The Panel Discussion, themed Gestures of Searching, will feature artist Liora Kaplan, Kiah Celeste, Denise Furnish, Bette Levy, and Josh Sachs. The artists will discuss how the core use of found objects and material functions within their respective art practices.
Saturday April 8, 2023
Free
Join poet and editor Kristen Renee Miller on March 24, 2023, for a 'found poetry' workshop inspired by the sculpture art of Liora Kaplan. Participants will use found texts to inspire new forms, using various materials and techniques including erasure, cento (patchwork), and collage.
Kristen Renee Miller is the director and editor-in-chief at Sarabande Books. An award-winning poet and translator, she is a 2023 NEA Fellow and the translator of two books of poetry from the French by Ilnu Nation poet Marie-Andrée Gill.
Take a virtual walkthrough of Liora Kaplan's solo exhibition at KMAC Museum: The Lighthouse is Dark Between Flashes, thanks to this 360° tour provided by Homepage Realty.
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Visit KMAC on Saturday, February 4, at 2:30 PM for an Artist Talk with Liora Kaplan. Kaplan's show, "The Lighthouse is Dark Between Flashes" will be on view from February 3 until April 9, 2023. During the talk, she will discuss the history and process behind her sculptures.
"The Lighthouse is Dark Between Flashes" is the first solo exhibition in the United States for Tel Aviv-Yafo based artist Liora Kaplan. Through found ceramic containers from her home region in Israel combined with new elements, Kaplan guides the viewer through possible histories in the ancient past, and a potential future.
“The Lighthouse is Dark Between Flashes” is the first solo exhibition in the United States for Tel Aviv-Yafo based artist Liora Kaplan. Through the process of unearthing found ceramic vessels from her home region in Israel and combining them with new elements made from materials including wood, leather, metal, glass, and stone, Kaplan crafts towering sculptures that function as signals for the creative forces that connect us to nature, to each other and to our shared histories. Standing as pillars for Kaplan’s foundational influences in art, craft, philosophy, and music, her works become beacons that guide the viewer into her blended visions of retro-futurist construction and otherworldly contraption.
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February 3 – April 9, 2023
KMAC Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
The Lighthouse is Dark Between Flashes
A Solo Exhibition of Work by Liora Kaplan
February 3 – April 9, 2023
Member and Donor Private Reception: Thursday, February 2, 2023, 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Public Reception: Thursday, February 2, 2023, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
I am very proud & excited to announce the opening of my solo exhibition ‘Rhythms of Permanent Resonance’ at CCA, Tel Aviv Yafo, Curator, the wonderful: Nicola Trezzi. The exhibition is in collaboration with KMAC museum in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the generous support of Thomas Rom, Sean Leffers, Marie Louise Von Sachsen, Marc Schimmel, Yona Zach, Braverman Gallery and those who wish to remain anonymous;
Special thanks to Iris Rywkind Ben Zour.
For more information about the exhibiition visit the CCA’s Site.
Please join the Center’s Curator Tamar Margalit for a tour of our current exhibitions: “Enrique Ramírez: What Will We Do…” and “Liora Kaplan: Rhythms of Permanent Resonance,” the latter attended by the artist. Ramírez’s solo exhibition, his first solo presentation in Israel, consists of eight works, three newly created by the artist following our invitation, displayed in the Ground Floor Gallery, and a selection of five iconic films from the past twenty years, screened in the Marc Schimmel Multipurpose Gallery. Kaplan’s solo exhibition, her first institutional solo presentation ever, consists of eight brand new totemic sculptures based on the combination of appropriated Israeli ceramics with new elements created by the artist with rattan, wood, brass, and leather. During the tour, Margalit will first introduce Ramírez’s practice, which ranges from the poetic to the political and then talk to Kaplan about the sources of inspiration for her work and the in-depth research process that preceded it.
The event will be held in Hebrew.
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: 20₪
Register here
Please join us for a conversation between Liora Kaplan and Shlomit Bauman, Trustee and Head Curator at Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv. The conversation will take place inside “Rhythms of Permanent Resonance,” Kaplan’s solo exhibition, on its last day on view at the Center. During the conversation, Kaplan’s sculptures, which ‘include’ Israeli ceramics from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, and ‘80s, will become the starting point to discuss a very special moment in the country’s history of craft, cultural identity, and beyond.
The event will be held in Hebrew.
Duration: 60 min
Admission: 20₪
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Kaplan sat down with the director and curator of CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo, Nicola Trezzi, to discuss the show, her thoughts on appropriation, and what she’s working on next.
Please join Nicola Trezzi, Director of CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo for a tour of our current exhibitions: “Enrique Ramírez: What Will We Do…” and “Liora Kaplan: Rhythms of Permanent Resonance.” Ramírez’s solo exhibition, his first solo presentation in Israel, consists of eight works, three newly created by the artist following our invitation, displayed in the Ground Floor Gallery, and five, a selection of iconic films from the past twenty years, screened in the Marc Schimmel Multipurpose Gallery. Kaplan’s solo exhibition, her first institutional solo presentation ever, consists of eight brand new totemic sculptures based on the combination of appropriated Israeli ceramics with new elements crated by the artist with rattan, wood, brass and leather. During the tour, Trezzi will introduce the two exhibitions in order to contextualize them within the larger vision of the Center, its legacy and future directions. Following the fact that both artists already exhibited at the Center in the past, the tour will shed light on how the exhibition program is reflecting a much deeper order of things within the institution, the field in Israel and the scene internationally.
