"Vronica"

"Duwek" Gallery, Jerusalem, curator Ronit Reik 2021

The image of Jesus face imprinted on Veronica's handkerchief became an icon of salvation. The light covering action of the Holy Handkerchief and the Corona Mask was translated into a heavy screen hanging without a face. The presence of the image, as a tangible expression of the embodiment in the flesh was transformed into tar, a physical and fleshy substance but also opaque and toxic. Imposing the cultivator's ability to heal and protect confronts the potential for breathing and redemption with a sense of suffocation and the absence of the human dehumanize