The Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design 2020
binding together all the fields of contemporary craft and design.
This huge exhibition seeks to draw an up-to-date picture of the intersecting worlds of craft and design in Israel - with an emphasis on ceramics, glass, jewelry design, textile and paper. The Biennale, which extends throughout the museum's various exhibition spaces, permanent displays and outdoor sites - presents the various fields intertwined for the first time in a large-scale exhibition.
Under the title "First Person. Second Nature" this inaugural Biennale features some 250 works that range from sculptural objects, artworks, design items, site-specific and outdoor installations, video and sound works, performance and collaborative projects. The works present physical and conceptual materials related to the local and global cultural spheres.
Held in collaboration with the Israel Designer Craftsmen's Association, the Tel Aviv Municipality, and various academic art and design institutions, the Biennale presents some 300 Israeli craftspeople, industrial designers, fashion designers, multidisciplinary artists, architects, and more. Among them prominent names such as: Uri Samet, Ayala Serfaty, Eitan Bartal, Dov Ganshrow, Vered Kaminski, Hila Amram, Liat Segal, Pesi Girsh, Farid Abu-Shakra, Ronit Baranga, Sarit Shani Hay as well as four academic research bodies: The Master's Degree Program in Industrial Design; The David and Barbara Blumenthal Center for Textile Research in Shenkar (CIRtex); and the Media Innovation Lab at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (miLAB).
For the creation of the Biennale, one of the most comprehensive and challenging museal projects undertaken in Israel, participated some of the country's most highly qualified curators, designers and museum professionals.
Visit the Biennale's blog to get to know the works, read interviews with the creators, listen to podcasts and watch the exhibition vide https://www.eimuza.org.il/
Deputy Director, Chief Curator, Founder of the Biennale: Dr. Debby Hershman
Chief Curators: Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Yuval Saar
Deputy Curators: Nir Harmat, Merav Rahat, Liora Rosin
Exhibition Design: Studio de Lange (Chanan de Lange)
Graphic Design: The League
Exhibition Installation: OBA Studio (Omri Ben Artzi)
2haim Levanon St. Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69975
Monday, Wednesday 10a.m-4p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday 10a.m-8p.m
Saturday 10a.m-6p.m
For the list of participants, click here
Rise of the Lollipop Man, 2019, Boris Shpeizman, 200 hand-blown glass pieces. Photo: Yona Schley
Skyline, 2020, Avner Sher, outdoor installation overlooking Tel Aviv's city towers. Photo: Hadar Saifan
Requiem for materiality, 2017, Maya Gatenio. Graduation project, Dept. of Fashion Design,
The NB Haifa School of Design (under the guidance of Talia Bork). Photo: Micha Kizner
View of the main exhibition at the Rothschild Center: "Streets and squares". Photo: Hadar Saifan
View of the main exhibition at the Rothschild Center: "Streets and squares." Photo: Hadar Saifan
View of the main exhibition at the Rothschild Center: all the media are exhibited side by side
(glass, ceramics, textile, paper, wicker and more). Photo: Hadar Saifan
View of the Migdal exhibition Gallery. Photo: Hadar Saifan
The Biennale as hosted at the Glass Pavilion. Photo: Hadar Saifan
The Biennale as hosted at the Man and His Work Center. Photo: Hadar Saifan
The Biennale hosted at the Ceramics Pavilion. Photo: Hadar Saifan