The Crystal Palace

Since ancient times, people created fictional and mythic worlds for themselves so they could better understand concrete realities; thus, fiction stores secret truths within itself. In the current exhibition, five local artists showcase art that follows mythical and fictional patterns
while conducting a dialogue with the abstract, magical, naïve and inexplicable. Just like the many folktales and stories passed down from generation to generation, that are weaved with craftsmen or craftwork (Sleeping Beauty’s spinning wheel, Pygmalion’s statue, Penelope’s shroud, the Golden Calf created by the people of Israel, the silversmith who made King Solomon’s magic ring, and many more…), the exhibition’s artists also created art related to
mythic tales using old crafts: Dalit Ben Shalom creates in mosaics, Lucy Ben Bashan uses ceramics, Walid Khoury in blacksmithing, Danny Kalderon in glass, and Paula Raikin creates patchwork from recycled material.”