A poetic process, whose aim is to get to the hypothesis of what is "painting", in order to participate in an international discussion on the definition of the concept "painting", using familiar images (another version: abstract images) widening, as it were, the discussion about painting.
Factory yards, building sites, scrap metal dumps, containers and lorries, metal pipes and planks. Oded Zaidel paints the back side of the urban landscape: not scenes of nature nor scenes of the "cultured" town, but areas on the margin; neglected corners whose presence we pass by almost without noticing
Shaul Shatz is a well known Jerusalem artist.As of two years ago he was living in Jerusalem on the border of the JudeanDesert.His family and the landscape that surrounded him, became his subject matter
Gina Rotem is an artist of landscapes of the soul. Her paintings invite the viewer to look deeply into an inner world. In a minimalist style, but with powerful expression, she succeeds in capturing the eye of the viewer, thereby leading it through a unique path of colour which arises from multiple layers of paint.
The home, at first glance, is the only stable part of a person's existence. Yet due to the twists and turns of life, that stability is sometimes shattered and replaced by feelings of confusion. In this exhibit, Eliraz's begins with a dynamic interpretation of the home. He builds on that to create a statement reflecting his inner battles.
Rivka Sassover Peled is a gifted painter, who has almost been hidden from the public eye, but is known and valued among her fellow artists. She is a graduate of Bezalel, where she teaches presently, and has been painting according to her own personal style along the years.
Born in Jerusalem in 1974 Mike Darnell's formal education is a short stint at the department of Industrial Design in the Haddasah College.
Mike about his art: "I like color. I like Jerusalem. I like being able to get a serious message across with humor. I like the fact that my entire creative process is digital. I like keeping things simple…"
My art explores the duality of construction and destruction, memory and oblivion. I create a representational image that is gradually “ruined” – covered by a chaotic image through “accidental” gestures. Throughout the work process I rebuild and destroy and so forth...
Menashe Kadishman – a well-known artist whose sculptures and paintings are exhibited in renowned museums and in respectable art collections worldwide. He too is a winner of the 1995 Israel Prize, as well as the winner of many international prizes.
Avner Katz – an artist with original and varied works, who has won many prizes for his paintings and drawings, in Israel and abroad. Avner Katz makes use of numerous and diverse techniques, and in this exhibit he presents works on plywood...
It was in 1982 when I first met Vera. She had just made Aliya from the former Soviet Union and was visiting my gallery, where she invited me to see her works. Vera showed me paintings she had brought with her from Moscow as well as several paintings she had worked on since her arrival to Israel.
When I first saw Tzivia's works of paper rollings, I stood astounded. The unique technique which she has developed, enables her to create relief pictures, a colorful mosaic formation, surprising in its abundance in color, with striking similarity to the Byzantine mosaic artists...
Joseph Hirsch - 'Non Still Life', 18.02.06-18.03.06 Israeli Art, Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem
Joseph Hirsch, one of the greatest drawing artists in Israel, is practically a 'tag name' in Jerusalem, a living myth and an admired teacher, who has taught generations of students.
Dedi Ben-Shaul - Works, 2000-2005, Dec. 17th 2005 until January 14th, 2006 Israeli Art, Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem
Dedi Ben-Shaul, a Jerusalem-born painter, who is deeply rooted in the local scenes, lives in Jerusalem and paints Jerusalem. He studied painting in Paris, where he acquired and absorbed artistic values which he has internalized, and which he later implemented in his own works.
Art is the breath of Tova Berlinski's spirit – a singer and actress in her youth who turned to art after the age of thirty. She studied in Bezalel and then in Paris where then in the Fifties she became acquainted with abstract expressionism and adapted this as the style in her works.
The works of Smsy Nsmpt express a rich and complex spiritual and sensitive world. Her works include paintings, drawings, installations, objects, and private diaries- made in different techniques which document her personal “day to day”, which she calls “books”.
Anatoly Basin Israeli Artist – 'Shades', April 28, 2006-May 21, 2006 Israeli Art, Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem
Anatoly Basin Israeli Artist was born in Leningrad in 1936 and made Aliyya in 1979. In Leningrad, Basin was a well-known artist who belonged to the circle of non- conformist artists who actively opposed the aesthetics which the Soviet rule had dictated.
