{"id":1745,"date":"2018-04-17T17:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maarav.org.il\/english\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2018-06-14T18:00:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:00:50","slug":"gerard-marx-jerusalem-shots-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maarav.org.il\/english\/2018\/04\/17\/gerard-marx-jerusalem-shots-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerard Marx, Jerusalem Shots, 1976"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gerard Marx (b. 1941) is one of the first artists to create conceptual art in Israel. Marx collaborated with Joshua Neustein and Georgette Batlle on the \u201cBoots\u201d (1969) and \u201cJerusalem River\u201d (1971) projects. In the \u201cJerusalem Shots\u201d action Marx photographed sites\u00a0in different parts of the city \u2013 the Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Mea Shearim, and the walls of the Old City. In 1976, during military reserve service at Kibbutz Merom Golan, he set up the photographs in a shooting range and together with other soldiers shot at them with M16 rifles and Uzi submachine guns, and the splatters of mud painted them in hues of gold. The work was created as part of the \u201cBringing Art to the Border Art\u201d event which was held on 15 January 1976 in which Neustein took part with his \u201cTerritorial Imperative\u201d. \u201cJerusalem Shots\u201d is perhaps the most striking example of action out of the dual position of artist and soldier, which challenges both realms: art and combat.<\/p>\n\"\"\n\"\"\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gerard Marx (b. 1941) is one of the first artists to create conceptual art in Israel. Marx collaborated with Joshua Neustein and Georgette Batlle on the \u201cBoots\u201d (1969) and \u201cJerusalem<\/p>\n

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