Galeria Max hopes to be one more contribution to the burgeoning Jerusalem art community. The founding concept is photography based images which depict the uniqueness of Israel, land and people, as the heritage of the Bible. Galeria Max wants to explore it for all it has been and all it hopes to be.
The basic premise for exhibition of works in Galeria Max is depicting Israel in a positive light. However, as a part of the developmental process we would like to be a conduit for broad Israeli expression. The inherent grappling with personal identity is a necessary element of a worthy, honest pursuit. It is certainly integral to the development of the State of Israel. By necessity we reflect on our own fears and disillusionment, but in accomplishment, we find wisdom and hope.
Young artists looking for a venue to exhibit in Jerusalem should apply.
Artists who consider themselves secular Israelis and desire to contribute to the overall understanding among ourselves or feel they have tapped an element of the Israeli perspective, contemporary or ancient, should contact us about exhibiting.
The current exhibitions, Holy Sights, A Sensory Perception, together with Discovering Jerusalem in the 40th Year, are each an effort to introduce the medium of photography in the context of Jewish art.
The Exhibition, Discovering Jerusalem in the 40th Year hopes to show how Jerusalem grew out of the Judean desert not only physically but ultimately "spiritually". What was once just stone, wadis, streams, pools and desert mountains became the metaphors for an eternal abode. The very stones became "spiritual elements" with time. Human beings proved possible the concept of making the mundane holy; not just to themselves but to a great percentage of the world.
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