2013

Nevertheless and In Spite of it All – The Land of Israel

| Mazalart

Af Al Pi Chen
אף על פי כן, ולמרות הכל – ארץ ישראל. משירו של דוד שימוני, וסיסמת ההעפלה

Gouache, 36 x 51 cm, 2011 or 2012.
These words from the song by David Shimoni, became the anthem of the “Illegal Immigration” during and after the Holocaust.
115,000 refugees boarded “floating coffins” or made long treks by foot, in a clandestine effort to break the blockade set up by the British, in violation of the Mandate given to them by the League of Nations.

ואף על פי כן ולמרות הכל,
ארץ ישראל
וכל עוד דופק בעולם
לב ישראל,
וכל עוד נשמע בעולם
שמע ישראל,
את ארץ, ארץ, ארץ ישראל.

דוד שמעוני
| Mazalart

 

April2015Sadna-B

Short Art Workshop for Adults

JUMPING INTO COLOR

at Chanan Mazal’s Studio, Jerusalem
April 28 2015 – June 2 2015
Tuesdays 17:00 – 20:00

Exploring the emotional and illusional qualities of colors, and the wonderful, playful “social relationships” that they have between themselves.
My goal is to help each budding artist, to discover his or her own personal taste and voice, after experimentation, challenging ingrained habits, and taking the plunge into paint!
The unique approach of the class is geared both for those with experience, and for beginners wishing to explore creativity and aesthetics.

For details and enrolling:

Chanan Mazal
054-6374751
mazalart@zahav.net.il
mazalart.com

סדנת אמנות קצרצר למבוגרים

קפיצה לצבעים

בסטודיו של חנן מזל, ירושלים
לימוד חווייתי למבוגרים
6 פגישות, בימי ג’ 21:00-17:00
2.6.2015 – 28.4.2015

גילוי העולם הרגשי והמתעתע של צבעים – וה”קשרים החברתיים” המורכבים והמשעשעיים ביניהם.
מטרתי היא לאפשר לכל אומן, לגלות את טעמו האישי ואת קולו. הכל תוך תוך התנסויות מגוונות, ומתן גירוי להרגלי יצירה נוחים וישנים –  ובקפיצה למים העמוקים!
הגישה היחודית של הסדנא, מתאימה הן לבעלי ניסיון, והן לאמנים מתחילים, הרוצים לגלות יצירה ואסתטיקה.

לפרטים והרשמה:

חנן מזל
054-6374751
mazalart@zahav.net.il
mazalart.com

Three Persian Flasks, Feb 2015

| Mazalart

3 בקבוקים פרסיים - ציור של חנן מזל

שלושה בקבוקים פרסיים 2014, גואש
Gouache 46 x 61 cm

My newest painting in the Persian Flask series, inspired by Sassanian (pre-Islamic) and Early Islamic wine flasks from Iran.

Is this painting joyful? Or a treasure hunt, searching out beauty hidden amongst the flames and pyromaniacs of my Middle Eastern “neighborhood”?

?אם הציור עליז וכייפי? או משחק חפש את המתמון, לאחר היופי שבין הלהבות ופירומנים בשכונתנו

Szól a kakas már – A Rooster is Crowing

| Mazalart

Szól a kakas már – A Rooster is Crowing, was written by the Rabbi of Kaliv before the Holocaust. In Hungarian the song expresses awareness of being trapped and hunted in the Exile. The final line switches to Hebrew, with a hope to return to Zion.

התרנגול קורה – מתוך הדיסק המדהים “מוזיקה יהודית אבידה מטרנסילבניה

The performers, Muzsikas found sheet music annotated in 1946. An ethnomusicologist from Budapest traveled to Transylvania to collect music from the few young people who returned from Auschwitz. A few years ago Muzsikas went to Transylvania to seek out elderly Gypsy/Roma musicians who had performed at Jewish wedding before the War.

The result was an amazing disk called “Lost Jewish Music from Transylvania.

Five Persian Flasks

| Mazalart

Gouache painting by Chanan Mazal

Five Persian Flasks, 2014, Gouache on paper 46 x 61 cm.
חמשה בקבוקים פרסיים 2014. גואש
Contrasting wild, spontaneous and drawn undercoats, with the ornamental, painted over layers, continues to intrigue me. I find it cathartic to bounce between wild dance movements, usually created while standing up, and the very controlled leaves painted while sitting.
In this series, I search for a paradox: Either by unexpected colors or by subject matter and line, I seek to create, erase and recreate a feeling of depth and distance. These round bottles, supposedly with volume, can only be flat. Cutout. Motionless. The patterns behind them however, flapping in the wind, are anything but that.

Tablecloth #8, 2014

| Mazalart
Gouache painting by Chanan Mazal, ציור גואש של חנן מזל
Completing this one challenged even my patience and stamina. Getting the color balance right was hard, and many sections were repainted repeatedly, and new triangles added. The result is warm – perhaps less peculiar than I had intended, but still mesmerizing in its own way.
Gouache on paper 41 x 61 cm. Available

Pine Grove at Hirbet Saadim

Image | | Mazalart

Pine Grove at Hirbet Saadim

Ten minute sketch, with breaks. Grove near Hirbet Sa’adim. The gouache sketch was lousy… so I attacked it with oil pastels. And then gouache again. Sometimes the key to innovation, is just saying, “Don’t worry about wasting the painting, It’s only a worthless piece of paper.”

Something different: An exercise in exercising different functions in my brain.

Image | | Mazalart

Something different: An exercise in exercising different functions in my brain.

Self Portrait, 2013
דיוקן עצמי, רשום בעזרת חוש המישוש, 2013
This self portrait was drawn using the information conveyed by touch. Instead of a mirror, I used my right hand to “see” my facial structure. The hardness of the bones, and the soft, malleable contours of my lips were emphasized. The very long sides of my face, (usually foreshortened in 2D translations) were given their full length.
Pencil on the back cover of a cheap, battered drawing pad. 2013