Showing posts with label Tel-Aviv street art news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tel-Aviv street art news. Show all posts

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Shameless and Rani in An ecological group exhibition



White Trash

An ecological group exhibition calling for creative awareness

16.7 20:00

shvil hameretz street 3 building 8

(In other words: when does trash stop being junk and turn into something we can incorporate into our daily lives, and why haven’t we done it until now?)

Garbage is our creation. We create it at every moment. a substance that was a usable material now becomes garbage, and it piles up, it’s present, and it becomes a testimony of our lives and actions, a silent symbol.

The exhibition White Trash comes to raise a question about this symbol, to change the way we look at it/ The focal point of White Trash is to take a dirty, filthy thing and turn it into something clean, whether it’s through re-using it, recycling it, or in our case, turning it into art.

. Here is where we begin the search for original alternative solutions regarding the usage of the substance in our immediate environment that is there in our peripheral vision and we are constantly ignoring. By bringing the junk into the artistic realm, the substance will become “whitened”, legitimate, possible, and it’s original role will change from being something of no use into art.

work by Shameless

The concept for the exhibition was initiated and curated by three artists, Amanda Mehl, Shameless, and Inbal Limor. The ecological emphasis is present in the work themselves and in the DIY thought behind it. Hand made, recycled flyers and interactive installations which include human generated energy. All the artists participating will be re-using objects found in their surroundings.

the event on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105145456021&ref=mf



work by Rani

See ya on

16.7 20:00

at

Shvil hameretz street 3 building 8!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Hottest news from Tel-Aviv. Blank Walls Are Ethical Silence!

Only few days ago this wall was only a little bit pilpeled... =)
And now it's appears to be a big collaboration wall.
Chek it out!

K74, Inspire, NOAM, Pilpeled, DMK, SilyGirl... who else?

Come and spray, paste, stick!! Lets do this wall!



How much time do we need to cover all this building?








So, the action starts...
Common!

..for more K74 art, see: www.kosher74.com
..for more Inspire art, see: http://www.flickr.com/people/idiotthewise/
..for more DMK art, see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yme2hate/



Sunday, May 31, 2009

Befriend of your Demon by Leora Cheshin


The Jerusalem Artists’ House is delighted to present “Befriend Your Demon,” a selection of haunting images of Tel Aviv street art by noted Jerusalem-based photographer Leora Cheshin. The cracked and crumbling walls, weather-beaten doors and windswept alleyways in Tel Aviv’s varied neighborhoods have become the main canvas for an eclectic group of mostly immigrant artists. Working individually and in crews with stencils, spray paint, markers and paste-ups, they have transformed the landscape of their adopted city. On exhibition 2 may through 6 June, 2009.

In “Befriend Your Demon” photographer Leora Cheshin captures these images with a mastery of composition and balance. She creates an ambiance that exudes a sense of impending catastrophe with undercurrents of death, dislocation and decay. Lurking monsters and contorted cryptic figures portend a frightening, uncertain future. Just about everything is askew and appears to be off-balance. Anxiety is ever-present as the strong prey upon the weak. The boundaries between man and animal are increasingly blurred. There is fear of imminent war, looming violence and religious coercion as internal and external inequalities and tensions increase.

And yet for all the despair, there is beauty, life and wit in this world of contradictions. Hope mixes with sore doubt. Cheshin’s poignantly haunting photographs in “Befriend Your Demon” rescue these ephemeral images from oblivion. With passion, irony and a sensitive eye, Cheshin skillfully records the cacophonous echoes of found art on these crumbling walls as she transmutes them into artworks charged with visual and psychological intrigue.

Curated by Lois Stavsky, the exhibit opens on Saturday, May 2nd at 12 noon and continues through June 6th 2009. A gallery talk featuring Leora Cheshin, Lois Stavsky and Ame72 will take place on Saturday, May 23rd at 12 noon. The Jerusalem Artists’ House is situated in a historic building on 12 Shmuel Hanagid Street. Gallery hours are: Sunday–Thursday: 10:00 am–1:00 pm, 4:00 pm–7:00 pm and Friday: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm and Saturday: 11:00 am–2:00 pm.

Via: FineARtPublicity