Schlesinger's "Eleven hours forward" spans the two large floors of the gallery in Tel Aviv. It features series that were conceived during his residency in Havana, while preparing his participation in the 2015 Havana Biennial. The show hinges on 'Burnt Canvases' a 6-part series of large paintings that has propelled other works equally inquisitive of, and contradictory to, their own medium. A new text by Sarah Demeuse, writer and curator, functions as associative accompaniment to the exhibition. Statement

Ariel Schlesinger works in the field of photography, sculpture and installation. His pieces are playful, occasionally kinetic, as well as often threatening and seem to be as much the work of an unhinged inventor as that of a post-conceptual artist. He blurs the line between outsider inventor and studio-bound artist. His practice is based on “self-taught” engineering and an energetic spirit. In his work, there are often two layers: at first sight you see a poetic gesture, but often there is a political twist and a threat of destruction. Destruction, often symbolized by fire, plays a preeminent role in his practice, but it doesn’t annihilate, instead it points to the possibility of renewal, to a blossoming of new forces and, maybe, a new balance.