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Thoughts on Osias Hofstatter

By Oded Keidar (July 29, 2024)

The Sea of Silence Expels Secrets

By Yair Shulevitz and Oded Keidar (September 22, 2022)

Michal Biber "I happened to find"

By Yair Shulevitz (March 31, 2022)

Michal Biber’s new works bring up questions about the power of chance occurrence in creative work. They also ask whether what looks like a chance event may actually be something else. While Michal was pursuing...

David Isaacs "One Visit"

By Yair Shulevitz (December 30, 2021)

David Isaacs draws artists in their studio. Is the encounter between a painter and a model who is an artist different from an encounter between a painter and a model who is not an artist?
Every encounter between...

Ruti Ben Yaacov "My Soul"

By Yair Shulevitz (November 10, 2021)

"The Unidentified"

Review by Uzi Zur ( July 19, 2021)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye".

"The Unidentified"

"The Unidentified" Group Exhibition

By Yair Shulevitz and Oded Kedar (July 01, 2021)

They currently have no name. They are statusless. They are just paintings. It is not possible to know where their creators studied, exhibited and what awards they...

Dror Auslander "Underground Passage"

Review by Uzi Zur ( March 20, 2021)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye".

Rina Ezeroni "Soul Sun Day"

By Yair Shulevitz (September 10, 2020)

One woman, drawn on a fixed day of the week and for a long time. Consistency that becomes a kind of ceremony. A model-painter relationship for all the complexity with which it is expressed in this encounter.

Borrowing...

Michal Bachi "Pickpocket"

Review by Uzi Zur ( February 10, 2020)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye".

Michal Bachi recalls from her memory pockets memories that are in borderline state...

Boaz Levental "Fangs Of Conscience"

By Yair Shulevitz (September 12, 2019)

Boaz Leventhal engages in a dialogue with traditional painting and his commitment to the values of classical painting, which can sometimes mislead and divert attention from the deep inner world of his paintings.

Leventhal...

Shuli Bar Navon "New Works"

Review by Uzi Zur (March 03, 2019)

Shahar Kornblit - "Passant"

Review by Uzi Zur (January 22, 2019)

Published in "Haaretz".

Shahar Kornblit's work seems to be minor because of its small dimensions, but its intensity is like the greatness of...

Shahar Kornblit "Passant"

By Shani Werner (January 17, 2019)

Posted in "Talking Art"

In his new exhibition Shahar Kornblit deals with the passing and the hopeless desire to preserve what is destined to disappear....

Shahar Kornblit "Passant"

By Yair Shulevitz (January 11, 2019)

About the memory that reverberates like a heavy weight, that in its absence there is no culture and in its presence there is pain, the gap between matter and spirit and between solid and liquid. About presence and...

Pinchas Ezra "Hovering at a Low Altitude"

By Yair Shulevitz (March 22, 2018)

The absence of space, time and narrative in Pinchas Ezra's new works seems to suggest that this is an abstract painting that deals with the values of painting itself - line, stain and composition....

"Hovering at low altitude" Pini Ezra

"In the Evening" Gil Zellner

Iris Nadel "After everyone left"

By Yair Shulevitz (November 23, 2017)

The core of Iris Nadel's work is the tension created between the small and square format, which seemingly frames and moderates the intensity of emotion, and the storm of soul that unfolds in her paintings.

Group Exhibition "Eyes, don't haunt me"

By Yair Shulevitz (July 20, 2017)

In this exhibition we assembled artists whose work expresses the interaction between figures, focusing particularly on those who operate in the unconscious space and without using an image as...

Gil Zellner "In the Evening"

By Yair Shulevitz (May 18, 2017)

Looking at Gil Zellner's new works, an image of thunderous silence comes up. It is restrained, but also possesses a restless combustion.

Heaviness...

Yoav Hainebach "With Moon And Shadow"

By Yair Shulevitz (January 12, 2017)

Yoav Hainebach's work shows a desire to avoid action. The avoidance is expressed in the multitude of exposed parts and white spaces in his works, both on paper and on canvas. Moreover, despite the considerable accuracy...

"The Chemists" Michal Bachi

Review by Uzi Zur (December 09, 2016)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature.

