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ARTISTS
Dan Nusinov Eitan Portnoy Yael Avi-Yonah Anthony Behar Ron Alon Cohen Yitzchok Moully Avi Meir
Avi Meir (Israeli, b. 1973) moved to New York more than a
decade ago. He imagined an adventure of opportunities beyond his
homeland of Israel. Born with business acumen and a natural
leader, Avi is an accomplished entrepreneur, at one time running
an iron works production company. Today, he directs a growing
business in design and construction. Designing and creating
involves functional objects, like furniture, and small to large
scale projects in space planning and building. His way of
envisioning projects are with quick freehand sketches. His
traditional approach to come up with ideas for design and art
comes with a sense of instant response to execute it, can be
discovered anywhere from a distinctive piece of woodbecoming
furniture, details of glass doors, to a full scaled staircase
fabricated with steel. Believing in the
structure of his work, immediate and spontaneous, is his art
coming to life with responsibility, unity and understanding.
This is the imagined adventure he observes in daily labor.
Constantly enterprising and ambitious, Avi continues to find a
ceaseless passion to practice with art. Within his labors, works
of art include photography and sculpture. When weather permits,
he skydives and other times, he devotes to handwork creation of
his sculpture art, Veshavu Banim Le’Gvulam, which is dedicated
to kidnapped Israeli soldiers and commemorated to the 60th year
of Israel’s independence. When asked how creating this artwork
feels to him, he replied, “…this sculpture [is] my celebration
of honor and anguish towards [Israel]. I endure the
uncertainty…every day, but also revel in the survival of a
nation amidst conflict and controversy.”
The idea of Veshavu Banim Le'Gvulam was drawn from a reaction to
events stirring society in Israel, most notably the soldiers
kidnapped in recent warfare. Veshavu banim le’gvulam means the
children will return to their own border” in Hebrew, originating
from a verse in Jeremiah (31:15-17): There is hope for your
future, says G--, and your children shall come again to their
own border.
Like his art, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yitzchok Moully is
composed of many layers.
At a recent showing of his work at a small, brightly lit gallery
in Lambertville, N.J., Moully – who weaves through the large
crowd of mingling art fans and community members – stands out in
a bright pink yarmulke, orange socks and dark suit accentuated
with a green tie. His paintings, likewise, cast a sea of color
upon the patrons of the ArtisZen Arts gallery who came to the
post-Shabbat Saturday night event.
"Yitzchok has a fantastic eye for color," says David Golderg,
who describes himself as an early fan of Moully. "He captures
moments in time on canvas."
Although influenced by many sources, Moully, who might be better
known by some people as the youth director at the Chabad Jewish
Center in Basking Ridge, N.J., prefers the silkscreen medium and
use of every-day objects that defined American pop art in the
1960s. ArtisZen owner Brian Hanck compared Moully's technique to
that of Andy Warhol, but whereas the iconic artist featured cans
of soup and pictures of famous people, Moully relies on images
from Chasidic Jewish culture: His work displays Chanukah
dreidels, kiddush cups, rabbis praying and Chasidim dancing.
One of his most impressive pieces, Williamsburg, N.Y., features
New York City's Williamsburg bridge as a divider between a
Brooklyn neighborhood's two worlds – a Chasidic community on one
side and an artist's colony on the other. You can clearly see in
the painting a metaphor for Moully's unique station in life.
"I feel comfortable in both worlds," says Moully. "When I go to
galleries, it gives me energy to paint, to express my message.
"And then I go find a minyan to pray with and a kosher pizza
shop to eat at."
The 29-year-old photographer and father of three never attended
art school, but has been painting for about three years. He uses
his own digital photographs, which he hand prints and screens
above two layers of painted background. Two years ago, he began
exhibiting in galleries and community centers in New Jersey, New
York and Pennsylvania. After the ArtisZen showing – located
across the Delaware River from the frequent Warhol haunt of New
Hope, Pa. – Moully's work will be on display next month at the
J. Klaynberg Gallery in New York. An artist's reception there
will take place April 3.