The event will be held in English.
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: 20₪
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Please join us for a gong bath performed by Snir Haim, who is an Israeli sound facilitator working internationally after studying at Università Popolare di Lucca (Italy), with sound healer and gong master Roberta Bottari. A gong bath is an encounter between sound, vibration and frequency with body, mind and consciousness. Haim will guide us at the beginning of the session and then the sounds will accompany each and everyone in this journey during which he will also play more instruments, such as bowls from the Himalayas, ocean drums and shells. Gongs have accompanied humankind for 4000 years and they produce harmonies that are pleasant to the ear and have the ability to affect brain waves. This event is presented on the occasion of Liora Kaplan’s solo exhibition, currently on view at CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo.
Duration: 60 mins
Admission: 20₪
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ניקולה טרצי, מנהל ואוצר CCA תל אביב-יפו בחלל התערוכה "ליאורה קפלן: מקצבים של תהודה קבועה". צילום: עדי פלומן
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Please join CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo Content Manager Muhammad Toukhy for a tour of our current exhibitions: “Enrique Ramírez: What Will We Do…” and “Liora Kaplan: Rhythms of Permanent Resonance.” Kaplan’s solo exhibition consists of eight brand new totemic sculptures based on the combination of appropriated Israeli ceramics with new elements created by the artist. Ramírez’s solo exhibition consists of three newly created works, following our invitation, displayed in the Ground Floor Gallery, alongside a selection of five iconic films from the past twenty years, screened in the Marc Schimmel Multipurpose Gallery. During the tour, Toukhy will first present the work of Ramírez which echoes the notion of memory, migration and liminality, and then discuss the different ways in which the concept of hybridity is embodied in Kaplan’s practice.
The event will be held in Arabic.
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: 20₪
Register here
The upcoming Saturday Kids Lab will focus on the exhibition “Liora Kaplan: Rhythms of Permanent Resonance” currently on view at the Center. In the first part of the workshop, we will visit the exhibition and explore Kaplan’s totemic sculptures, which are a combination of mid-20th-century objects and newly created elements. Following this exploration, we will go to the Center’s Educational Hub, where we will do a hands-on activity during which we will create totemic collage works, inspired by Kaplan's works.
The Saturday Kids Lab is led by CCA Tel Aviv Educational Manager Eden Bannet for children between 6 and 10 years old. The number of participants is limited.
Duration: 90 min
Admission: 40₪ per child (32₪ for Digitel cardholders)
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The artist joins curator Julie Boukobza in conversation to speak on her love for found objects and seeing creative work as a meditative practice
Liora Kaplan, whose exhibition “Rhythms of Permanent Resonance” is currently on view at CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo, will be joined by artists Naama Arad and Noa Glazer in a conversation moderated by Tamar Margalit, Curator at the Center. At a time in which artists increasingly define themselves as “multidisciplinary,” these three artists stand out in identifying themselves as sculptors first and foremost. At the same time, each of them moves freely between materials and formats, redefining this medium and its legacy. Following these premises, the conversation will touch on the artists’ varying approaches to materials and the incorporation of readymades, fabrication and craft, and the role of biography in their work.
The event will be held in Hebrew.
Duration: 60 mins
Admission: 20₪
Register here
Please join the Center’s Curator Tamar Margalit for a tour of our current exhibitions: “Enrique Ramírez: What Will We Do…” and “Liora Kaplan: Rhythms of Permanent Resonance,” the latter attended by the artist. Ramírez’s solo exhibition, his first solo presentation in Israel, consists of eight works, three newly created by the artist following our invitation, displayed in the Ground Floor Gallery, and a selection of five iconic films from the past twenty years, screened in the Marc Schimmel Multipurpose Gallery. Kaplan’s solo exhibition, her first institutional solo presentation ever, consists of eight brand new totemic sculptures based on the combination of appropriated Israeli ceramics with new elements created by the artist with rattan, wood, brass, and leather. During the tour, Margalit will first introduce Ramírez’s practice, which ranges from the poetic to the political and then talk to Kaplan about the sources of inspiration for her work and the in-depth research process that preceded it.
The event will be held in Hebrew.
Duration: 45 mins
Admission: 10₪
Register here
CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo, a non-collecting institution fostering practices, discussions and reflections connected to the most relevant issues of our times, is hosting Rhythms of Permanent Resonance, a solo exhibition by Liora Kaplan (born 1974, Herzliya; lives and works in Tel Aviv-Yafo), running until 19 March 2022. Her sculptural work of explores the relationship between contemporary pop culture, shamanism, and primitivism. Through a collection of objects belonging to different cultures and traditions and created in disparate places, the artist ‘mines’ what is symbolic. In other words, her work materialises the possibility of imbuing symbols with personal meaning and underlines the role of time and space as key conditions for such a process to happen. In her solo exhibition at the CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo, Kaplan displays a series of eight totemic sculptures comprised of both 20th Century found objects and original elements, crafted by the artist in collaboration with artisans.
By BRUCE DENNILL
ליאורה קפלן מציגה ב־CCA פסלים טוטמיים שמשלבים כדי קרמיקה ישראלית עם אלמנטים מקוריים שהיא מוסיפה להם מעץ, זכוכית, מתכת, קליעה ועור. ״היום יותר מתמיד אני מתעניינת במקום שבו סוביקטיביות מוסווה לאוביקטיביות״ היא אומרת על שאלת הניכוס
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