Morton Godine Travel Fellowship. Her work was recently acquired by the Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Israeli Art Collection for The Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
“I paint subjects that are familiar, including my family, my body, and my immediate surroundings. I see a painting as a stage where I can create an imaginary place, mood, and drama. I am interested in the uncanniness that can exist in a painting when the familiar becomes unfamiliar
Hannah Rendell, Executive Director - Strategic Development Jerusalem Botanical Gardens:
"The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens is proud to be adding additional value to the already incredible Israeli art scene, in the way of exploring and presenting nature inspired and environmentally focused art. There is a wonderful opportunity to create and display art in this unique setting whilst also tapping into some of the wider discussions surrounding biodiversity, urban sustainability and our human interactions with nature".
Tom Amit, CEO of the Botanical Garden: "The launch of the 'YAAR' art space, the "Seeing the Invisible" exhibition, the new Terrarium exhibition and the exhibitions planned in the new gallery for the coming year are another Chanell added to our extensive activity as a botanical garden. A unique vision of making the botanical garden a place for botany, art, education and community. There is no other place in the country where you can enjoy such a variety of activities for all audiences, sectors, all populations and all ages. I invite the residents of Jerusalem and its guests who come to the botanical gardens to enter the gallery in the tropical conservatory and enjoy a unique and contemporary exhibition".
Gallery opening hours:
Sunday: 10:00 - 13:00 Monday - Thursday: 10:00 - 15:00
Friday: 9:00 - 14:00 Saturday: 9:00 - 15:00
Entrance to the opening of the exhibition is free
The visit to the exhibition is included in the admission price, it should be noted that you have come to visit the exhibition.
Events during the exhibition:
They will be published on the garden's Facebook page as well as on the botanical garden's website.
Entrance fee to the kindergarten: adult/child 40 NIS Jerusalem card holders: 28 NIS Soldier / student / pensioner: 25 NIS
*Entrance is free for Jerusalem children up to the age of 18 upon presentation of an ID card or accompanied by one of their parents
1 Zalman Shnior St. Jerusalem for more details: 02-6794012
on the website and Facebook page
location - Tropical Conservatory Gallery
זלמן שניאור 1 ירושלים
Time - 16/12/2022 to - 16/01/2023
Exhibition opening - 16/12/2022, שעה - 12:34
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