Eliezer Sonnenschein

Eliezer Sonnenschein creates contemporary digital murals, friezes of images rendered in a polished, hi-tech, cartoon-like style that intimates violence which nevertheless has its roots in reality. Heaven Carwash is an installation that is comprised of a series of colourful, explosive, computer-painted works. The concept of “virtue” and “evil” lies at the heart of this creative investigation, which revolves around the current political conflict in Israel. There is no border between the personal, political life and the world of contemporary media images; an imaginary landscape creates the illusion of a perfect world, nevertheless ruined by the violent
and materialistic culture of humankind.

My Love (from the series 'Heaven Carwash'), 2001 / Lamda print / 224 x 126 cm / Courtesy Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv	I Wish I Could (from the series 'Heaven Carwash'), 2001 / Lamda print / 224 x 126 cm / Courtesy Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

More about the artist

Eliezer Sonnenschein’s first exhibitions in museums were illegal infiltrations of his works into exhibitions. This invasive way of exhibiting captured both the audience and the curators, making them participants in the actions of Channel A, a virtual channel Sonnenschein created.
Channel A(narchy) is not broadcasted. The actions take place in the real world. The invented (virtual) world of the artist with its figures, inter-relations and hierarchy, is juxtaposed with the real world and people.
In his installations Sonnenschein is continuously seeking to demonstrate the contrast between the artists’ personal experience and the more global circumstances. Through his own personal perspective, Sonnenschein takes the viewer into a journey that builds a narrative monologue of an artist who invents a story taking place in a virtual location. Beauty and seduction are a layer that try to hide a world of violence and sub-powers trying to brake out to the perfect environments above.
Sonnenschein uses world wide known logos and symbols and manipulates them into his own language specifically to undermine and question our society. He maps, not without humor, the hierarchies and success tracks – the way to the top of the art world, the artistic institution and the big money machine, he exposes the hypocrisy, abuse, and emptiness of this world. The association reminds us the importance and necessity of self-criticism - in the art world as well.

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