Persona
Artist:
Ester Schneider, Michal Barnea Shani, Nitsan Hamerman, Ohad Milstein, Anat Michaelis-Levi, Shimon Lev
Curator:
Nitza Pery
In his 1907 work “Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices”, Freud notes that the purpose of obsessive actions is to reduce and ameliorate the anxiety caused by obsession; according to him, these actions constitute a desperate attempt to exert control over an uncontrollable world.
The exhibition seeks to illuminate the two sides of obsessive-compulsive disorder: the urge to do something, even covertly, that while posing a potential obstacle to creative endeavor, can also expedite the artistic process. The works in this exhibition will show the potential of obsession to challenge the order that our culture imposes on us.
