{"id":62119,"date":"2022-04-04T14:50:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmh.org.il\/?post_type=mt_exhibition&p=62119"},"modified":"2023-11-26T13:59:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T11:59:05","slug":"overdose","status":"publish","type":"mt_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.dmh.org.il\/en\/exhibitions\/overdose\/","title":{"rendered":"Overdose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The exhibition “Overdose” raises questions concerning the essence of those simple things that are nearly impossible to notice, as well as to live without. Functional objects are taken for granted as long as they remain unchanged. Paradoxically, however, since we are accustomed to ignoring their presence, we are highly sensitive to minute changes in their form or ability to function. Many of the exhibition participants transform or expand the original function of an object. This critical and poetic perspective on the familiar calls for immersion in a primal, childlike and playful space, devoid of prejudices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overdose, Lower Gallery, Photo: Elad Sarig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition features the interpretation given by some 150 artists and designers to everyday objects \u2013 all from the Galila Barzilai Hollander Collection, which includes thousands of contemporary art and design works from Israel and abroad. Each work was selected for the collection based on an intuitive choice and an emotional connection. Many of the works are on display in the collector\u2019s home, where she lives alongside them: works concerned with books, food, shoes, chairs, money and more. In hosting the \u201chuman\u201d objects contained in this home, the museum itself becomes a metaphorical home. Each of the galleries alludes to a familiar domestic environment, and each installation reconstructs an everyday scene. The change of perspective allows for the revelation of the strange in the familiar, the intimate in the public, and the implicit in the excessive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition “Overdose” presents”Overdose” presents two new original works, created especially for the exhibition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening of the exhibition presents the work Ghost VII, by the Swedish designer Michael Johansson. The work presents a huge wall, consisting of dozens of objects that are in one’s home: appliances, doors, drawers, cabinets, shelves, refrigerators, ovens, frames, and more. This work was initiated in collaboration with students from the Department of Industrial Design, Shenkar – Engineering. Design. Art., and with the support of the Swedish Embassy in Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Johansson, Ghost VII<\/strong>, 2022, Photo: Elad Sarig<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At Margalith Gallery the visitor will see the work Train Houses (2022), by Shaul Cohen, Avihai Mizrahi, and Neil Nenner. This examines housing from a social perspective, focusing on the gaps between interior, personal spaces, and exterior, public ones. The unified building facade represents the conflict between interior and exterior since it includes urban signage, window bars, shutters, and plaster, as well as laundry, flowerpots, and personal belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n