“NO EXIT: A Project by Khaled Jarrar” Exhibition

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Whitebox Art Center presents a solo show by Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar in conjunction with an underground salon at Undercurrent Projects produced and curated by Myriam Vanneschi.

The Israel Border Police denied artist Khaled Jarrar exit to travel to NYC for this project and his participation in the show Here and Elsewhere at the New Museum. He has since decided to create a new work for this show that deals with his status as well as the current situation in Gaza. This new media piece will be live updated as the situation develops.

For the duration of the show, the art space Undercurrent Projects will function as a salon where informal panel discussions about Khaled Jarrar’s work, art from Palestine, and the current situation in Gaza / West Bank will take place.

Khaled Jarrar describes his experience attempting to leave Palestine on July 14th, 2014:
“ ‘ZE ZEVEL’ – That means ‘he is garbage’. When I was trying to cross the Allenby Bridge as usual, I heard one soldier say this to his superior officer, while they were arguing about me in Hebrew. That was the only word that I could understand from their discussion. The Allenby Bridge is my only gate to the world. Amman is the only place from where I can fly to the world. Yesterday I was denied exit from the West Bank. I was surprised, because never before had the Israelis prevent me from traveling. After a very long wait and without understanding what was happening, I was informed “security reasons” would prevent me from traveling. Yesterday was the longest day of my life and a day of humiliation. I felt real racism on the part of the security at Allenby Bridge. When this one soldier was talking to his superior officer and I understood what he said (‘ze zevel’), I shouted at him that I was no ‘zevel’ and he was impolite to call me that. No one listened to me, like I did not even exist. It’s the story of many people who are being denied from crossing Allenby Bridge for security reasons by order of the Israeli intelligence”.

NO EXIT is produced and curated by Myriam Vanneschi and co-produced by Igor Molochevski

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Schedule

from July 24, 2014 to August 07, 2014

Opening Reception on 2014-07-24 from 17:00 to 19:00

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