Don’t miss Doron Fishbein’s first solo exhibition ‘Sentimechanics’ showing now at the Artstation Gallery. Using charcoal, ink and glass paint, Fishbein creates with a virtuosic hand, ‘sentimechanichal’ hybrids. These hybrids often wear physical and poetic characteristics, with a strong cultural reference. They appear either feminine or masculine, baring a mechanism which definite an action code, embodying the requirements to be called a machine, but usually stays unclear to the viewer.

Exhibition dates: 11/4/13 – 1/6/13

Address: 1 Koifman St. | HaTachana Compound | Tel Aviv
Tel: 03-6201515

Opening hours:
Mon – Thu 10:00 – 19:00 | Friday 10:00 – 14:00 | Saturday – 11:00 – 18:00

Open your calendar!

Tel Aviv Photo Fair is back in Tel Aviv for the 3rd time starting April 11th.

Tel Aviv photo fair was created in order to give young photographers the platform to showcase and sell their work, and and on the other – allow the photography enthusiasts and collectors the option to purchase contemporary photography at achievable prices.

This year the fair has expanded and added a category of fashion photographers as well as the Nana Shrier’s collection which includes unseen photographs by renowned artist Meir Pichhadze.

The fair will also feature works by leading photographers from Contemporary by Goldconda Gallery.

The fair will open on Thursday, April 11th at 20:00, and will continue throughout the weekend.

Address: 22 Nachmani st., Tel Aviv

Thursday 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 to 18:00
Saturday 10:00 to 20:00

Ohad Matalon, 40, photographer

Current place of residence – Tel Aviv

Tell me a little about your art –
One of the main aspects of my work over the last few years has been an attempt to debate and rethink the means in which photographic works are presented and viewed. This debate tries to create experiences that confront the viewer with the vulnerable and unstable state of contemporary images and their complex ontological status, while paralleling these images with reflection on artistic photography as a commodity. Another central aspect of my work is an ongoing dialogue with other mediums such as sculpture, painting and performance. With the use of digital techniques, I expand the variety of actions that take place during the creation of my photographs by adding acts of sculpting, acting, performing, or textualizing that occur prior to or during the act of photography.

What inspires you?
Other people’s creations, Meditation, conversations with my students, blurry moments between sleep and awakeness, the desert, forgetting to eat or sleep.

Five words that describe your lifestyle?
Contradictory, monastic, passionate, planned, chaotic.

Which artists inspire you?
Their are so many, here is a partial list -
Music: Mauricio Kagel, Coco Rosie, Meiko Kaji, Habiluim and Arnold Schoenberg.
Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky, Catherine Breillat, Lars Von Trier, Abbas Kiarostami and Avi Mograbi.
Artists: Ryan Trecartin, Gabriel Orozco, Thomas Ruff, Nachum Teveta and Eytan ben Moshe.
Writers: Boris Groys, Jorge Luis Borges, Jacques Derrida, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Paul Celan.

What are your future plans?
To spend next summer in New York and a Solo exhibition in the Tel Aviv museum of Art opening October 2014.

What do you love about Tel Aviv?
That it is a lot like me; full of contradictions. And that I can find myself in it in every mood.

If you could change one thing in Tel Aviv – what would it be?
To be practical – I want a subway here. If not, then to move Tel Aviv to the desert.

Liron Peretz, 26, Fashion and Urban photographer

Current place of residence
 | Tel Aviv

Tell me a little about your art -
I love photography. It might sound like a cliché but ever since I found out about the magic box called a camera, I was just fascinated with it. My parents had a little Kodak pocket film camera and I always had it wrapped around my wrist everywhere I went. I remember how excited I was every time the photos came back from the shop.
My main focus is fashion photography, but I also do portraits and street style documentary. On my free time I love to shoot with my Pentax film camera and create my personal art projects, like a series of photos with a common subject that I research in different angles. Today I also shoot selected boutique wedding photography. I choose specific couples that I feel a connection with, and am honored to document their special day.

What inspires you?
Interesting faces, cool locations, but mostly films. I’m inspired by special compositions in a frame, the use of interesting camera angles or beautiful lighting in scenes. I love pictures that tell a story or characters that make you stare at their image and carry you into their world. I tend to freeze the TV screen and look at cinematic expressions like color, camera angle, composition, location and more. I’m crazy for Almodóvar’s films especially the film Broken Embraces. More recent films that inspired me are Moonlight Kingdom and the amazing lighting on Frankenweenie.

