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December 2014 #8

CONTEMPORARY ART / EMERGING ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS / SOLO EXHIBITION / GROUP EXHIBITION / ARTEFFECT / JUDAICA

In light of a woman Group Exhibition

Exhibitions in Israel

SOLO EXHIBITIONSAMNON DAVID AR OPHEAR ART / DALIA ESHET

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Editor & Founder : Dafna NavarroDafna was born in Jerusalem in 1975 and lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is a known figure in the Israeli art world as a lecturer, curator and appraiser of art and collectibles.Dafna has lectured at academies of visual art and design with years of experience working in advertising and media. Her education started at Technion University studying interior design followed by general design studies with the artist Ilana Goor. She later obtained a diploma in curatorial studies and art appraisals. In the beginning of her career she worked as a graphic designer in various multimedia companies such as Ness Technologies, Casdim International Systems, along with several major advertising agencies in Israel. In 1998 she began teaching at the Avni Institute of Art and as a lecturer in visual communication at Bezalel Academy of Art and at Magen the Religious College of Art and Design. Dafna has authored a number of books for Israeli academic institutes including John Bryce College. She also developed course curriculum and content in a number of fields including photography, internet, media and graphic design. She was later involved in the marketing of these courses to various technology companies.

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE

I am pleased to present this month’s issue, with quality and interesting solo and group portfolios along with coverage of museums and gallery exhibitions in Israel, fledgling artists alongside well-known artists, Contemporary, Classic and Judaic Art. These are special days; we celebrate the Jewish holiday “Hanukkah” - Days of Light- Days of Freedom, Miracles and family gatherings. We are also just a few days before Christmas, which can also be symbolized as the Light from Bethlehem & Jerusalem.

( "Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem": “Beautiful Star of BethlehemShining afar through shadows dimGiving the light to those who long have gone”) This month Group Exhibition - In light of a woman - Focuses on presenting the character of a woman in all aspects, the woman as a mother, as a sexual aesthetic figure, a strong and independent woman, and more. The exhibition is named after the great book: “In light of a woman “, published by the fabulous French author Romain Gary, who created masterpieces based on the veneration of the feminine, emotional description of the need for a woman and male perspective on feminine strengths. I am proud to say that the number of subscribers and readers is growing

strongly, we get enthusiastic comments about the magazine and we are grateful. Very grateful.I am very satisfied with the magazine and the opportunity for exposure, worldwide, for the community of artists in the country and the realm of art which is so vibrant and alive. I wish you all happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas, שמג many precious moments of joy.


8/ Amnon David Ar Solo exhibition26/ Ophear Art Solo exhibition

38/ Dalia Eshet Solo exhibition

46/ EXHIBITIONS IN ISRAEL Ori Gersht: Slivers -Tel Aviv Museum

50/ EXHIBITIONS IN ISRAEL Simon Adjiashvili - Rothschild Fine Art Gallery

58/ EXHIBITIONS IN ISRAEL Carmel Ilan - Raw Art Gallery

62/ EXHIBITIONS IN ISRAEL Carmela Weiss - P8 Gallery

70/ EXHIBITIONS IN ISRAEL Holot – Sand-nessContemporary by Golconda 74/ EXHIBITIONS IN ISRAEL Yoav Hirsch- Contemporary by Golconda

78/ EXHIBITIONS IN ISRAEL Ilan Nahum - GALLERY 97 - JACOB SAMUEL

84/ ARTEFFECT. George Hendrik Breitner

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102/ GROUP EXHIBITION In Light Of A Woman Participating Artists: Hadass Shereshevsky / Lika Ramati / Yizhak Nir Hila Green / Noemi Safir Dolev / Moti Penn Beck Ami / Ruben Cukier / Gili Azbel 155/ ART ELSEWHERE SAMANTHA FRENCH

164/ CONTEMPORARY ART Participating Artists: Dalia Eshet Yitzhak Nir Jacques Sterenberg.

173/ JUDAICA ART Participating Artists: Ora Nissim Benny Hershkowitz Oded Feingersh

182/ MUSEUMS IN ISRAEL

186/ PURE BEAUTY Participating Artists: Esther Pomerantz Moti Shoval Oded Feingersh Reli Wasser Yitzhak Nir

