“NonFinito 2022,” the year-end exhibition of the Artport residency program, presents new ideas and projects that took shape on our two studio floors over the past year. As part of the exhibition, we will host several gallery tours:

Lali Fruheling – Friday, September 23rd, 11am
Maayan Elyakim – Saturday, October 1st, 12pm
Tomer Dekel – Friday, October 14th, 11am
Ana Wild – Thursday, October 27th, 6pm
Keren Gueller – Friday, November 11th, 11am
Nardeen Srouji – Saturday, November 19th, 12pm

Originally referring to unfinished sculptures by Renaissance masters, the term “non finito” also indicates the conscious desire to represent ideas in various stages of implementation, challenging notions of outcome, conclusion, and end. This year, “NonFinito” also stands for the possibility that we will not always be able to finish what we began; that not everything is in our hands. Memento mori (Latin: remember you must die) is the insight that danger and desistance are out there, waiting for us; an insight that has become more substantial this year. Under the so called “new normalcy,” we are experiencing a year of adjusting to life after; a life lived under a constant reminder that everything can change, everything can come to a stop in the blink of an eye.

The notion of memento mori overarches the works in the exhibition: from Keren Gueller‘s despondent sharks to Lali Fruheling‘s attempts to replicate and immortalize human figures. Unforeseen death is present in Nardeen Srouji‘s work, and it also accompanies the three women walking in the city while talking about redemption and miracles in Ana Wild‘s work. Our dying day hovers over the rotting scraps of wood, which were formerly swings, in Tomer Dekel‘s work, and informs the endless cycle of life and death, water and stone, in Maayan Elyakim‘s work.

The tours will be held in Hebrew.

Closing date: Saturday, 26.11.2022