KKL-JNF's "Art of Achievement" exhibition is currently on display at Ben Gurion Airport in honor of the organization's 120th anniversary. The exhibition contemplates Israel's past and future and includes magnificent artworks by Menashe Kaddishman, of blessed memory, David Gerstein, and additional artists.
KKL-JNF's "Art of Achievement" exhibition is currently on display at the Ben Gurion airport's departures boulevard in honor of its 120th anniversary celebrations. The exhibition is 130 meters long and is on display for the enjoyment of departing passengers along the boulevard that leads to the duty-free area.
The exhibition views the Zionist chapter of the State of Israel's history from a double perspective: one that contemplates the vision and accomplishments ever since KKL-JNF's inception, and one that contemplates cultural creations, landscapes and nature that display beauty and aesthetics along with a glimpse of the future – a future that combines education, development and action in order to protect what already exists and for the benefit of future creations.
Through a series of 43 archive photographs, contemporary photographs, and works of art, the general public will be exposed to a world of vision, action and culture. For the first time, the spiritual and the material will be entwined – photographs alongside artworks – which are an expression of the fascinating and creative faces of KKL-JNF's most outstanding fields of action – afforestation, earthworks, water and much more. Natural materials that are associated with KKL-JNF are used, and in an artistic way they are connected to the three colors that symbolize KKL-JNF – green, blue and brown.
Some of the works on display at Ben Gurion Airport (partially cropped here):
The exhibition curators are Doron Polak and Esti Drori, and artists presenting their works at the exhibition will include Menashe Kaddishman, of blessed memory, David Gerstein, Shahar Sivan, Elie Shamir, Haya Graetz-Ran, Ra'anan Harlap, and more. The exhibition will be on display from January until the end of April, and from August until the end of December 2022.
KKL-JNF World Chairman Avraham Duvdevani: "This year, KKL-JNF is celebrating its 120th anniversary, and there could be no better way of noting this milestone than by means of an exhibition that makes it possible for the general public to view KKL-JNF's Zionist work throughout the history of the state of Israel. Airport passengers will be exposed to Israel's great beauty by means of unique artworks that were created by extraordinary artists.
"These pictures of our beloved country will accompany passengers as they depart Israel, so that they will remember what they will be longing for."