Moully's local Jewish community were his first supporters. After
he completed his first piece, he brought it to local
professional artist Marian Slepian. She was immediately
impressed.
It was "infused with all the warmth and joy that Chasidim have,"
says Slepian, one of the guests at ArtisZen. In addition, his
style of photo reproduction done entirely by hand "is so new
that you can't classify it yet. It's a new world to me."
ArtisZen owner Brian Hanck is thrilled with the evening's
turnout and believes Moully will find success both within the
Jewish community and beyond. He says many non-Jewish customers
have purchased copies of Moully's Tree of Life, which can be
appreciated universally.
"I like to think I'm bringing the next Warhol character into the
community," notes Hanck. "People get [Moully's work]. They smile
when they see his stuff. He's applying the Warhol tradition and
making it his own."
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Born in Haifa in 1957. Ron studied at Bezalel and was
influenced by the old Bezalel art of its founders - the opposite
of the usual modern artistic trend. At the age of 20 he became
religious and at 30 moved to Safed. The landscapes that are seen
in his pictures arouse longings for the beautiful and holy
Biblical land of Israel.
Born in London England, Anthony Behar grew up in Paris and
began taking pictures at the age of 9 when he received a
Polaroid camera as a gift from his parents. Moving to New York
City in 1977 and enthralled with taking pictures, he started a
dog walking service in an Upper East Side building with 609
apartments and quickly raised enough money to purchase his first
“real” camera, a Nikon FE.
At 15 he took his first international photography trip to
Scandinavia, and at 16 landed a 3-day internship with a Vogue
photographer, which led to a 10 yr working relationship and
lifelong friendship. After 12 years of being a photographer’s
assistant, he returned to college and earned a Bachelors’ degree
in Journalism and then quickly went back to his photographic
roots after graduation, to become Studio Manager and Photo
Archivist to celebrity fashion photographer. While on a book
project for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
Tony began to see a greater value in documentary and reportage
work than in fashion, and left the fashion world to work as a
photojournalist.
As a photographer Tony has worked on such projects as:
• Emigrant life: a year long photo essay on a Chinese family in
Queens New York as they adapt to American culture and struggle
with economic hardships.
• Banda Aceh: where he met up with the ICRC to document the
plight of Tsunami survivors on the 1 year Anniversary.
• Social & Cultural Dichotomies: imagery which compares &
contrast the perceived similarities of Japanese, Indonesian and
Chinese culture, but which are offset by the scale of their
economies.
Each project’s theme consists of exploring cultural pillars such
as food, sex religion and relevant rituals, protocols and
contrasting mores, and the adaptive methods to a new
environment.
A seasoned world traveler, and speaking 5 languages, Tony is
currently living and working in New York City, syndicated
through WireImage and FilmMagic and does high-end celebrity
digital retouching for Getty Images between assignments.
Dan Nusinov was born and raise in Israel. He studied at the
Art Student League of New York.
Dan's paintings convey images of people and their relationship
to their environment through solitude and introspection.
The paintings of Eitan Portnoy's draw much of their
inspiration from Byzantine mosaics and icons, Persian
miniatures, and arabesques.
He is the wandering raconteur, weaving together different epochs
and religions; creating contemporary images whose symbols and
characters are plucked from ancient myths and legends, and the
stories of the bible.
In 2006, New York’s UJC chose Eiitan Portnoy’s painting for the
cover of all its stationary
History
An ex-television news broadcaster, his education includes:
Cinema & Theatre Studies at Tel Aviv University (1978 –80).
Commercial Art at New York Tech, NYC
Photography & Painting at the School of Visual Arts
(1981- 82)
Religion & Theology, Jerusalem
Etching & Lithography at City & Guilds of London Art School
(1994 – 95).
Eitan Amir currently lives and works in London.
