ARGAMAN CULTURAL PROJECT
22.07.2022
APOLLONIA- ARSUF NATIONAL PARK
July 22nd, 2022 – Tel Aviv and Central Region
After doing some icebreakers with the group, our guide Alla introduced herself as an archaeologist in Israel for 35 years, helping to turn excavations into "open-air museums". Alla led us through areas designated only for the workers and archaeologists of the park, showing us the latest finds on the site. One of the archaeologists present let us hold various shards and fragments in our hands, while Alla explained which ones belong to which era and the plans to create exhibition space here in the park. After that, we continued the tour of the Arsuf-Apolonia park, hearing how they decide what to show visitors from the excavations and various funny stories from Alla’s practice as an active Israeli archaeologist.
I can learn about archeological excavations for hours, especially when the stories are so interesting! Thanks to Argaman for inviting real professionals who are in love with their work to our meetings!
Anna S.
TEL AVIV ART MUSEUM
July 12th, 2022 – Tel Aviv and Central Region
Our guide Natalie Nesher Aman began with the history of the new wing of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which was planned specifically for the permanent exhibition of Israeli art. We discussed how approaches to exhibitions have changed in the 20th and 21st centuries, that today it is no longer necessary to exhibit works exclusively in chronological order, emphasizing art history, artist biography or a separate genre. The curator of this new exhibition Dalit Matityahu, was inspired by the works included in the classics of European philosophy of the 20th century, such as Gaston Bachelard, who, inspired by psychoanalysis, wrote a number of works devoted to the study of the nature of the imagination. The three halls, titled "Promised Land", "Airship" and "Burning Movement" are three chapters in the history of the development of Israeli art, presented through many associations arising from the opposition of archetypal images and materials from which the work of art is created, from classic oil/canvas to kitschy ready-mades and cheap substitutes for stone or metal. Natalie showed us what different connections and new meanings can be found in the exhibited works based on such an unusual concept.
A very complex exhibition, I would hardly have understood anything at all if I had not visited it together with the Argaman project. I wish there had been more time for a more detailed study of the works and hope you will organize a guided tour here again.
Irena M.
APOLLONIA- ARSUF NATIONAL PARK
July 22nd, 2022 – Tel Aviv and Central Region
After doing some icebreakers with the group, our guide Alla introduced herself as an archaeologist in Israel for 35 years, helping to turn excavations into "open-air museums". Alla led us through areas designated only for the workers and archaeologists of the park, showing us the latest finds on the site. One of the archaeologists present let us hold various shards and fragments in our hands, while Alla explained which ones belong to which era and the plans to create exhibition space here in the park. After that, we continued the tour of the Arsuf-Apolonia park, hearing how they decide what to show visitors from the excavations and various funny stories from Alla’s practice as an active Israeli archaeologist.
I can learn about archeological excavations for hours, especially when the stories are so interesting! Thanks to Argaman for inviting real professionals who are in love with their work to our meetings!
Anna S.
TEL AVIV ART MUSEUM
July 12th, 2022 – Tel Aviv and Central Region
Our guide Natalie Nesher Aman began with the history of the new wing of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which was planned specifically for the permanent exhibition of Israeli art. We discussed how approaches to exhibitions have changed in the 20th and 21st centuries, that today it is no longer necessary to exhibit works exclusively in chronological order, emphasizing art history, artist biography or a separate genre. The curator of this new exhibition Dalit Matityahu, was inspired by the works included in the classics of European philosophy of the 20th century, such as Gaston Bachelard, who, inspired by psychoanalysis, wrote a number of works devoted to the study of the nature of the imagination. The three halls, titled "Promised Land", "Airship" and "Burning Movement" are three chapters in the history of the development of Israeli art, presented through many associations arising from the opposition of archetypal images and materials from which the work of art is created, from classic oil/canvas to kitschy ready-mades and cheap substitutes for stone or metal. Natalie showed us what different connections and new meanings can be found in the exhibited works based on such an unusual concept.
A very complex exhibition, I would hardly have understood anything at all if I had not visited it together with the Argaman project. I wish there had been more time for a more detailed study of the works and hope you will organize a guided tour here again.
Irena M.
