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W i l d A n g e l s Between Two Worlds Nogah Engler and Carmit Blumensohn in Conversation Ukrainian rituals are pagan, historical, and fanciful, and spring from an intriguing mysterious culture. How did you become interested in them? My interest stems from my ongoing investigation of collective and personal memory related to my family, who lived in the Carpathian Mountains in the Ukraine. With the exception of my father, who survived the Holocaust, all were murdered during WWII. I have returned to the Ukraine a number of times. Going back to that crime scene, with its sublimely beautiful landscapes, highlighted the paradox of the beauty against the bloody history of the place. This tension was heightened following my encounters with the locals, who were extraordinarily friendly and welcoming. Throughout my visit, the questions arose: How could the parents and grandparents of these people have been so cruel? What was the turning point? What is the thin veneer of culture? The place turned into a microcosm for me; a kind of laboratory where I could ask difficult questions about human morality in a way that was not time- or place-specific. I pondered Nogah Engler was born in Tel Aviv in 1970. She lives and works in London, and is currently represented by the Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv. Since graduating from Chelsea School of Art in 2004, Engler's works have been exhibited at leading museums in Israel and abroad, including the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museumof Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Ritter/Zamet Gallery, London (solo exhibition), the Drawing Biennial (London), the Beijing Biennale, Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Armory Show (International Exhibition of Modern Art) in New York City.