The Yair Gallery celebrates a decade and defies the majority's taste and gives expression to the personal and...

"Decade to Yair gallery"

Catalog (22.9.2016)

"Mares" Chen Shapira

Review by Uzi Zur (June 03, 2016)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature. Articles

When we devote ourselves to the meditativity of Shapira's abstract paintings, it seems that the...

Joseph Hirsh "The Observation"

By Yair Shulevitz (January 14, 2016)

Joseph Hirsch, a revered teacher at Bezalel Academy of Arts and a thinker, was known for his remarkable drawing abilities. Hirsch, who was often defined by artists and critics as a Meister, concentrated on works on...

Dror Auslander "New Works"

By Yair Shulevitz (November 12, 2015)

Pages and covers of old books or albums as well as consumable cartons are the creative bedding that Dror Auslander often uses in his work.

Dissonance is created...

Irmi Adani "Dust in The Wind"

Review by Uzi Zur (May 29, 2015)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature.

From the review:

It is interesting to see how Irmi...

Sefi Sendik "Time Memory"

By Yair Shulevitz (November 27, 2014)

Sendik's work raises difficulties in defining it: the almost automatic association that we usually do when we watch works of art does not succeed in this case. Clearly, this is not a figurative painting or a painting...

Assaf Rahat "Body interior"

By Yair Shulevitz (September 09, 2014)

Looking at Asaf Rahat's self-portraits evokes disturbing feelings in the viewer, stemming from the exposed and direct stance presented in them.

These...

Group Exhibition "Night Tunnels"

(July 31, 2014)

The exhibition displays works by artists of various generations that feature prominent expression of the subconscious and the enigma.

Participants (In alphabetical...

Shuli Bar Navon "New Works"

By Yair Shulevitz (May 01, 2014)

In a consistent and personal line developed over the years, Shuli Bar Navon continues in her new works to create a grotesque, nightmarish world, this time also linking it with classic painting.

"Urtica" Iddo Markus

By Yair Shulevitz (February 27, 2014)

The new monotype works by Iddo Markus leave a strong sense of footprints, an echo of what was and now has left only its shadow.

The initial association of...

Michal Bachi "The incubator and the ventilator"

Review by Uzi Zur (February 07, 2014)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye".

It is pure pleasure to see how Michal Bachi evolves from exhibition to exhibition...

Michal Bachi "The incubator and the ventilator"

By Yair Shulevitz (January 09, 2014)

Michal Bachi's new works emphasize the difficulty of defining and mapping her work. The almost automatic process of associating a work of art with a particular stream is difficult to apply in Bachi's case....

The first online auction

By Ethan Buganim (January 06, 2014)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature.

Yair Art Gallery held, for the first time in Israel, an online auction of works of art.

Shahar Kornblit "Abyss"

By Yair Shulevitz (October 31, 2013)

Shahar Kornblit's work is motivated by pre-conceptual thought that does not impair or diminish his lyrical and sensitive modes of expression: these prevent the sense of distance that conceptual works can sometimes...

"The Observer" Dror Auslander

By Yair Shulevitz (August 29, 2013)

Dror Auslander's new works in this exhibition mark the beginning of a turning point in his work. Unlike in the past, in the current exhibition, the images that appear in the works are drawn from the subconscious...

"#109" Gidead Keydar

Review by Uzi Zur (April 26, 2013)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye".

Gilad Keidar is an artist of pure truth, without any character of falsehood or...

"#109" Gidead Keydar

By Yair Shulevitz (April 04, 2013)

Gilad Keidar paints the view from his studio in #109 HaThiya Street in Jaffa. This is a painting from observation, though not one that the landscape serves coincidentally as a cause or pretext.

"Mute Map" David Isaacs

Review by Uzi Zur (March 01, 2013)

Published in Haaretz,
Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye".

From the review:

In...

"Mute Map" David Isaacs

By Yair Shulevitz (January 24, 2013)

The core of David Isaacs' painting is the encounter between pastel and delicate colors and the placing of a color in layers, accompanied by many engravings on a coarse surface. Tenderness, fragility and innocence...

