Early 2020 saw the onset of the coronavirus crisis globally. Out of a wish to get involved, to take actual action, to acknowledge the situation and respond to it through a plastic artwork, the management of the Friends of the Herzliya Museum decided, courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation, to allocate approximately NIS 100,000 to support artists in Israel. Thinking of the museum collection in a historical perspective, and with the aim of establishing in it a valuable body of works that contend with this exceptional period, series of works on paper were purchased, which documented the course of a week under the restrictions of the pandemic: “Corona Diaries”.
In October 2020, an “open call” was issued, and shortly after convened the judging committee, whose members were: the artist Prof. Sharon Poliakine and the curators Tali Ben Nun, Ran Kasmy Ilan, Lilach Ovadia, and Dr. Aya Lurie. The committee examined more than four hundred proposals, and chose to purchase ten “Corona Diaries” by the following artists for the museum’s collection: Dov Or Ner, Anisa Ashkar, Raya Bruckenthal, Naomi Brickman, Izabella Volovnik, Noy Haimovitz and Tamir Erlich, Zvi tolkovsky, Lali Fruheling, Merav Kamel and Halil Balabin, and Elham Rokni. The purchase amount was divided equally among the ten selected series.
The series gave a complex expression to the zeitgeist, as a diary-like time capsule, capturing personal impressions and essential moods from the destabilizing period of the pandemic. A selection of these works can be found on this page.
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למידע נוסףAnisa Ashkar, Compassion
2020, Oil on paper, 40x30 cm
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למידע נוסףAnisa Ashkar, Painting
2020, Oil on paper, 40x30 cm
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למידע נוסףAnisa Ashkar, Word
2020, Oil on paper, 40x30 cm
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למידע נוסףMerav Kamel and Halil Balabin, Owls #1
2020, Pencil on paper, 27.9x21 cm
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למידע נוסףMerav Kamel and Halil Balabin, Owls #4
2020, Pencil on paper, 27.9x21 cm
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למידע נוסףMerav Kamel and Halil Balabin, Owls #5
2020, Pencil on paper, 27.9x21 cm
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למידע נוסףIzabella Volovnik, Tech Support
2020, 23x31 cm
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למידע נוסףIzabella Volovnik, Tell Me When It Is Over
2020, 26x28 cm
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למידע נוסףIzabella Volovnik, This could be us but it's 2020. you don't have a car and neither do I
2020, 24x20 cm
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למידע נוסףIzabella Volovnik, House Cat
2020, 31x23 cm
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למידע נוסףNaomi Bruckmann, From "Empty House" series
2020, 36x47 cm
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למידע נוסףNaomi Bruckmann, From "Empty House" series
2020, 36x47 cm
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למידע נוסףNaomi Bruckmann, From "Empty House" series
2020, 36x47 cm
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למידע נוסףRaya Bruckenthal, From "East" series
2020, 21x29 cm
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למידע נוסףRaya Bruckenthal, From "East" series
2020, 21x29 cm
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למידע נוסףRaya Bruckenthal, From "East" series
2020, 21x29 cm
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למידע נוסףRaya Bruckenthal, From "East" series
2020, 21x29 cm
Anisa Ashkar, Compassion
2020, Oil on paper, 40x30 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Anisa Ashkar, Painting
2020, Oil on paper, 40x30 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Anisa Ashkar, Word
2020, Oil on paper, 40x30 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Merav Kamel and Halil Balabin, Owls #1
2020, Pencil on paper, 27.9x21 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Merav Kamel and Halil Balabin, Owls #4
2020, Pencil on paper, 27.9x21 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Merav Kamel and Halil Balabin, Owls #5
2020, Pencil on paper, 27.9x21 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Izabella Volovnik, Tech Support
2020, 23x31 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Izabella Volovnik, Tell Me When It Is Over
2020, 26x28 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Izabella Volovnik, This could be us but it's 2020. you don't have a car and neither do I
2020, 24x20 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Izabella Volovnik, House Cat
2020, 31x23 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Naomi Bruckmann, From "Empty House" series
2020, 36x47 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Naomi Bruckmann, From "Empty House" series
2020, 36x47 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Naomi Bruckmann, From "Empty House" series
2020, 36x47 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Raya Bruckenthal, From "East" series
2020, 21x29 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Raya Bruckenthal, From "East" series
2020, 21x29 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Raya Bruckenthal, From "East" series
2020, 21x29 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
Raya Bruckenthal, From "East" series
2020, 21x29 cm
Collection of the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Part of the COVID Diaries project
Courtesy of the Prof. Michael Adler Foundation
(Photo by: Avraham Hay)
