Weltmachen
Museum Bruder Klaus Sachseln presents Weltmachen (Worldmakers), a group exhibition featuring artists whose works are concerned with the creation of worlds, as a process and a craft as well as an idea or
as a narrative.
On view from June 28 through November 1, 2020
For more information (in German)
Review at Artforum, March 2019
Dressing the Wall
Molding #4 (terrazzo), 2019
½ inch thick birch plywood, watercolors and pencil on cotton paper, acid-free double-sided tape, 40x33 inch total split to 8 pieces (101.6x83.82 cm)
Group exhibition with Noa Glazer, Ofra Lapid & Noa Schwartz-Lev Har
curated by Fiona Biberstein
Opening: February 28th, 19:00-21:00, Dizengoff 209, Tel Aviv
The notion of being surrounded by walls brings with it something familiar, yet unexplored; a blank canvas that measures the self, a context or even a contextualisation of a space, a structure that refers to itself.
projects | at fifteen is pleased to announce its new exhibition Dressing the Wall. This three-person exhibition will feature the works of Israeli born artists Noa Glazer, Ofra Lapid and Noa Schwartz. The exhibition will focus on the role of the wall in their different practices and will examine each of the artists and their individual interactions and confrontations with the subject.
Instead of approaching the wall as a vacant plaster backdrop, Tel Aviv based artist Noa Glazer, suggests that the wall have an active role in her work. The wall carries the work caressing it, whereby wall and work become intertwined and dependent on one another, metamorphosing it into a body, a place holder, container and vessel.
Deeply influence by the interiors of Adolf Loos, New York based artist Ofra Lapid regards architecture as a form of covering, whereas structure plays a secondary role and is there to hold the covering in place. If we are to approach the wall as a body and the work of art as garment, then the role of the artist is to create this garment and dress the wall.
In the work of Tel Aviv based artist Noa Schwartz, examining placement and matter lay at the forefront of her practice. Approaching the wall as a means of display, as well as natural habitat and materiality of her work, she is interested in returning or placing works of art within its proximity, questioning the origin of their position and form.
By bringing together the work of these three female artists we are encouraged to reexamine the role and more importantly the presence of the wall, not only its impact spatially, but its necessity as a form in its own right and its structure as support.
Dressing the Wall will be on view from the 28th February until the 30th March, 2019 at Dizengoff 209. The space will be open Wednesday and Thursday from 11:00 until 16:00 and Friday and Saturday from 12:00 until 14:30 and outside of these times by appointment only.
For further information please contact Fiona Biberstein at +972547650739 or via email Fiona@at-fifteen.com
HOME EDITION
Essex Flowers is pleased to announce a new two-part exhibition: Home Edition, which takes place at the group's Chinatown storefront and at NADA, New York.
Through this curatorial project, Essex Flowers asks a series of questions about art, the home, and unavoidably, commerce. How can we reassemble our lives by living with art? And who do we become when we live with the things made by the people we care about? To borrow the words of J. Morgan Puett, this project searches for new forms of "innovative domesticating" that ascribe deeper meaning to our precarious twenty-first century lives.
The members of Essex Flowers have invited more than thirty individuals to contribute works of art that interrogate the function, form, and craft of the domestic space. Ceramics tools, shower curtains, tables, lamps, and still-life paintings all ricochet off one another to create disparate vignettes of living. An effort of collectivity, we encourage visitors to construct their own narrative about who might call this space home, treating the various objects as clues that amount to a mode of being.
Participating artists, in no particular order: Sara Murphy, Sam Winks, Andy Robertson, Ilana Harris-Babou, Lizzie Wright, Rachel Domm, David Kennedy Cutler, Henri Paul Broyard, Rufus Tureen, Frank Haines, Catbox Contemporary, (with Nick Irzyk), Melissa Brown, Jesse Hamerman, Michael Mahalchick, Andrea McGinty, David B. Smith, Ben Dowell, Willie Wayne Smith, Amy Ruhl, Elise Duryee-Browner, Martha Mysko, Ofra Lapid, Denise Kupferschmidt, Robert Scott Whipkey, Jordan Nassar, Elizabeth Ferry, Ryan Falkowitz, Colby Bird, Sophy Naess, Amanda Baldwin, Michael Welsh, Patrick Arnold, Will Stewart, Hanna Sandin, Erika Somogyi, Ruth Rodriguez, Nickolaus Typaldos, Lydia McCarthy, Jamie Gecker, Nancy Smith... and more.
