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DATELINE ISRAEL: New Photography & Video Art

At the Jewish Museum

By Glenn Loney

 

The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd St
212-423-3200

Closing August 5, 2007

One of the pictures made by Pavel Wolberg (Israeli; born in 1966, Soviet Union, lives in Tel Aviv.

Yes, they are building Walls in Israel, and, yes, it is a Society in Flux & Under Threat. In this dynamic show, 23 photo & video artists offer some 45 visions of what has been happening since 2000.

One long lit-from-behind photo at first looks like a small Arab community. But a closer look shows it is a Potemkin Village, set up for training Israeli Troops for assaults. Like Combat-in-Cities training-sites for US Army Infantry Riflemen in our wars to spread Democracy across the Globe.

If you cannot go to Israel in the near future, this exhibition should prove a sobering reminder of what is at stake for both Jews and Arabs who live--often divided--in this beleaguered state.