In her exhibition at Circle1 Michal Helfman presents a group of works on paper, made ​​in a scraping technique from a layer of oil pastels, exposing another layer of colorful acrylics lying underneath it. A group of works called "Barbarism of Reflection" takes its name from a term coined by 17th century Italian historian Vico. This expression was used to describe a critical moment in the history of a civilization, in which, according to Vico, significant cultural achievements (manifested in its increasing reflective capacity), are eventually what leads this civilization to deconstruction and barbarism.