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The name of Marilou Levin's new exhibition is taken from the play "Crimes - Heart" (by Beth Henley, 1979). At the core of the play are the confessions of Babe, the protagonist of the play, which describes a failed marriage, her romance with a 15 year-old black boy and her attempts to murder her husband when the romance is discovered. For the first time in her life Babe tries to connect with her true feelings.
In the exhibition, the video work "Crimes of the Heart" shows Marilou Levin playing the role of Babe continuously repeating the story of the attempted murder. The play deals with social norms, issues of choice, and the ability to maintain freedom of choice in the face of social norms and demands. These are questions that have appeared throughout Levin's work, to mention a few, "I have expectations", I'm happy for you", "go home", and more.
In a sophisticated connection between the worlds of childhood and adulthood - expressed for example by an innocent portrait of Pooh Bear that is turned into a female bear lying on her back, honey dripping from between her legs, a swarm of bees feed off her vulva - Levin reveals erotic, animal elements, even in seemingly innocent situations. From this cynical, ironic, dryly humorous standpoint childhood memories, parent-child relations, male-female relations are examined.
The exhibition includes a series of eleven black and white photographs, video, and oil paintings on different supports.
Project Room -
Shimi Bar
One
curator: Roi Kuper
The exhibition is of color photographs 52 x 23 cm. {R'R'1}
The picture, whether etched into the memory or on paper becomes life's journey. The passages and ambiguity of feelings become an eternal journey of memories spread out like visions before sleep, a carpet of images creating connections from reality but as if an interactive game, changing the context to wants and desires. The shape and color become dominant and seemingly cover, for the brief first gaze, the content.
The costume and war paint make an opening for an extended empty journey touching on external and internal compassion as one without any value judgement. On the one hand all is a game, an illusion, but on the other, the passing time creates residue within the heart.
Roi Kuper, 2004.
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Marilou Levin ,Oil
on wood, 2004
Marilou
Levin ,Oil on wood, 2004
Marilou Levin, Oil on wood ,
2004
Marilou Levin, Oil on wood, 2004
Shimi Bar ,Color
Print, 2004
Shimi Bar ,Color
Print, 2004
Shimi Bar ,Color
Print, 2004
Shimi Bar ,Color
Print, 2004
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