"I wanted to create a space where touch becomes the language of the soul, where words are unnecessary, and emotions speak out loud." א׳
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Touch "1" to join San Rocco Museum of Contemorary Art Tr, Sicily
Psychotherapist Claudia Schönfelder, will speak with artist Avi Albers Ben Chamo about the spiritual meaning of the word "touch/ toccare" and its key impact on his new body of paintings on canvas, "Touch", on view at San Rocco Museum for Contemporary Art, Trapani, through November 23rd. The conversation will be moderated by Marion Weerning, President of ICIT Trapani, Sicilywith special guests Joachim Bernauer, director of Goethe-Institute Italy and San Rocco Museum director, Don Liborio Palmeri. After the discussion there will be a short live performance.
Saturday, November 23, 2024, 6pm
San Rocco Museum for contemporary art Via Turretta, 12, 91100 Trapani TP, Sicily
Choräle der Hoffnung
As a part of my Israel und Deutschland new project - Choräle der Hoffnungat Villa Seligmann, Touch "5" will be presented for the memory of the victims of the 7th of October and will stay as a part of the villa Seligmann collection and will be open for the public for visits.
Touch "6" the Cube currently on view at MMAE 720 Gallery
Group Exhibition "Back to Back Home" MMAE 720 _ Karl-Heinrich-Ulrichs-Str. 16, 10785 Berlin 11.09.2024 - 15.09.2024 /Artists - at Dr. Huang Mei space Visit by appointment - contact!
As much as Touch is about dialog, last week I got an email from the exhibition space to inform me that the work was vandalized. Someone took the freedom not to just touch the work but to write on it with a black marker, and to insult me with very "juicy" words. It was the last thing I was expecting to happen.
I thought the gallery was a safe place, and this was my main downer, belly pain, a sudden violent mental and emotional pain. But that happily diminished while talking to a lot of my friends, supporting and giving me love and advice. Yesterday I brought two chairs to the group exhibition, one for me and one for the person who did it, I left the work on the wall and waited. I still believe in it "True dialogue can be achieved only at a touch distance".
