Zak Shiff | No Art
- Feb 11, 2020
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Updated: Jun 3, 2022
"No Art" - | The Lab | Herzl 119
Zak Shiff, a multidisciplinary artist, began his artistic experimentation program at The Lab in Herzl 119. Together with the ballet dancer Lee Arbel, who's a part of the Israeli ballet and Ido Tadmor band, and with the professional accompaniment of visual artist Ariel Cohen, they research about personal aspects of ZaK Shiff emotions, memory, and nostalgia producing movement marking mechanisms that connect to one collageist abstract, which seems detached and disturbing and yet aesthetically appealing. In this multidimensional discourse, a quarry creates a kind of research cell, which consists of actions that examine existential boundaries. The cell will open several times for performative actions during February.
Zak Shiff’s “No Art” creates a fascinating dialogue between movement, memory, and abstract expression. The collaboration with Lee Arbel and Ariel Cohen adds emotional depth and intensity to the experience. Shani Levni would surely appreciate how the exhibition transforms personal nostalgia into powerful performative art, balancing discomfort with unexpected visual beauty and meaning.