Alice Fleisher

Born in Israel, 1986 Nest, 2010, sculpture, branches, metal wire, metal netting Where the Salt Lies in Bodies, She, 2010, video, 16:34 min. camera: Hillel Aharoni editing: Nimrod Tamasi This exhibition features two works by Alice Fleisher. Fleisher’s sculpture and video work both bespeak a longing to return to a primeval, natural world. The rise of civilization, according to various philosophers, inevitably involves

Ella Littwitz

Born in Israel, 1982 Hollow Heart, 2012, archive of projected slides and pigment prints Hollow Heart examines various deformities through the aesthetic presentation of different diseases. This installation includes a projection of old slides, which were photographed in Germany several decades ago. Together, these images form an archive of diseases and deformities that affect different parts of the potato plant, including the leaves, roots, and so forth. Hollow Heart,

Itay Ziv

Born in Israel, 1976 Never Miss a Sunset, 2011, video animation, 1:15 min. For this work, Itay Ziv gathered Internet photographs of the sun slipping into the sea, and edited them into a collection of sunsets. The Internet may be described as the contemporary phenomenon that most closely approximates a cabinet of wonder – a sphere where new kinds of curiosities, surprising film flicks, impossible photographs, and fascinating information are constantly being accumulated.

Ayala Serfaty

Born in Israel, 1962 Paludes, 2012, sculpture, handmade felt on polyurethane surface The point of departure for Ayala Serfaty’s work process is matter, which acts as a companion on her creative journey. In this case, the matter she chose is felt, the most ancient form of manmade textile. Felt is made of layers of wool, silk, cotton, and bamboo fibers that are kneaded by hand for a long time. The fibers, which come from different places around the world, are usually

Uri Shapira

Born in Israel, 1980 Kingdom: Inanimate, 2012, installation, glass, silicon, lead, copper clay and chemicals Division: Metals Class: Plant-like Order: Saltivores Family: Copper-suckers Genus: Ruddies Species: Balancing Ruddy

Uri Gershuni

Born in Israel, 1970 Full Moon, 2011, 4 photographs, inkjet print. Uri Gershuni’s series Full Moon examines what happens in the absence of the sun – the most important source of light and energy that allows for the creation of photographs. Gershuni is also fascinated by the origins of photography, and particularly by the 19th-century photographer Henry Fox Talbot, who made revolutionary discoveries in the field of photography in the 1830s and 1840s.

Cabinets of Wonder in Contemporary Art

Cabinets of wonder were part of a European tradition of collecting practiced by aristocrats and other wealthy individuals from the 16th to the 18th century. These exhibition spaces held encyclopedic displays of strange, disturbing, surprising and exotic objects, which attested to the wealth and power of their owners. The first cabinets of wonder were created prior to the establishment of clearcut distinctions between science, philosophy, and art. This historical period was also marked by the first

Alice Fleisher

Ella Littwitz

Itay Ziv

Ayala Serfaty

Uri Shapira

Uri Gershuni

Cabinets of Wonder in Contemporary Art

Chen Chieh-Jen

Chen Ching-Yao

Tsai Charwei