Published: 1 February 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
She has many admirers, wholly committed disciples, who swear by her artistic commitment and her social courage. She also has many enemies, who think she is bringing art down to the level of a social manifest that has nothing to do with art, and some who vigorously argue against the political meaning of the paintings.
Cherkassky succeeds in maintaining the position of the eternal dissident: someone who criticises society, art and critical art – in Israel, Germany and Russia.
Her entry into the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, in a solo exhibition that will be on display for almost an entire year, raises the question as to why this institution is embracing her.
FULL STORY Painter Zoya Cherkassky, Israel's eternal dissident, is embraced by an unlikely institution (Haaretz)
Photo: Zoya Cherkassky, 'Fucking Hebrew,' 2012. (Dubi Shiff Art Collection)