Quotes
“Eitan Portnoys work is a contemporary documentation of the
experience and symbols of Jewish religion and kabala”
Anat Koren,
Alondon magazine
Exhibitions
Eitan has exhibited at the following venues:
1982 - Spring Street Gallery, New York Group Show
1989 - Horace Richter Gallery, Jaffa Group Show
1993 - Beit Shamir, Ramat Hasharon Solo Show
1994 - Beit Zamir, Ramat Hasharon Solo Show
1995 - Peer Gallery, Tel Aviv Solo Show
1996 - Peer Gallery, Tel Aviv Group Show
1998 - Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv Solo Show
1999 - Thomas Corman Arts, London Group Show
1999 - Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv Group Show
2000 - Tel Aviv Opera House Group Show
2001 - Mapu East Gallery, Tel Aviv Solo Show
2002 - Zman LeOmanout Gallery, Tel Aviv Group Show
2003 - Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv Group Show
2004 - Thomas Corman Arts, London Group Show
2006 - (9th & 10th December) St. Stephen's, Pond Street, London
Solo Show
Yael Avi Yonah
Yael Avi was born in Jerusalem, a graduate of Bezalel Academy of Art. Her father was the distinguished archaeologist and historian, Michael Avi-Yonah, who provided her with the rich background in art, archeology and bible, which emanates from her works. Thousands of her prints and serigraphs on Jerusalem landscapes and biblical subjects have been sold throughout the world. Her series of oil portraits of 15 great contemporary Israeli authors was exhibited at the Jerusalem International Book Fair in 1984 and abroad. In 1987 she completed a series of paintings on the 12 Tribes for the Yad L'Mordechai synagogue in Jerusalem. Since 1988 she has been working on a series of works in oil and mixed media on canvas and wood in a new and original style of anaglyfic art . Her themes are inspired by Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah and include the Angels of the Divine Chariot , the Four Supernal Worlds , Jerusalem in the Messianic Age , the New City and other prophetic visions. Her works were on display in the Jewish Museum in London, as well as galleries in Israel and abroad. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband, the artist, Dov Lederberg.
ART INSPIRED BY KABBALAH AND SCIENCE
Dissatisfied with the limitations imposed by traditional canvas, Yael and Dov have created a body of work which attempts to portray the infinite reality of the universe, as expounded upon in Kabbalah teachings. The artists' colorful paintings, serigraphs & prints teem with life. Their art shimmers with inner movement, as waves of intense color radiate from modalities of supernal states.
Dov Lederberg grew up in the Philadelphia area and began his involvement in the arts at Haverford College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Fine Arts, concentrating on the experimental film, and became an active filmmaker within The New American Underground. One of his works, entitled "Eargogh", an interpretation of the life of Vincent Van Gogh starring Jack Smith and Marie Menken, was widely screened at the time, including the Canyon Cinema in Berkeley. Between 1970 and 1994 he worked as an independent film director, mainly for Israel Television, making documentary and educational films, including some of the best documentaries ever made on Reb Schlomo. Since 1983 Dov has been deeply involved in using new art mediums and techniques to express the subtle ideas of Jewish mystical teachings and
meditation. He has created many original paintings and prints inspired by the Hebrew letters in the scribal style, as well as fractal visions of angelic beings, the Dynamics of Marriage and Kabbalah Mandalas. His current work is involved with finding gestalt paradigms for Dialogues.. His paintings and video art are exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and Israel.
Yael Avi-Yonah was born in Jerusalem and is a graduate of Bezalel Academy of Art. Her father was the distinguished archaeologist and historian, Michael Avi-Yonah, who provided her with the rich background in art, archeology and bible which emanates from her many works on Jerusalem landscapes
and biblical themes. Her series of oil portraits of 15 great contemporary Israeli authors was exhibited at the Jerusalem International Book Fair in 1984 and abroad. In 1987 she completed a series of paintings on the 12 Tribes for the Yad L‘ Mordechai synagogue in Jerusalem. Since 1988 she has been working on a series of works on canvas in a new and original style of anaglyfic art. Her themes are inspired by Jewish mysticism and the Kabbalah and include the Angels of the Divine Chariot, the Four Supernal Worlds, Jerusalem in the Messianic Age and other prophetic visions. Her works have been on display in the Jewish Museum in London, as well as galleries in Israel and abroad.
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