New Works by Yigal Ozeri at the Mike Weiss Galerry in New York

Written by Douglas F. Copeland Tuesday, 27 September 2011 21:21

New York.- Opening on May 6th, "Yigal Ozeri: Garden of the Gods" highlights new work from this acclaimed hyperrealist painter. For his seventh show at Mike Weiss Gallery, Photorealist painter Yigal Ozeri contrasts intense colors and detailed textures, like pale white skin and lace with red jutting cliffs and blue skies, to explore the human experience and offer a contemporary take on sensual femininity. Through his hyperrealistic oil portraits of distinctive young women in lush environments, Yigal Ozeri brings an ethereal sensibility to his tableaus. With tinges of Pre-Raphaelite aesthetics, Ozeri's works engage with contemporary theories of femininity and sensuality while offering a revitalized connectivity to nature. "Yigal Ozeri: Garden of the Gods" runs until June 11th 2011.

Yigal Ozeri was Born in 1958 in Tel Aviv, Israel and studied at the Bat-Yam Art Institute from 1977-1980. He is the Co-founder of Meimad School of Visual Art in Tel Aviv and between 1987-1989 taught art at Meimad. In 1991 Yigal Ozeri moved to Live and Work in New York. He has extensively shown internationally since 1988. Solo exhibitions have included those in Munich, New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Basel, Vienna, Israel, Paris, Tel Aviv, Salzburg, Madrid, Chicago, London, San Francisco and Athens.



His work is included in the permanent collections of the McNay Art Museum (TX), The Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Tel Aviv), the Albertina Museum (Vienna), the Museum of Modern Art (Haifa), the Nerman Museum (MO), the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (NY), the Kennedy Center for the Arts (D.C.) and the New York Public Library (NY), among others. Ozeri lives and works in New York, NY.

Mike Weiss Gallery was founded in 2003 as being an innovative showcase for the ongoing presentation and promotion of strong, visceral, and visionary contemporary art worldwide. The gallery is dedicated to exhibiting the work of ambitious contemporary artists at all levels of their careers and development. The gallery also maintains Mike Weiss Editions for the publications of books, prints and multiples by gallery artists. Visit the gallery at ... http://www.mikeweissgallery.com

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