Tears

CURATOR STATEMENT — YEHUDA RAHANAEV From the window of her home in Mevaseret Zion, Dalia Segev turns her attention to the local landscape—personal and pastoral, yet charged with tension beneath its surface. Working in small- to medium-scale prints combined with collage, Segev fragments the landscape into pieces of matter and spirit, as though it were dissolving into abstract forms that no longer suggest a country with clearly defined borders. The exhibition considers the individual's existential condition within an apocalyptic reality. Forests burn in orange flames, evoking a place that can ignite in an instant and consume what has been built over years. In contrast, works dominated by pale and deep blues offer moments of visual respite, cooling turbulent and uncontrollable emotions. Through this movement between fragility and intensity, the exhibition draws attention to the delicacy of the human fabric. Segev presents works that are sensitive and restrained alongside more turbulent images characterized by a wild, uncontrollable nature. Their balance invites an inward gaze and suggests the possibility of bridging divisions between us. Printmaking combined with collage enables Segev to construct an alternative reality—a new space in which there is room to breathe. In some works, a tiny shoot breaks through and grows upward, asserting existence in the here and now and pointing toward beauty within creation. ARTIST STATEMENT — DALIA SEGEV “The tears I create have a double meaning: the metaphorical tearing of the whole and the physical tearing of the paper. In some works, the edges are frayed or lack defined boundaries. The natural world is a source of inspiration for me, in which I search for a sense of harmony and inner quiet.”

Curator: Yehuda Rahanaev