ARTiculAction Art Review - Special Issuue Aug. 2016 | Page 58

ICUL CTION
C o n t e m p o r a r y

A r t

Petra Paul & Ophira Avisar

R e v i e w

Special Issue

Rishumon, with actress Iris Harpaz, 2016 © Hanan Getreide

space. Knitting is a thing which is posed to
the female and this a very subversive
feminist strategy to femalize the public
space.
You have once remarked that education is
an important part for acceptance and

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tolerance as well as awareness-rising:
what could be in your opinion the role
that an artist could play in the
contemporary s ociety? While the
statement that "contemporary artists
should convey an explicit political
message of change" might sound as
stretching a bit the point, it's also true