Freedom of Conscience - 2023
Gouache on paper
50 x 70 cm
Freedom of Conscience is part of the group exhibition Draw Me a Fist (2023), curated by Eran Lederman and Ido Bruno. The exhibition included 39 artists and traveled across the country during Israel’s major protests against the government and in support of human rights.
Each artist was required to choose a specific freedom to represent. I chose freedom of conscience, because now one else did.
A short while later, the war began. I used my freedom of conscience to decide not to take part and to decline reserve military duty. What began as a symbolic gesture within an exhibition became a personal life changing decision.
The fists were printed on 200 x 800 cm banners. To exhibit the work, a team, including myself, secretly produced and installed the banners, first on street lights and later along the Ayalon Highway, one of Israel’s main highways. The work is currently on display at Abraham Hostel, Tel Aviv.
Freedom of Conscience appears on the cover of a recent book by Gideon Ofrat on the history of Israeli political art, ISBN 9789659311514.
Each artist was required to choose a specific freedom to represent. I chose freedom of conscience, because now one else did.
A short while later, the war began. I used my freedom of conscience to decide not to take part and to decline reserve military duty. What began as a symbolic gesture within an exhibition became a personal life changing decision.
The fists were printed on 200 x 800 cm banners. To exhibit the work, a team, including myself, secretly produced and installed the banners, first on street lights and later along the Ayalon Highway, one of Israel’s main highways. The work is currently on display at Abraham Hostel, Tel Aviv.
Freedom of Conscience appears on the cover of a recent book by Gideon Ofrat on the history of Israeli political art, ISBN 9789659311514.
Press
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Magazine
Erev Rav
Haaretz Newspaper
TimeOut Magazine
Channel 12
Ynet
Calcalist
Israel Hayom
Walla
Gideon Ofrat