Art in Jerusalem

Enigma and Empathy

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אניגמה ואמפתיה / חידה וחמלה

As much as I want to explore new themes, 2 topics keep on reappearing in my work:

Our humanity and identity are rooted in our surroundings.

Our constant search for a personal voice.

Monologue 2022. Oil and acrylic 120/140 cm.

I get gratification from creating human figures that emerge like jigsaw puzzles from a jumbled landscape of patterns. My newly invented colleagues play Hide and Seek inside the canvas. While sometimes a bit lonely, they still express vitality and resilience. They will surely find their unique voices.

Angel Choir 2022. Oil and acrylic 120/140 cm

Enigma and empathy. And respect.

Threshold of Pain

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Group Exhibition, opening Wed. May 25 at 19:30

Skizza Gallery, 8 Koresh St. Jerusalem.

Curator, Marina Schelest.

Drawing from Observation 2021.

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Quite the opposite.

רושם מתוך התבוננות 2021

Oil, 2021 on an older monochromatic painting. 70 x 50 cm. Creating an human image, as defined by his or her surroundings, continues to fascinate me.

As does irony.

Drawing from Observation 2021. Oil painting by Chanan Mazal, Jerusalem Israel. חנן מזל

I’m Flying Like an Airplane 2020

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I’m Flying Like an Airplane 2020. Oil on canvas 100×110 cm.

אני טס כמטוס 2020

I worked and reworked this canvas for years. It began with a plan to create a painting entirely in shades of white. Soon a tree entered. Followed by yellows and my beloved weird greenish “dark yellows” joined. (They arecreated by adding a drop of black into various lemons and flame colors.

My sleeping pilot made his landing last week.