Israeli photographer Adi Nes's first UK exhibition opens at the Jewish Museum in London on Thursday, October 11. Called The Village, it is a series of large-scale images set in an imagined rural community and seeking to examine some of the fault-lines in Israeli society.
“When I created The Village I thought to create an image like a dream,” explains Nes. “In many ways dreams are fantastic and pastoral but also full of fears and all the things that we deny.”
He describes The Village as a metaphor for Israel, “a small place that was built after a tragedy”. There is an external beauty but at the same time “under the surface there is something dark and not quiet”. It addresses “the tensions between the centre and the periphery, ethnic issues such as Sephardim and Ashkenazim” as well as intergenerational relationships.
The Village runs at the Jewish Museum, London NW1, until February 3 2013. Nes will be in conversation with Mark Nash of the Royal College of Art at the opening on Thursday at 7.30pm. Tickets on 020 7284 7384 or visit www.jewishmuseum.org.uk
Source: http://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-features/85158/adi-ness-uneasy-images-a-changing-israel
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