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SUMMARY:Flower Power
DESCRIPTION:Group Exhibition withNir Adoni | Ali AnvariAyelet Carmi | Mai DaasYoav Efrati | Nurit Gur Lavy(Karny) | Vik JF | Ayala LandowYaara Oren | Dina ShenhavKhen Shish | Irit TamariNurit Yarden | Mark YashaevSahar ZukermanCurated by Carmit BlumensohnOpening: 21.9.18 19:00“Art is not what you see\, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas“Flower Power” is a slogan that has become identified with the 1960s as a symbolof passive resistance and nonviolence ideology. It is rooted in the oppositionmovement to the Vietnam War led by the hippies in the US\, which spread to the restof the world\, and stands for the idea that flowers and love can be affective in thestruggle against violence and war\, the fight for peace\, openness\, equality\, free love\,and brotherhood of all men. Its symbols were clothing adorned by flowers in brightcolors\, long hair\, psychedelic art and music\, permissive attitudes toward sex\, anduse of drugs like cannabis and LSD.The exhibition wishes to borrow the expression\, and use its two parts – flower andpower – to present the seductive power of relevant and critical artworks thatembody both poles.Over the generations\, flowers in art embodied an aesthetic element that expressesthe human spirit\, the superiority of man to the beast\, and the divine spark in manwho is drawn to beauty and aesthetics. Since prehistoric times we find the longingfor aesthetics in cave paintings\, and in different decorative artefacts found with thebones of prehistoric man and his objects (hair ornament\, brooch\, decorated bowl).As a marker of aesthetics\, “flower” has no role or practice\, but its mere presencearound man holds added value. At times it is a romantic symbol that representslove\, yearning and courtship with its dazzling colors and intoxicating scents. Floweris associated with femininity\, which carries with it seduction\, sensuality\, and eroticismas well as softness and motherhood\, holding and containing. At the same time\,placing a bouquet of flowers on a grave is an ancient mourning ritual practiced inmany cultures\, attesting to the man whose life was plucked away. Many types offlowers are protected by thorns that cover their stems\, conjuring the dual image ofan alluring flower that is simultaneously poisonous and thorny.Flowers are also a metaphor for a connection to the earth and a place\, to the cycleof life in nature\, to beginning and end. Man faces the perception of death as aninseparable part of life\, aware of the transience and futility of human life. Since timeimmemorial\, man has observed the circle of nature\, when the sun that sets at night\,terrifyingly disappearing from view\, rises again every morning and fills his heart withhope. The blooming tree ripens and gives its fruits\, as does the flower which – whileso spectacular in bloom – withers and dies as the days goes by\, while the small budthat subsequently appears on the stem embodies the full potential of continuity.The Earth completes one orbit around the Sun every year\, witnessing the naturalchanges that create the different seasons.Flowers and vegetation represent the beautiful and natural\, the familiar andmundane versus the fantastical and artificial\, which is linked to fairytales andfictional stories that shift away from reality.The physical and the spiritual alike stand at the heart of this exhibition\, but not as aprivate case\, but as a broad and global observation\, between tradition (the subjectmatter itself) and innovation (its treatment). The participating artists invite theviewers to re-examine their perspective on reality\, aesthetics and the meanings theyhold.www.circle1berlin.com
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