Mircea Cantor's 'Shooting' at Galerie Dvir, Tel Aviv

Mircea Cantor's exhibition 'Shooting' occupies all three spaces of Galerie Dvir in Tel Aviv from September 11 to October 23, 2010. The show mixes older works like 'Airplanes and Angels' (2008) and 'Vertical Attempt' (2009) with new pieces created during the artist's residency in Israel, such as 'Holy Flowers I-XII' (black-and-white inkjet prints on archival paper). The main gallery features photographs and a large-screen projection of the video 'Tracking Happiness' (2009), in which white-clad female figures walk on white sand, following their own footprints before sweeping them away, creating a meditative, hypnotic loop without climax or catharsis. Two ancillary spaces present works in various media. 'One Piece, the Same' (2010) consists of mostly identical puzzle pieces forming a map of Israel without precise borders; visitors are invited to rearrange the pieces, actively engaging with the political debate between Palestinians and Israelis. 'Rainbow' (2010) is a site-specific work executed directly on the gallery wall: curved rays of colored barbed wire, applied by the artist's fingers, juxtapose a symbol of external control with an individual sign, suggesting that detention operates from within and that humanity's violence can be reversed by inner will. The exhibition presents a broad range of images, situations, and ideas, leaving viewers unsettled, moved, or contemplative, crossing themes of the human spirit and individual responsibility toward society.