ACTIVATE at the Bernard Heller Museum
Jewish Art Salon, Jerusalem Biennale, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, and American Sephardi Federation invite you to Jerusalem Biennale in New York.
The Jerusalem Biennale, scheduled to open on November 9 in Israel, has been postponed due to the war. Instead, it will open some of its scheduled exhibitions internationally in the home cities of its artists and curators, including Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, and New York.
I will be showing two of my works from the Mayim Chaim - Living Waters series.
Yona Verwer, Crab in Plastic, Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 40 in., 2023
Opening: Thursday, November 9 at 5 - 7 pm
Opening Words & Performance 6 pm
On View November 9th - December 5th, 2023. Mon-Thurs 9-6
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
One West Fourth Street, New York 10012
The Heller Museum showcases a selection of two exhibitions:
“ACTIVATE: A New York Women’s Perspective”
Artists: Siona Benjamin, Goldie Gross, Ronit Levin Delgado, Joan Roth, Chelsea Steinberg Gay, Yona Verwer. Curator: Hadas Glazer (Tel Aviv).
ACTIVATE features the work of six NY artists, whose divergent art practices together investigate the complexities of life as a woman today.
Exploring physical and political power, this show centers systemic, holistic, female-driven change. Each in their own way, the artists explore the multifaceted expressions of feminine power amidst complex and fraught socio-political dynamics tied to bodies and heritage, intimacy and otherness, sex and religion.
From performance to documentation, some of the artworks depict women’s activisms, while others are the activators themselves.
Through the use and exploration of feminine symbols such as Lilith, Women of the Wall, Statue of Liberty, and Jewish themes of Tikkun HaYam (heal the oceans), and Kol Isha, and the current Israeli hostage crisis, the artists both activate and reactivate the themes and space.
Yona Verwer, Turtle Eats Plastic, Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 40 in., 2023
The other exhibition is called The Seventeen – Iron Flock by artist Archie Rand. Curator: Samantha Baskind.