Amir Nave "Attendance Call"

By Yair Shulevitz (November 22, 2012)

The initial viewing of Amir Nave's paintings is a shaky experience that leaves no room for indifference to them. The works evoke strong feelings, which range from willingly being drawn inward, to resistance...

Dov Or-Ner and Irmi Adani "Conversation"

By Yair Shulevitz (September 27, 2012)

Irmi Adani and Dov Or-Ner talk through notebooks. Adani began drawing on one side of the notebook and Or-Ner continued on the other side, and vice versa. It is a conversation between two artists whose differences,...

Henry Shelesnyak "Dream Time"

By Adi Shelesnyak and Yair Shulevitz (June 14, 2012)

Henry Shelesnyak, one of the outstanding artists of “Want of Matter” genre of art, began his career as a photographer and in the late 1960's moved on to painting. The exhibition presents works on paper...

"Dream Time" Henry Shelesnyak

Review by Michal Turnovsky (June 2012)

Published in Opus Magazine, edition 10, "Israeli Art" column.

Exhibition of paintings by Henry Shelesnyak, a prominent artist of the genre, "Want...

Menuhin "Floating at a Low Altitude"

By Yair Shulevitz (March 01, 2012)

The choice of the painting base in Menuhin's works (in this exhibition, PVC foamed and bedclothes) is not coincidental and is an integral and important part of the painting itself. The base of the painting can...

Gallery Talk in Honor of Josheph Hirsch

Yair Art Gallery (January 2012)

Within the context of the exhibition "Through the Mask", held in January 2012, gallery talk in commemoration of Joseph Hirsch.

"Figure, chair, smooth wall, and a great storm between them"

Review by Yonatan Amir (January 01, 2012)

Exhibition review by Yonatan Amir of "Through the Mask".
Published in "Erev-Rav".

On Joseph Hirsch's drawings, a small collection...

Joseph Hirsch "Through the Mask"

By Yair Shulevitz (December 22, 2012)

Hirsh was often defined by artists and critics of art as a master, although he concentrated on drawing on paper in a small format.

Hirsh's virtuosity...

Chen Shapira "Tiaras"

Review by Uzi Zur (November 18, 2011)

Published in Haaretz.

We called the kites of our childhood, "tiaras", unaware that the origin of the name was Arabic (airplane). Chen Shapira paints beautiful, luminous,...

Chen Shapira "Tiaras"

By Yair Shulevitz (October 27, 2011)

Shapira's painting is made of layers on layers of color and saturated with intense materiality. The process of painting seems to be a cyclical action that seemingly requires the paper to be loaded repeatedly by...

Shimrit Baer "Partial Shade"

Review by Uzi Zur (September 16, 2011)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye".

Exhibition of exquisite drawings by Shimrit Bar; continuing the tradition of drawing and classical etching imbibed from Rembrandt and Anna Ticho. These are landscape and figure drawings.

Shimrit Baer "Partial Shade"

By Yair Shulevitz (September 01, 2011)

This exhibition presents drawings of landscapes and figures that were drawn in pen on small format paper. The choice of these modest and minimalist tools is not coincidental: Shimrit Baer has no interest in external...

"The Exposed Nerve"

Review by Hila Shkolnik-Brenner (August 11, 2011)

From the Art section, "City Mouse".

The group summer exhibition at the Yair Art Gallery is unpretentious and direct . The exhibition succeeds...

"The Exposed Nerve"

By Yair Shulevitz (June 30, 2011)

The exhibition focuses on artists whose work is full of pain and touches the exposed nerve ends. The emotion is expressed through intense and sometimes obsessive and unconscious drawings, using a cover, erasing, scratch,...

"Introverted and nightmarish world": Michal Bachi, "Fiery Gray"

Review by Smadar Sheffi (May 17, 2011)

Published in Haaretz,"Galleria".

Michal Bachi's paintings reveal an introverted and nightmarish world. In Bachi's exhibition, "Fiery Gray" the works are painted in oil and industrial paint, but retain the sensitivity prominent in Bachi's watercolors.

"Tel-Aviv Snippets" - Michal Bachi "Fiery Gray"

Review by Uzi Zur (May 13, 2011)

Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye" column.

