Shirin Neshat – Magic Realism Without Smiles

Friday, October 25, 2019

Shirin Neshat’s photography and videography is significant not only for its artistic quality but also for its message. Her work gives a voice to outsiders and exiles and questions of identity, alienation, political oppression, and religious fervor.

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Jasper Johns in L.A. and Vanguard Art Today

Friday, March 23, 2018

Jasper Johns’ exhibition at The Broad is revealing. It makes us think: what is avant-garde art today?

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Tangoing with Paul & Amigos

Monday, August 28, 2017
Sculpture a Walla Walla

A personal view of artist Paul McCarthy’s exhibition at the Hauser & Wirth Gallery, in downtown LA’s Arts District. McCarthy’s large scale sculptures in wood inspired the film’s shooting and editing and triggered associations with other like-minded artists. Tango’s are here used as a metaphor of nonlinearity, Baroque fluidity, dynamism and improvisation.

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Jerusalem Journal

Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Western Wall Detail

Jerusalem Journal attempts to capture meaningful aspects of the world’s most complex city. During three non-consecutive days I walked miles through some of its sections, old and new. The light rail traveling provided me with an opportunity to encounter people of all walks of lives, faiths and nationalities. In Jerusalem discovery, within and without, is a non-ending process.

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Cabri: Art in the Country

Tuesday, August 16, 2016
View from Cabri

Cabri is a kibbutz in Western Galilee. It includes the Gottesman Etching Center and an art gallery. For many years it was the residence place of sculptor Yechiel Shemi, Israel Prize winner and the first Israeli artist from whom New York’s Museum of Modern Art acquired work. The video shows an opening dedicated to artist Tobi Harel and to poet Ronny Someck, yet its message goes beyond that. It shows that contemporary art production can grow not only in an urban environment, but it can flourish in the country as well.

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