Five words that describe your lifestyle.
Nostalgic, daydreamer, fashion, lover and pizza.

Which artists inspires you?
There are many. I keep finding little bits and pieces of inspiration every day. It could be a Florence and the Machine video or a follower on Instagram that sparks an idea. I get inspiration from documentaries or exhibitions, like Helmut Newton’s exhibition in Berlin that put me in awe for a long time. The way he directed, observed and presented women is simply amazing. I’ve had a long infatuation with Annie Leibovitz since being exposed to her early work in the Rolling Stone magazine. She’s been there through historical moments in Rock music and immortalized them in film. That’s a dream job if there ever was one. There’s always something about someone that would echo something I wish for myself, and that feeling comes when you least expect it.

What are your future plans?
Well, there’s always more to wish for. I feel I still need to prove myself and make a name for myself. I would love to be in a position where I could choose the people, magazines and projects I work with, for and on. That’s the definition of a successful Fashion Photographer by my standards, and what I’m striving for these days.

What do you love about Tel Aviv?
That you always got a place to park your car. Just kidding. I just love this city. Ever since I was 12 years old, I used to come to Tel Aviv at least once a week with my mother and later on with friends, looking around at old buildings, coffee places and clothing boutiques, dreaming that one day I would live here. It was a different world for me. I love that you always meet someone you know when you walk the streets.
Tel Aviv has amazing restaurants, talented designers and good art galleries. I like that the city has various parts to it – each of them with a different atmosphere. I hope that one day we’ll have great public transportation here to make this city even better.

If you could change one thing in Tel Aviv – what would it be?
Two things – rent control and parking spaces! I also think that there are a lot of old buildings and interesting streets here, like Hayarkon street in Tel Aviv that cries out for renovation and some care, so it really becomes something to be proud of.

Natan Dvir, 40, Photographer

Current place of residence
New York. Lived in Tel Aviv for 13 years until 2008 and photographed it extensively.

Tell me a little about your art -
I focus on the human aspects of political, social and cultural issues. I’m fascinated by people, their habitat, and their relationship to their cultural environment. In my projects I explore various social phenomena hoping to raise awareness, initiate discussion, or challenge existing preconceptions.

What inspires you?
My projects require a lot of devotion, attention, and investment. I have to feel very strongly about the subject which I want to explore to a level I can’t help photographing it. I sometimes feel that my projects find me and not the other way around. The people I photograph inspire me. The greatest gift photography has given me is the ability to interact with people I might not have otherwise met.

5 Words that describe your lifestyle?
Passion. Work hard, play hard!

Which artists inspires you?
I like to draw my inspiration from various sources and forms of art. My main photographic influences are probably Robert Frank, Walker Evans, Eugene Richards, Mary Allen-Mark, Thomas Struth, and Rineke Dijkstra. Ziv Koren, who I assisted in my early years as a photographer, had a strong influence not only on my style, but on how I regard the photographic practice altogether. I love going to the Metropolitan, Guggenheim, or MoMA and am drawn mostly to Cubism, Surrealism, and Impressionism. The exhibition of Picasso’s black and white works at the Guggenheim Museum a few months ago was one of the best I’ve ever seen.

What are your future plans?
I am in the process of releasing my latest series titled ‘Coming Soon’ these days. The first exhibition of this project will open at Anastasia Photo Gallery in New York on March 19th and will be on view until May 19th. I hope to have time to continue photographing in parallel to preparing for a number of expected exhibitions and publications of this project. I will travel to Cleveland and Daytona in the next few weeks for events related to solo exhibition of my projects ‘Belief’ and ‘Eighteen’ , then head over to Portland and France for a couple of photography festivals, and thankfully will get to visit Israel for a little while at the end of April.

What do you love about Tel Aviv?
Tel Aviv is one of the most amazing cities in the world. That perspective intensifies after living abroad for a few years. The main thing that makes Tel Aviv so special is the people that inhabit it. There’s never a dull moment. They say New York is the city that never sleeps, but I think it snores in comparison to Tel Aviv. Gastronomically wise, I think it’s one of the best places to live in. Can’t wait to check out the new places next time I’m in town.