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Amnon David ArBorn in Herzelia, Israel in 1973, to a non artistic family. However, Ar´s creative talent was recognized at a very young age and he started his formal art education at the age of 14. After military service in the IDF, cut short by an flare-up of Alopecia, Ar studied at the prestigious Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem. As he could not find the kind of artistic training he was after at that time, he left the Bezalel Academy at the end of the first year, and began searching for his own style and artistic language. While he is considered to be mostly self-taught, he sought advice from

the established painters Oswald Adler and Abraham Bykov. He first gained international acclaim when his work was praised by the Rembrandt House Museum curator, Dr. Bob Van Den Boogert, who marked Ar as one of the great draftsmen of our time. This, as well as winning the first Shiff prize for figurative painting at the Tel Aviv Museum, led to numerous exhibitions in Israel, Europe and the USA, among which: Forum Gallery(New York 2005), Medici gallery (London 2011) Vielliers gallery (Amsterdam 2007 ), solo



exhibitions at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli art, Haifa Museum of Art, Ashdod Museum of Art, to mention a few. About my work Being an admirer of great masters such as Velazquez, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Monet and Schiele, I aim to make painting from observation innovative and relevant to our era. Like many of these masters, I work solely from observation, dedicating most daylight hours to painting and drawing, using natural light.

I believe that following the invention of the camera, figurative painting has to offer something different – emotion, atmosphere, perceptive analysis and psychological interpretation.I am continually looking for beauty and individuality in our trash-filled, noisy, capitalist environment, intentionally focusing on the trivial and ordinary, thus forming a mirror-like image of Pop art. I am particularly intrigued and fascinated by the material and texture of objects, many of which I obsessively collect.One of my main interests is exploring


the effect of light on color and atmosphere. In that respect, my move from Israel to Europe is like an earthquake, passing from the Mediterranean Israeli sun to the more subtle and moderate northern light of Berlin. I hope that this change among others will be reflected in my work.












Prizes & Collections

2008 Winner of the first "Haim Shiff" competition, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.

2011 Participant at the "Cite Des Arts" residency project, Paris, France.

Works appear in many important collections, such as The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Len Balavatnic collection,

Shiff collection, Druck collection, Sabag collection, Braun collection, Shabtay collection, Brandais collection, Sir Ronald Cohen among others.

Currently resides in Berlin, Germany.



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OPHEAR, a self-taught artist, uses a mix of digitally created art and photography with creative editing and hand painted elements to create daring visual art. He creates modern day digital pointillism reminiscent of Henri Matisse; surreal Dali-esque photo-realistic art; vibrant masks with bold Hundertwasser-esque colors and mandalas inspired by historical spiritual and metaphysical

tools from the Hindu and Buddhist religious traditions. OPHEAR’s art challenges the natural assumptions, invites contradiction and strives to reconcile and unify the seemingly contradictory. His art reflects the complexity of life, and his vision is one of finding meaning and transcendence though looking at the familiar in new and exciting ways.

Right: Charlie Chaplin Acrylic + Pigment On Canvas. Signed. 100X130cm $7000



OPHEAR likes to channel his ideas through daring art that pushes the boundaries of visual creativity. OPHEAR has a passion and joy for creating a wide variety of images in varied formats, frequently inspired by surrealist, impressionist, pointillist, and even Hindu/Buddhist and tribal art. He uses a mix of digitally created art and photography with creative hand painted 3D manipulations and elements to evoke varied responses in the viewer. One category of OPHEAR’s art work is the modern day digital pointillism and divisionism, reminiscent of

Henri Matisse, in which he creates impressions of objects such as human or animal eyes and faces. The mind’s ability to connect, blend and bend the disparate dots and acrylic colors into varied compositions adds another dimension to the art.The surreal, Dali-esque art that is characteristic of OPHEAR’s photography series is another example. This style, in which striking photo-realistic images are juxtaposed with the seemingly illogical, creates an element of surprise and invites one to consider the disparity between a person's

Ernest Hemingway Pointillism Acrylic + Pigment On Canvas. Signed. 127X95cm $7000

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view of reality and the actual state of thingsIn a similar vein, OPHEAR’s colorful masks series are thought proving visuals. In the contrast between the larger-than-life masks, arguably a metaphor of sorts for control or authority, and their respective backgrounds, he calls into question the realities presented within the images.Lastly, OPHEAR’s mandala art seeks through complex rhythm and intermingling of beings, organisms,

plants, religions, planetary, mathematical and geometrical symbols to create a microcosm of the universe. Mandalas were historically known to be used as spiritual and metaphysical tools in the Hindu and Buddhist religious traditions to focus the mind and bridge the divide between the physical and metaphysical, such as during meditation. Similarly, the repetitive use of geometric patterns and radial balance evoke a beauty and order that ties together the artist’s central


Alfred Hitchcock Red Acrylic + Pigment On Canvas.Signed. 40X47cm $2000


Charlie Chaplin Bw Acrylic + Pigment On Canvas. Signed. 58X39cm $2000

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