The exhibition that connects top chefs with leading illustrators

"Three spoons of oil and two brushes" - a new and intriguing pop-up exhibition will be launched on September 5th and will be on display for five days at the Museum of the Jewish People. In the unique pop-up exhibition, fourteen thought-provoking works of art, based on chef's coats, will be presented to the general public, created with the help of duos of culinary experts from Israel and the world and leading Israeli illustrators, who volunteered for the project. All the works of art in the exhibition will be offered for purchase at a special sale, the proceeds of which will be devoted to food therapy activities for senior citizens and youth, evacuees from the north and south. 

 The pop-up exhibition, led by FOODISH - the Culinary Department of Anu - the Museum of the Jewish People and the project's artistic director, Amit Trainin, deals, like FOODISH, with Jewish identity and culture through food, with connections between creators from different disciplines, and between our soul and the home we grew up in, to the reality in which we live The exhibition expresses with visual richness the culinary mosaic unique to the Jewish people in Israel and around the world.

The opening event for the general public will be held on Friday, September 6, 2024, as part of which visitors will be invited to take part in creating a collaborative Shabbat tablecloth that will include the visitors' food stories. A large Shabbat table will be placed in the center of the space and visitors will be able to share a food story from the family kitchen that has personal meaning for them. During the event, the illustrator Racheli Shalu will move among the participants and illustrate their personal memory in real time. The map as a collaborative work on the Shabbat table will be part of the art installation and will be displayed throughout the pop-up exhibition display to all visitors.

A particularly impressive team of artists, illustrators and culinary people has volunteered for the new pop-up exhibition and among the works of art you will find fascinating encounters that have been translated into a surprising work on canvas, which was created from the essays and life stories of the food people and illustrators, including chef Israel Aharoni and artist Ze'ev Engelmeir, the culinary woman Michal Ansky and the illustrator Sergey Iskov, the restaurateur Ruthi Brodo and the illustrator Anat Varshavsky, the chef Yuval Ben Neria and the creator Judith Asher, the chef Chaim Cohen and the artist Michal Dubois, the culinary host from New York Jake Cohen and the illustrator Nurit Gross, the Jewish food priest Joan Nathan and the artist Hadas Hayon, international chef Michael Solomonov and illustrator Itzik Rennert, chef Raz Rahav and artist Keren Filsher, chef Moshik Roth and illustrator Maya Ish Shalom, culinary woman Ruthie Russo and illustrator Amit Trainin, mythological food researcher Claudia Roden and painter Nadav Macheta, chef Eyal Shani and illustrator Michel Kishka and chef Yossi Shetrit and illustrator Eitan Eloa.

The artistic pop-up display will be accompanied by a series of events for the general public dealing with identity, culture and food, and connecting art and cuisine, including - a meeting between the illustrator Zev Engelmeier and the chef Israel Aharoni on identity, art and food, a one-time intergenerational meeting between the renowned illustrator and cartoonist Michel Kishka and his son, David Kishka, a culinary entrepreneur and chairman of the Israeli Association for Culinary Culture, a painting workshop on aprons with illustrators Michal Dubois and Anat Varshevsky and more. The pop-up exhibition joins the extensive activities of FOODISH and us - the Museum of the Jewish People, for the sake of the community and for evacuees from the north and south and food businesses that have been affected since the October 7 attack.

The project was launched thanks to the contribution of the CHEF WORKS company, one of the largest companies in the world for clothing for chefs and restaurateurs, and other companies in the economy, including Teperberg Winery. Also, a unique catalog is produced for the pop-up exhibition, which includes the works, illustrations and recipes of all the artists and chefs taking part in the project. All profits from the sale of the catalog will be transferred to the purpose of the project; Food therapy activities for evacuees from the north and south.

Merav Oren, CEO of FOODISH, the culinary department of Anu - Museum of the Jewish People: "'Three spoons of oil and two brushes' is the closing of a circle for us. As those who tell the story of the Jewish people through food - this time we gave the stage to artists who tell a story with their hands, some with a pen and brush and some with a knife and whisk - but the really interesting story is the story of the meeting between the illustrators and the chefs. Once again, the food allows us a glimpse into the soul, memories and creation of each and every one of the participants and through the shared works of art to pass this goodness on, back to the community." 

Amit Trainin, the artistic director of the project: "Since the seventh of October, illustration has become one of the most popular tools of visual communication. The 14 illustrators participating in the exhibition are aware of the power and importance of illustration at this time. The illustrators joined the excellent team of chefs and voluntarily illustrated the chefs' personal stories on A chef's coat, which has become a unique sculptural and narrative canvas that offers a new approach to the way we read and see a story. , this is the story of all of us."

Events for a wide audience throughout the days of the pop-up exhibition at Anu - Museum of the Jewish People

Opening event for a wide audience - Friday, 9/6/24, 10:30-14:00, Tel Aviv University campus, 15 Klausner St., Ramat Aviv Ticket - NIS 52.

Gallery talk with the creators of the exhibition - Merav Oren, CEO FOODISH Culinary department of 'Anu - Museum of the Jewish People' and Amit Trainin, the artistic director of the project - Friday, 6/9/24, 9:30-10:30.

Kishka & Kishka meeting - a one-time intergenerational meeting between the renowned illustrator and cartoonist Michel Kishka for his son David Kishka, chairman of the Israeli Association for Culinary Culture and the veterans of culinary people in Israel - Friday, 9/6/24, 10:30 a.m.

Meeting Israel Aharoni & Ze'ev Engelmeier - on art, inspiration and creativity - Monday, 9/9/24 , 8:00 p.m.

Illustration workshop on chef aprons with illustrators Anat Varashevski and Michal Dubois - Tuesday, 9/10/24 4:30-6:00 p.m.