Over the past decade, Addam Yekutieli has worked under the pseudonym of Know Hope, developing a visual iconography and language used to mirror real-life situations and observations, and document the notion of a collective human struggle.
By creating parallels between political situations and emotional conditions, there is an attempt to perceive the political process and dialogue as emotional mechanism, therefore making it a conduct that can be understood intuitively and not solely intellectually.
These processes take place both indoors and outdoors, in the form of site-specific installations, murals and assemblages, combining ready-made materials, mixed media pieces, photographs and text.
By placing these works in public spaces, Yekutieli aims to make the separation between the emotional and political non-existent, and allow the viewers to see themselves in the larger context of their surroundings simply by recognizing each other.
Know Hope has garnered much attention over the past years with his outdoor work and installations as well as successful exhibitions in Europe and the US. He has both group and solo exhibitions and other special projects scheduled in Tel Aviv, London, Los Angeles, Vienna, and South Africa.
