Avner Ben-Gal
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Avner Ben-Gal is an international painter and artist, working mainly from Tel Aviv
, Israel. His works depict various intense, often neglected locations such as agricultural fields, prisons and smoky interiors, whereby theatrical scenes play out. The scenes present ghostly, rough hewn and often low life figures that are bare and hardened. The parallel between Ben-Gal’s raw way of painting and his tough, ambiguous subject matter allows a unique intensity within his paintings.
Avner Ben-Gal studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Ben-Gal was the subject of solo shows at Museums such as the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art (2002,2009) Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland (2008) and Sudden Poverty at the Aspen Art Museum,USA (2007) and he has participated in various group shows, including DARK at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,NL and as part of the Venice Biennial, 2003. A number of books have been published on his work, notably a catalogue to accompany his 2008 show in Basel.
He is represented by Sadie Coles HQ
London and Bortolami Gallery,NY.
*Sudden Poverty, Aspen Art Museum http://www.aspenartmuseum.org/archive_avner_ben_gal.html
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel. His works depict various intense, often neglected locations such as agricultural fields, prisons and smoky interiors, whereby theatrical scenes play out. The scenes present ghostly, rough hewn and often low life figures that are bare and hardened. The parallel between Ben-Gal’s raw way of painting and his tough, ambiguous subject matter allows a unique intensity within his paintings.
Avner Ben-Gal studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Ben-Gal was the subject of solo shows at Museums such as the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art (2002,2009) Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland (2008) and Sudden Poverty at the Aspen Art Museum,USA (2007) and he has participated in various group shows, including DARK at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,NL and as part of the Venice Biennial, 2003. A number of books have been published on his work, notably a catalogue to accompany his 2008 show in Basel.
He is represented by Sadie Coles HQ
Sadie Coles HQ
Sadie Coles HQ is contemporary art gallery in London, England, owned and directed by Sadie Coles.Sadie Coles first worked as a gallery director for Anthony d'Offay....
London and Bortolami Gallery,NY.
External links
- Kunstmuseum Basel http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/en/exhibitions/archive/avner
*Sudden Poverty, Aspen Art Museum http://www.aspenartmuseum.org/archive_avner_ben_gal.html
- http://www.sadiecoles.com/avner_bengal/index.html Sadie Coles HQSadie Coles HQSadie Coles HQ is contemporary art gallery in London, England, owned and directed by Sadie Coles.Sadie Coles first worked as a gallery director for Anthony d'Offay....
- http://www.bortolamigallery.com/artists/avner-ben-gal/ Bortolami Gallery
- Avner Ben-Gal at The-Artists.org
- Avner Ben-Gal at ArtFacts.net
- Exhibition at Victoria-Miro