Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe
Interesting exhibition at the ICA by Dor Guez, an artist of Christian Palestinian and Jewish Tunisian descent. This was an installation called “The Painter” which tells the story of a painter with the artists own background who serves in the Yom Kippur War through the objects he owns which are shown in display cases. Alongside it is a film of this ‘painters’ life. I thought this was an interested idea but I must admit most of the nuances were lost on me and the film may have shed more light but the bit I saw was very depressing and dull and I didn’t engage with it.