A SONG OF
MUTE AND TUMULT

The Jerusalem Obsession series is a living body of work that continually expands and evolves with each exhibition—an ever-shifting manifesto of concrete and immaterial worlds, perpetually in the making. This evolving oeuvre unfolds and transforms into various opuses, all rooted in Ziv’s amorous obsession with the universal Jerusalem. The work and the artist merge and blur into one another, ultimately forming a single haunting ode. This work is the story of a life: it is Jerusalem Obsession.

The exhibition “A SONG OF MUTE AND TUMULT” offers a glimpse into this series by revealing the paradoxical nature of Ziv’s work. The artist composes a melody in which emotions, oxymorons, and contradictions interlace. While her intuitive, dream-driven approach offers the viewer a tumultuous vision of reality, Ziv also plays with the gentle, slow rhythms of introspection and intimacy. The exhibition thus constructs an immersive journey through Ziv’s universe: from an exterior world of turbulence rendered in warm and dark tones, one descends into a sheltered bubble with the air of an oasis. This amniotic interlude is the studio—the creation space where time is suspended. Through this invitation to contemplation, the Ava Kleijman Gallery momentarily lifts part of the veil in order to better grasp the complexities of Orli Ziv’s artistic approach.