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Amnon David Ar
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Amnon David Ar
Israeli Berlin based painter, Amnon David Ar, paints directly from real life to achieve the most direct and honest depiction of reality without the restrictions and strains of any intermediate interpretation of technology. Ar's paintings are about our modern lives, thoughts and fantasies and limitations and about how we experience time and the present. In his eyes contemporary figurative painting needs to offer an alternative to other mediums in emotion, atmosphere, perceptive analysis and psychological interpretation. In his work Ar explores the infinite freedom of expression in color and texture that oil colors offer an artist. Every situation painted is meticulously orchestrated and painted at the location, and all models and subject matters are people and artifacts particularly chosen for the work. Ar has exhibited widely in Israel's Museums and in and public spaces and galleries in Berlin, Amsterdam, NY and London.
Artist Statement
In my work I aim to depict the contemporary human experience of our existence, both physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Through painting, I am dealing with our thoughts, how we experience time, the fragile gap between our inner fantasy world and outer boundaries, and between beauty and chaos.
The invention of the camera, has in many ways liberated the documentation role of figurative painting which allows me as an artist to explore emotion, atmosphere, perceptive analysis and psychological interpretation. In my work I am continuously looking for beauty and individuality in our trash-filled, noisy, capitalist profit oriented environment, focusing my attention on the trivial and ordain while loading it with meaning and emotion.
We humans are very observant species, and sight is our most prominent sense with which we capture and perceive the world around us. I therefore choose to paint directly from real life, orchestrating scenes and objects in my studio, asI feel that only this way I can depict reality in the most direct and honest way, without being restricted by the strains of any technological intermediate interpretation, such as photography and digital means. I work in the traditional technique of oil colors on self prepared support, as for me it allows the richest and most flexible expression in painting. There is simply no substitute for the infinite freedom of expression in color and texture it offers.
Working in the traditional means of figurative painting in the 21st century, I am having a dialogue both with the traditions of painting, and with our current existence. In fact, not just documenting it, but also sharing my own perception of it.
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Kunstverein Worms, Germany.
2020 Luftgeshäft, Kunstverein Schwezingen, Germany.
2018 Keep going, MZ Project room and Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2018 Art Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany.
2017 Wie lange hält das Licht, MZ Project room and Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2011 Body & Light, Mika Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2009 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2009 The Association of Painters and Sculptors – Jerusalem Artists House, Israel.
2007 Galerie Vieleers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2005 Drawing & Several Paintings, Bernard Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel.
2004 Amnon David Ar - Painting, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Group exhibitions
2020 SCOPE immersive, Miami, USA.
2020 Art fair Parallel Vienna, Austria.
2020 Salon Hakubia, Jerusalem, Israel.
2019 The Shiff prize winners, The Tel Aviv Museum of art.
2018 NordArt, Büdelsdorf, Germany.
2018 Shopping- Haifa Museum, Israel.
2018 VII. INT. Malerei Biennale Hamburg, Germany.
2013 Face to Face Artists' self-portraits from the collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr.,Arkansas Art Center, USA.
2012 Fresh Paint art fair, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2012 People & Places, Medici Gallery, London, England.
2012 The Summer Exhibition, Medici Gallery, London, England.
2012 Art Any Way: Exploring The Wheel, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2011 A Road To Nowhere, Ashdod Museum of Fine Arts, Israel.
2011 Fresh Paint Art fair, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2011 True Colors, The Soho Gallery, London, the Cube Gallery, Manchester, England.
2010 Collections, Haifa Museum, Israel.
2010 Art Monaco fair, Monaco.
2008 Time Tunnel, Givataim Municipal Gallery, Israel.
2007 The Fine Art of Drawing – Modern & Contemporary Works on Paper, Forum Gallery, NewYork, USA.
2006 New Faces, Forum Gallery, New York, USA.
2006 The Armoury Show art fair, New York, USA.
2006 Realisme Amsterdam Fair, The Netherlands.
2006 Arkansas Art Center, collectors show, USA.
2005 The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.
2005 The Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts, Israel.
2002 Portraits, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2000 Observation Time, exhibition & catalog, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
1999 Bezalel, Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
1998 Bat Yam Art Museum, Israel.
Prizes & collections
2020 Grand prize winner of SeeMee In Transition International competition NY, USA.
2011 Participant at the “Cité des Arts” residency project, Paris France.
2008 Winner of the first “Haim Shiff” competition, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
Works appear in many important collections, such as The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Len BalvatnicCollection, Shiff collection, Druck collection, Sabag collections, Braun collection, Shabtay collection,Brandais collection, Sir Ronald Cohen collection among others.
Publications of catalogs
2020 Luftgeschäfte, catalog, Kunstverein Schwezingen, Kunstverein Worms, Germany.
2019 Group exhibition of the Shiff prize winners artbook, The Tel Aviv Museum of art, Israel.
2018 VII. INT. Malerei Biennale Hamburg, catalog, Germany.
2018 Shopping- catalog, Haifa Museum, Israel.
2018 NordArt catalog, Büdelsdorf, Germany.
2013 Face to Face Artists' self-portraits from the collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr., book,Arkansas Art Center, USA.
2012 Fresh Paint art fair catalog, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2012 People & Places, catalog, Medici Gallery, London, England.
2011 A Road To Nowhere, catalog, Ashdod Museum of Fine Arts, Israel.
2011 Fresh Paint Art fair catalog, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2011 True Colors, catalog, The Soho Gallery, London, the Cube Gallery, Manchester, England.
2011 Body & Light, catalog, Mika Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2010 Collections, catalog, Haifa Museum, Israel.
2009 Amnon David Ar, catalog, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2008 Time Tunnel, catalog, Givataim Municipal Gallery, Israel.
2007 Galerie Vieleers, catalog, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2005 Drawing & Several Paintings, catalog, Bernard Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel.
2005 Lehai'm, artbook, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.
2005 Group exhibition catalog, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.
2004 Amnon David Ar - Painting, catalog, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.
2000 Observation time ,catalog, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod Israel.
Personal
Currently resides in Berlin, Germany.
2008 Painter of the Abba Eban stamp for the Israel Post.
2002-2003 Maariv newspaper home caricaturist.
1996-2001 Yediot Tikshoret network magazine home illustrator.
1990-1996 Freelance illustrator for book publishers, magazines, advertising agencies & thenewspapers Maariv & Davar.
1996 Studied painting & drawing with painter Abraham Bykov.
1995 Studied at Bezalel, Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem.
1993-1994 Studied Anatomy for the Arts with Painter Oswald Adler, Tel Aviv.
1973 Born in Israel.
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