About
Dr. Adina Kamien is Senior Curator of Modern Art at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and lecturer in modern art and curating at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. She has curated numerous exhibitions and authored catalogues and articles on many topics including Dada, surrealism, Duchamp, Man Ray and Miro. Her book "Duchamp, Man Ray, and the Conundrum of the Replica" was published by Routledge.
Exploring the readymade in contemporary art, her exhibition No Place Like Home focused on the transformed domestic object returned to a quasi-home within the museum. Kamien's subsequent exhibition at the Israel Museum, "Bodyscapes," focused on the relationship between the body and nature and on the use of the body to organize knowledge. Her current exhibit, "Lucid Dreams," at the Israel Museum, speaks to the art of dreams, a creation of sleep.
Lectures & Publications
In Academia
Dr. Kamien is the author or editor of over 30 chapters, academic papers and books, exploring modern art, Dada, surrealism, Duchamp, Man Ray, Miro and others. Master of the "encyclopedic exhibition," which include works of cross-cultural archeology, anthropology, material culture and prehistory, her writing opens doors on the historical and social vectors feeding art--modern and contemporary--and the evolution of expression, from ancient times to today.
Lucid Dreams
Keys to creativity, dreams and their visual expressions attest to the power of the imaginary. This book, like the major exhibition it accompanies, focuses on the mysterious and often fantastical images experienced in dreams.