Post-colonialism? is an eclectic artistic inquiry into local and global legacies of historical imperialism and specific modern and contemporary colonial practices.
19 artists (10 local, 9 international) explore ideological, socio-political, cultural and environmental issues within Israel. Collectively these are dispatches of rage, disgrace and compassion. They evoke anxious dialogues of hope, fear, horror and resistance. Many of the works engage in forms of artistic and intellectual resistance via the creation of counter narratives, strategies of subversion, mimicry, pastiche, parody and hybridity.
But, the ‘post’ in post-colonialism has not arrived – as evidenced in the works on exhibition which are primarily engaged with aspects of contemporary colonisation.
Post-colonialism? maps volatile constellations of land, occupation, borders and check-points; maimed, moulded and manipulated bodies; fugitive vessels; transnational flows of capital and commodities and diasporic itinerancies. These constellations are at times graceful, sometimes awkward. Some are poetic, others are embodiments of pain. Most of the works are anti-monuments that subjectively mine aspects of this subject. Works are linked by a generosity of spirit and the necessity to speak out.
