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PRESLER PRIVATE MUSEUM IS AN URBAN MUSEUM, WHICH IS LISTED
AMONG THE LEADING ART AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN ISRAEL. IT IS OWNED
BY MR. YIGAL PRESLER, WHO HAS BEEN COLLECTING AND STUDYING ART FOR
OVER 20 YEARS.
PRESLER PRIVATE MUSEUM WAS OPENED IN 2013 IN SOUTH TEL-AVIV,
IN A THREE-STOREY BUILDING THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL SHOWROOMS, A
SEPARATE LIBRARY OF ART BOOKS AND AN EXPANSIVE ROOF OVERLOOKING THE
CITY. THE MUSEUM MEETS THE STANDARDS OF A PRESTIGIOUS PUBLIC
INSTITUTION IN TERMS OF DISPLAY MEANS, AND IT IS DESIGNED IN A CLASSIC
EUROPEAN STYLE.
THE MUSEUM AIMS TO RESEARCH, COLLECT, DISPLAY AND PRESERVE WORKS OF
ART, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL. PRESLER PRIVATE MUSEUM IS
MOTIVATED BY THE DESIRE TO DECONSTRUCT THINKING PATTERNS AND
CLASSIFICATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORY OF ART, AND TO OFFER A NEW
RANGE OF STORIES, ACCENTS AND TRENDS BY EXHIBITING ITS COLLECTIONS.
THUS, A PART OF THE MUSEUM’S DOMAIN OF COMPETENCE INCLUDES
DISCOVERING, EXPOSING AND PURCHASING OF THE WORKS IT EXHIBITS, IN
ORDER TO INTEGRATE THEM IN THE ARTISTIC CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH
DISPLAY AND DISCUSSION.
THE MUSEUM HOLDS A RICH AND RARE COLLECTION OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY
WORKS, WHICH ARE LOANED TO THE MOST PROMINENT EXHIBITION INSTITUTIONS
IN ISRAEL AND ABROAD. THE COLLECTION FOCUSES ON JEWISH AVANT-GARDE
ART IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITION OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT, EXPLORING
JEWISHNESS AS AN EMBODIMENT OF INTERNATIONALISM, AND CHARACTERIZED
BY WHAT THE ROMANIAN PAINTER M.H. MAXY CALLED A “SPIRIT OF INVENTION,
ORGANIZING SYSTEM, SURPRISE, DISSOCIATION, ABSTRACTION… THE ACTUAL
VIRTUES OF THE JEWISH PLASTIC ART MIND.”
מוזיאון פרטי פרסלר
מיכה קירשנר
אוצרת: דניאלה טלמור
2015