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<\/a>The most striking aspect of the exhibit as a whole is the diversity and wide range of styles and approaches. Just off one narrow corridor the room on the right contains the project Amal<\/strong> by Daniel Gentelev, 70 X 70 inkjet prints with portraits and still life images dealing with issues of identity and home. The dominant color in the room is white. In the room opposite a curtain of small photos connected by black thread adorned the entrance to Shimon Bokshtein<\/strong>\u2019s exhibit of photographs and collage displayed in a room painted pink with strings of small lights draped on the walls.<\/p>\n Moving on to the Fine Arts Department exhibit with Ido Bar-El, who is currently completing his position as department head, who said, \u201cEach class is a kind of promise,\u201d and explained that a great deal of autonomy was given to the students, with each student choosing the works to be displayed.<\/p>\n We encountered some of the students along the way, including Shahar Barnett<\/strong> amongst his display of sculptural figures. Barnett explained the source of the work, saying, \u201cMy motivation came from a weird belief that I too deserve, if not the life of an emperor, then an emperor\u2019s burial\u2026I don\u2019t have a private terracotta army, but I do have a mother, grandmother, friends\u2026so I enlisted them.\u201d Barnett also demonstrated that most of the figures are functional \u2013 shooting a tiny unidentified object (perhaps a miniature cannonball?) from a miniature cannon.<\/p>\n Monty Alon<\/strong>\u2019s video installation \u201cHobo-Quantum Beggars\u201d is a virtual association of homeless people, with animated projections based on real people interviewed in Jerusalem. Bar-El recounted that two of the people interviewed attended Bezalel\u2019s mid-year show.<\/p>\n While some, like Ella Cohen Vansover<\/strong>\u2019s Erasures on a Mirror, experiment with new forms, more traditional forms, such as painting, also have a strong presence in the exhibit, including: Yael Ben Simon<\/strong>\u2019s oil painting on the surface of the walls, Tslil Tsement<\/strong> family portraits, Danielle Fischer<\/strong>\u2019s shaped paintings, Almog Neeman<\/strong>\u2019s exotic landscapes, and many more.<\/p>\n This exhibit also extends beyond the physical boundaries of the department with several installations in the basement. In room 324, Chen Lev<\/strong> has assembled several screens on the floor with animated imaginary creatures. Lev explained that \u201ctheir physiological build creates the action. They want to hug, but their body shape makes them injure one another.\u201d There is one wall projection in the room that explores this theme within the context of a community of creatures.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>