The Tiroche DeLeon and ST-ART collections collaborated with Art Cult Foundation in the exciting exhibition 'Israeli Contemporary Art' at the Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine.
The exhibition "Israeli Contemporary Art" brought together video works from the Tiroche DeLeon and ST-ART Collections, both founded by Serge Tiroche, and was supported by the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine and the Golda Meir Ukrainian-Israel Institute of Strategic Research.
The exhibition explored parallels between Israeli and Ukrainian experiences, two nations shaped by conflict, identity struggles, and cultural diversity. Through works by seven artists- Sigalit Landau, Nevet Yitzhak, Ran Slavin, Michel Platnic, Raida Adon, Tzion Abraham Hazan, and Tamar Hirschfeld, the exhibition addressed issues of displacement, nationalism, and belonging.
Hazan’s videos reveal how military presence becomes invisible in everyday Israeli life, while Yitzhak’s ironic war-rug triptych reflects conflict through traditional design. Landau’s and Hirschfeld’s works examine gender, race, and territorial tension, the latter through her satirical alter ego Schwartze. Adon explores hybrid identity as both Arab and Jewish, while Slavin constructs cinematic urban dreamscapes. Platnic's My Family Portrait critiques historical repetition through morphing self-portraits across scenes of war, oppression, and power.
Curated by Natalia Shpitkovskaya and Lilia Tippetts, the exhibition offered a powerful reflection on collective trauma and shared histories.