"Days Before Darkness" contrasts total devastation with infinite compassion. Tchetchik’s photography-based installation features lightboxes depicting scorched landscapes and lone streetlamps, juxtaposed with tranquil seascapes and bare trees reaching to the heavens. At the heart lies a swan, wings spread open in a loving embrace from the darkness. Originally meant to show at the now-destroyed Gallery in Kibbutz Beeri, the Eretz Israel Museum will host the show after tragedy struck on October 7, 2023.

Opening Event: Thursday, January 18th at 7pm

Dates: 19.01.24-08.06.24

Curation: Sofie Berzon MacKie

Location: Alexander Pavilion of Postal History and Philately, Eretz Israel Museum

About the Museum

The Eretz Israel Museum is located in the Ramat Aviv neighborhood of Tel Aviv. Since opening in 1958, the museum has grown into a prominent cultural institution, home to archaeology, postal history, ethnography, crafts, photography and visual arts galleries. The museum's unique curatorial vision bridges interactions between artists, curators, collectors and audiences. Exhibitions balance emerging, mid-career and established artists to create an invigorating discourse.