If you could change one thing in Tel Aviv – what would it be?
Parking. No doubt. The current system that often seems like it’s built to trap/fool people and hand out as many tickets as possible needs to be eliminated.

Nisim, 65 (2007) – from the series ‘The Tel Avivians’

Purim (2006) – from the series ‘Belief’

Dina, Jaffa (2010) – from the series ‘Eighteen’

Gan HaAtzmaut (2008) – from the series ‘Shelter’

Refugee in Shower (2007) – from the series ‘Shelter’

Reuven, 51 (2007) – from the series ‘The Tel Avivians’

Juicy couture 01 (2008) – from the series ‘Coming Soon’

Tommy Bahama 01 (2012) – from the series ‘Coming Soon’

Telavivians and guests – Plan your upcoming weekend -

“Form & Fabric” is here for one weekend of Israeli fashion and Art. An interactive and creative journey into the world of Israeli designers and artists.

A weekend celebration of art, fashion and Tel Aviv’s urban style, including a unique exhibition under the theme “transformation”. The exhibition, curated by Galit Reismann, Deborah Shahar and Rei Dishon, will explore the relationship between fashion and art; reveal the artists’ handwriting using different forms and materials, providing interpretation to the concept of transformation.

The collective of designers includes 10 fashion accessories designers and 6 fashion designers: Northern Star by Nadav Rosenberg, Adam Gefen, Michal Basaad, Maria Berman, FROG by Einat Burg, Daniella Gelfer, Tamar Branitzky, Inbar Shahak, Sailor by Efrat Shahar, Avital Coorsh, Sharon Vaizer, Osnat Harnoy, Liza Arjuan, Michal Ben Ami, Toosh JUDTLV.
Among the artists: Danit Peleg, Katerina Nevler, Gidi Smilansky, Hadas Malin, Ben Gal, Eleonore Millstein and Jonathan Goldman.

When – Friday, March 15th at 10:00 AM – Saturday, March 16th at 09:00PM.

Where –  Lili & Bloom Center, 13, Lilienblum Street, Tel Aviv.

Open to the public, free entrance.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/494467010591288/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Gala Opening Event : A Night in the House of Fashion  – “The Cutting Edge of Israeli Fashion, Art & Design”

Date: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 | 8:00pm-11:00pm | Venue: Lilly & Bloom | 13 Lilienblum Street, Tel Aviv

Cost: 45 NIS Pre-Sale, 70 NIS At the Door | Drinks & Eats included

Tickets : http://telavivartsfashion.eventbrite.com/#

Tel Aviv moment | Tuesday 22:35 | Jaffa | Things you see from here, you won’t see from there.
While sitting in a house in Jaffa, sounds of bullets made me jump out of my seat and look outside. No bullets were fired but fireworks lit up the sky creating a blurry vision over Tel Aviv.

On Thursday, February 28th, 2013, at 19:30, Gordon Gallery will open the first part of the solo exhibition by renowned artist Know Hope – “Things That Stand Between.” The second part of the exhibition, “Things Left Standing Behind” will open on Thursday, March 21st at 19:30.

After years of extensive work and creation in Israel and abroad, this will be Know hope‘s first solo exhibition at a gallery in Israel.

Using his unique iconography Know Hope developed during the years, he continues his observation on the various forms of intermediate states, while focusing on ‘things that stand between’- borders, fences, flags and walls, and attempts to examine their dialectic meaning.

In the exhibition, Know Hope attempts to portray these images while perceiving them as an emotional mechanism. The artist does so by personifying these symbols and creating parallels between their actual functional purpose and minor human conditions that compose the layered everyday reality.

Gordon Gallery 2
4 Natan Hachacham St., Tel Aviv

Gallery Hours
Monday-Wednesday: 11:00-14:00 | Thursday: 11:00-19:00
Friday: 10:00-14:00 | Saturday: 10:00-13:00

First opening | February 28th at 19:30
Second opening | March 21st at 19:30| continuation and conclusion of the first.

Habima National Theatre | Monday 20:15 | One of the central spots in Tel Aviv – the recently renovated Habima National Theatre, 15 minutes before the actors get on stage, the crowd is entering the theatre.