חלוץ 2021, שמן ואקרילי, 45*50 ס״מ
Halutz, Pioneer. Oil and acrylic 45 x 50 cm.
“Chanan Mazal” “Jerusalem artist” “חנן
Drawing from Observation 2021.
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.
Big Fat Figs.
Oil and acrylic, 120 x 140 cm.
Evolution of a Painting #2
Oil on canvas, 60×70 cm. Painted during lockdown, in Jan. 2021
Burying His Head in Fruit
טומן ראשו בפרי
A video of my painting process. Since this pandemic began, I have been repurposing old canvases. The results are often unexpected and exciting.
This large oil work 120×140 cm. is on a quite old acrylic painting, that I had abandoned. (A rare occurrence for me. I usually FORCE my unsuccessful paintings to completion.
The Heroics of the Invisible People
Oil on canvas. All three were painted during spring 2020, during the Corona epidemic and lockdown. This period has been particularly fruitful for me.
Evolution of a Painting.
Evolving.
Trente Triangles, 2017
Thirty Triangles. Gouache, 46 x 61 cm. (18″ x 24″)
שלושים משולשים, 2017. גואש 46 * 61
Inspired by the “Crazy Quilts” traditionally made by African American women.
The composition, with its two, not quite balanced halves and with arrows pointing all over, defies all logic. But it works.
My Work at the Jerusalem Biennale 2015
I am honored to participate in this years Jerusalem Biennale – in the group show “A Sense of Space, A Sense of Place, curated by my talented colleague Mallory Serebrin. The show is in a unique location – a century old Armenian villa, that served for half a century as a school for deaf children. The exterior is magnificent. The interior – reminds me of my artwork! The work is a polydych, of four panels, called “Common Cypress”, the botanical name of the Mediterranean cypress. In Hebrew – ברוש מצוי Each panel is named buy a line from a song of the Israeli cannon, revealing a strong connection to this unique place.
בחמסין בקרה – מ”ברוש” של אהוד מנור ואריאל זילבר
באב אל ואד – מילים חיים גורי
נומה עמק ראץ תפארת מ”שיר העמק, מילים נתן אלטרמן
מארץ מרחקים מ”אל הציפור” מילים חיים נחמן ביאליק
Images from the Gallery Talk
Chanan Mazal | Israeli Artist 