Encounter at the special exhibit Alberto Giacometti: Studio-World (Hebrew)

Encounter with the special Exhibit curator, Noa Rosenberg

The works of sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti (1901—1966) embody the attempt to capture in material the sense of dread and unease in postwar human existence. Unlike him, many artists who worked in the years after World War II shunned figurative expression—shell-shocked and perhaps seeking an escape from human reality, they turned instead to abstraction. Giacometti ׳s figures are walking substance that seems to fade as it rises, finally disappearing into thin air. Most of the male figures walk from nowhere into nothingness, while the female figures seem to be in a meditative anxious tremor. During this period, Giacometti created relatively small sculptures, and even the large ones appear fragile and express a new political order: the human figure cannot be monumental after such loss of humanity.

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Spaces are limited.
Participation in the encounter includes entrance ticket to the Museum.