Upon returning from the cities of the West, the variety and quality of the art exhibited in Tel-Aviv's galleries surprises every time. For example, the exhibition by Michal Bachi,...

Michal Bachi "Fiery Gray"

By Yair Shulevitz (April 07, 2011)

In this exhibition, the enigma, which has always existed in Michal Bachi works, is more present and joins other elements that mark new developments within her familiar language.

"Iddo Markus Exhibits"

Column by Iddo Markus (March 10, 2011)

Published in ARTISPO.

In the exhibition at the Yair Gallery, a carefully selected group of works from the past year is shown; small-scale works, rugged landscapes, sometimes scratched paint desiring and intimating a landscape, in addition to recent drawings which...

A virtual visit of Gil Zellner exhibition "Ayelet Hashahar"

Yair Art Gallery (December 22, 2010)

The video is a virtual replacement for visiting the exhibition which ended.

"A Real Man, Black and White": Danny Verete, "Whole Fractions"

Review by Uzi Zur (December 24, 2010)

Exhibition review of "Whole Fractions" by Danny Verete.
Published in Haaretz, Culture and Literature, "Closing One Eye".

Danny Verete, one of Israel's senior film-makers, is also successful with abstract photography, using single frames to tell...

Danny Verete "Whole Fractures"

By Danny Verete (09 October, 2010)

For three days, the fire burned in Kibbutz Tzora's furniture factory near my house. Firemen, huge flames, black smoke. Residents in the area were urged not to leave their homes and seal the windows. I felt...

"Draw me a face": Group Exhibition "Talking Heads"

Review by Uzi Zur (August 6, 2010)

Published in Haaretz, "Culture and Literature".

The Yair Gallery, in its modest, more traditional way, limits itself to an exhibition of self portraits by the gallery's artists.

Uri Stettner "The Shadow's Shadow"

By Gideon Ofrat (March 13, 2010)

Videos from the opening of the exhibition "The Shadow's Shadow".

Unfortunately, the videos are in Hebrew

"The Shadow's Shadow" Uri Stettner

Catalog (13.05.2010)

Michael Druks "Deuteronomy Chapter 1, Pictures Chapter2"

By Yair Shulevitz (27 October, 2009)

The exhibition features new works by Michael Druks from recent years. The works deal with the location and function of painting as a "product" within the communication space: as an intermediary or as an inspiring...

"Deuteronomy Chapter 1, Pictures Chapter2" Michael Druks

Catalog (22.10.2009)

Ilana Salma Ortar "Traces, Still"

By Yair Shulevitz (June 02, 2009)

In her new exhibition Ilana Salma Ortar records her daily life, which leaves "urban traces".

The exhibition includes works on paper in mixed...

Shuli Bar Navon "Before the Fall"

By Yair Shulevitz (February 19, 2009)

Shuli Bar Navon presents direct paintings, whose inner strength causes unsettling and uneasy. The small size format and the rough painting materials increase the essence of the experience: Bar Navon 's works, which...

Shay Zilberman "Twinkling"

By Yair Shulevitz (November 11, 2008)

Shay Zilberman's works engage in intermediate situations, in the making, in between. The abstract paintings show images and landscapes that are stored in specific images, but sometimes these are transformed, far...

Rina Peled "Far Away from the Sun"

By Yair Shulevitz (May 15, 2008)

Rina Peled presents in the exhibition "Far Away from the Sun" a group of works, painted last year. In the works, she process impressions relating to the Holocaust and gulags.

"The Spirit of Things"

By Yair Shulevitz (March 20, 2008)

A group exhibition by artists of different generations and diverse expressive means, focusing on black and white works on paper.

* The...

Jermia Adani "South-East"

By Yair Shulevitz (December 27, 2007)

Adani's drawings are a harmonious blend of emotional, primal and intense expression with a rich inner world and critical and skeptical thinking, which makes Adani's works an exciting and challenging experience...

"Digging & scratching wall of reality":Joseph Hirsch "Works on Paper"

Review by Smadar Sheffi (October 30, 2007)

Published in Haaretz, "Galleria".

The exhibition marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Joseph Hirsch and leaves viewers pondering about the way in which the artist viewed the world.