Portrait of Uri Geller

"Portrait of Uri Geller" depicts the famous Israeli psychic and showman, long rumored to have cooperated with Mossad and the CIA, bending a metal spoon with apparent psychokinetic force. Rising to prominence in the early 1970s, Geller blurred the line between stage magic, genuine belief, and state interest.

His spoon-bending was more than a trick. It functioned as a covert kind of propaganda, casting Israel as a nation so powerful it could train its citizens to bend metal with their minds. As a cultural export, Geller's feats amplified state influence through spectacle, illusion, and the machinery of persuasion.