Without
Camouflage. Dafna Kaffeman. Silvia Levenson
at Museum
of Craft and Design
Sep 26,
2015 - Mar 27, 2016
The
thought-provoking exhibition Without Camouflage. Dafna Kaffeman. Silvia
Levenson. features the work of Dafna
Kaffeman and Silvia Levenson. Both artists are among a select few who combine
glass with fiber and other materials to make powerful social and political
statements. They see themselves as shamans, drawing attention to evil as a way
to precipitate a cure. Their work emphasizes that such conflict is the result
of a few individuals rather than multitudes.
Since 2003,
Kaffeman has addressed the complex social and political issues of living in
Israel, a land burdened with sacrifice, grief, and remembrance. Levenson’s
earlier work used autobiography to comment upon love, domesticity, and
mankind’s obsession with happiness. In her new body of work—shown together here
for the first time—she has focused on children and explored how their
experience of living with domestic violence and other politically incorrect
events contributes to their becoming betrayed, anxious, lonely adults.
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