November 13, 2009 - 5:00pm - January 28, 2010 - 7:00pm
Laurie M. Tisch Gallery
JCC Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY
The exhibition examines contemporary visions of Arab society in Israel focusing on young men and women at the pivotal age of 18 — an age at which they graduate from high school, become legal adults and gain the right to vote as Israeli citizens, but unlike their Jewish peers, most do not join the military. The project is an outcome of close encounters between an Israeli Jewish artist and Arab individuals in various communities around Israel, and includes a series of environmental portraits as well as documentation of these young peoples' lives and close surrounding.
"18" will be the first exhibition to be included as part of The Other Israel Film Festival program, which strives to foster social awareness and cultural understanding. The Festival presents dramatic and documentary features and shorts, as well as engaging panels about history, culture, and identity of Arab citizens of Israel, who make up twenty percent of Israel’s population. Its mission is to promote awareness and appreciation of the diversity of the state of Israel, provide a dynamic and inclusive forum for exploration of and dialogue about its Arab population.
For more information, please visit the website of Natan Dvir and/or the website of the JCC Manhattan.