22.04.2012 30.Nissan. 5772 Rosch Chodesch 1; Tag 15 des Omer
Ausstellung:
One exhibition, 20 artists, 64 artworks, 1,000 expressions.
On April 26, Israelis will come together for what could well be a barbecue so large, it might be visible from outer space. The parades, the fly-bys, the picnics and parties, the din of matkot percussively ringing all along the seafront in Tel Aviv – all these things are commonplace on Israel’s most popular of secular holidays.
When David Ben-Gurion read out the declaration of independence at the Tel Aviv Museum on Rothschild Boulevard 64 years ago, could he have imagined that the middle classes of his great-grandchildren’s generation would be camping outside in the summer heat, protesting against the domestic impact of the global economic situation in something that became dubbed “the cottage cheese revolution”? I can’t imagine his response, but I am sure it would have fueled as much debate and opinion then as it has proven to do now. The old expression “two Jews, three opinions” rings true for the Israeli passion for setting the world to rights….