YIGAL OZERI – SILENT LIGHT

Bologna, 29.01.2011 – 26.02.2011: Visionnaire in collaborazione con la galleria Dukan&Hourdequin di Marsiglia presenta “Luce Silenziosa” una mostra personale di Yigal Ozeri, per la prima volta in Italia. L’ artista israeliano residente a NY, celebre per la sua pittura ad olio iperrealista, propone una serie di 17 dipinti a olio dedicati all’ amica Lizzie Jagger pensati per gli spazi di una chiesa sconsacrata nel cuore di Bologna, oggi flagship store del marchio di arredamento di lusso.
“Arrivò indossando un abito di velluto scuro, il colore pallido della sua pelle e i lunghi capelli sciolti la facevano assomigliare ad un vampiro”, cosi l’ artista Yigal Ozeri descrive la sua ultima musa, Lizzie Jagger.
Immortalando l’ affascinante figlia di Mike Jagger e Jerry Hall con una fotocamera digitale in una giornata di neve al Central Park, il talentuoso pittore è riuscito a trasformare le immagini ottenute in una serie di studi e dipinti sensuali dall’ incredibile energia.

L’ evento fa parte del programma OFF di Arte Fiera Art First.
Yigal Ozeri è nato a Tel Aviv nel 1958. Vive e lavora a New York. Ha esposto opere presso numerosi musei e gallerie d’arte. I suoi lavori fanno parte di importanti collezioni internazionali.
Mostre Personali:
- 2011 Silent Light, Visionnaire, Bologna, Italia
- 2010 Lizzie Smoking, Galería Senda, Barcelona, Spain
- Lizzie in the Snow, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Desire for Anima, Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong, China (Catalogue)
- Olga in the Park, Galerie Brandt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Catalogue)
- 2009 Desire for Anima, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany (Catalogue)
- The Return of the Horse, The Subject Matters, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia,
- PA
- Desire for Anima, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- Small Death, Galerie Dukan & Hourdequin, Marseille, France (Catalogue)
- Priscilla, Wade Wilson Art, Houston, TX (Catalogue)
- 2008 Singer Gallery, Mizel Arts and Culture Center, Denver, CO
- The Boathouse, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
- Yigal Ozeri, Mike Weiss Gallery, SCOPE Basel 2008, Switzerland
- Priscilla in Ecstasy, Charim Galerie, Vienna, Austria
- Genesis, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
- Genesis, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
- 2007 Priscilla in the Cloud Forest, Mike Weiss Gallery, SCOPE Basel, Switzerland
- 2006 The Montfort, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
- As Early as New York, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
- Long Island City, Musée de Lodève, Lodève, France (Catalogue)
- Cafè Hawelka, Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France
- 2005 Long Island City, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
- New Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- Four Seasons, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
- 2004 Long Island City, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
- Long Island City, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
- 2003 The Watcher Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue)
- Memories from the Last Supper, New Gallery, Houston, TX
- Tableau Vivant, Galerie Heike Curtze, Berlin, Germany
- The Last Supper, Hafemann Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
- 2002 The Countess de Castiglione, Galerie Heike Curtze, Vienna, Austria
- Presence of the Absent, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
- Presence de L’absence, Galerie Mabel Semmler, Paris, France
- Yigal Ozeri Full Moon, Galerie Heike Curtze, Salzburg, Austria
- 2001 Tikkun-The Restoration Series, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
- The Countess de Casteglione, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
- 2000 The Mark of the Bite, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (Catalogue)
- Still-Life, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany (Catalogue)
- Tikkun (Restoration), New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX

Mostre di gruppo:

- 2010 Group Show, Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas, TX
- I Love You, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark (Catalogue)
- 2009 Recent Acquisitions: Moderm and Contemporary Art, McNay Art Museum, San
- Antonio, TX
- The Old Masters: Re-Mastered, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art,
- Fort Collins, CO (Catalogue)
- Summertime…, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Old Masters Reinterpreted, ROLLO Contemporary Art, London UK,
- Forthcoming
- Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- The London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
- 2008 Five Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- 2006 Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- 2005 Entourage, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- 2004 Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- 2002 New York-Atlanta, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2001 49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia, Italy
- 2000 The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten
- Island, NY. Curated by Lilly Wei (Catalogue)
- The End: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture, 1982-2000, Exit Art
- Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by J. Ingberman & P. Colo
- 90th Anniversary of Tel Aviv-Yafo Contemporary Cityscapes-Israeli & American
- Artists, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curated by Prof. Mordechai
- Omer
- Place Mark Person Mark, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Curated by
- Meira Lehman-Perry
- Monumental Drawings, Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Jeanette
- Ingberman & Papo Colo
- The Vera, Silva and Arturo Schwartz Collection of Contemporary Art, The Tel
- Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel


Collezioni permanenti:

- The Richard Massey Foundation, New York
- Rema Hort Mann Foundation
- Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York
- McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
- Scheringa Museum Voor Realisme, Netherlands
- The Jewish Museum, New York
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- New York City Public Library, New York
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
- General American Corporation, Houston, TX
- Ein Harod Museum, Ein Harod, Israel
- Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
- Da-Da Yanko Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
- Kuntzwerien, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel
- Kennedy Center for the Arts, DC
- Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
- The Nerman Museum, Kansas City