Vienna, November 2017
Trip to Vienna, November 2017
Covert Warriors | The Israeli Intelligence - An Insight from Inside
Book written by my father, Ephraim Lapid, about the Israeli Intelligence community, of which he is a proud member. The book was recently published in Hebrew by Yediot Sefarim, and soon will be translated into English. I contributed the cover design.
From the book Launch in Tel aviv, October 2017, photo: Sivan Farag
Crosswords – solo show at Hercules
Crosswords – solo show at Hercules, Opening October 10th 6-9pm
Show will run through November 12, Friday-Sunday 11am-6pm and by appointment.
Hercules Art Studio Program, 25 Park Pl. 3 Fl. New York, 10007
Wall Piece #3
Wall Relief piece permanently installed at the bar of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Model for the wall piece
19 panels of birch plywood, to be painted white (work in progress at Hercules Studios)
early stages of making the panels
there are so many ways to compose this work...
As the Crow Flies
Hercules Art Studio Program, December 7–January 19, 2017, if you wish to visit please contact me: ofranmnlapid@gmail.com
Vermont Studio Center, October 2016
I spent 4 weeks at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Open Studios
Eliel Saarinen's house in Michigan, textile design by Loja Saarinen
Photo by Howard Romero
Fountainhead Residency, Miami, June 2016
I spent the best part of June getting to know Miami, thanks to Fountainhead Residency run by Kathryn and Dan Mikesell, and introduced by curator Tami Katz-Frieman based in Miami.
Here's a small taste
Morningside neighborhood, Miami. Architect: Rufus Nims
architectural detail
A house by Paul Rudolph
Cathy Leff's house
Our wonderful hosts Kathryn and Dan Mikesell, curator Tami Katz-Frieman, fellow artists William Villalongo (from Brooklyn) and Vera Vladimirsky (from Tel Aviv) and Ben Hagari (my husband)
Hercules Art/Studio Program
2-year studio program in Lower Manhattan, 25 Park Place, 3 floor, NYC
Launch Exhibition: 5/5-21/2106; Mon-Sun 2-6pm.
Model for a wall piece, work in process
View outside the window from the 3 floor studios
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New smyrna Beach, FL
Residency #160 with Josiah McElheny, March 2016
My fellow artists, what an amazing group of people (From left to right): Josiah McElheny, our mentor (USA); Pablo Davila (Mexico); Mark Shortliffe (USA); Nicola Dale (UK); Matthew Bamber (UK); Lorna Bauer (Canada); Ofra Lapid (Israel-USA); Rita Evans (UK).
RE SEEK / GROUP EXHIBITION AT START
Residency Program at Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
During October - November 2015 I will be an artist-in-residence at Sculpture Space, Utica, NY.
You're welcome to visit me and other fellows on Thursday, October 29, 5-7 pm when we will hold an open studio.
The train station in Utica
The Schuyler Club
Les Nuits Photographiques 2015
La 5ème édition des Nuits Photographiques présente l’exposition Money, du 18 septembre au 12 décembre 2015 au Pavillon Carré de Baudouin, 20ème Paris.
Le vernissage aura lieu le 17 septembre à 18h30 ainsi que les 3 soirées de projections dans le jardin du Pavillon le 17, 18 et 19 septembre.
About my work: I was sent a 20 Euro note and was instructed to create an art work using it however I choose. On the opening reception of “I’m so broke I can’t pay attention”, a solo show by Michal Helfman at K. (parasite of P! ) in New York, I changed the 20 Euro note to 500 Syrian Pounds. The Syrian note I got in return served as the starting point of my new work. I multiplied parts of its pattern to create a new surface that would later be printed and framed. The Syrian note was sent to Paris and was collaged onto the center of the image.
L’exposition Money comprend le travail de Stefen Chow, The Poverty Line ainsi que 42 artistes qui ont répondu à la commande de création.
The Poverty Line explore une question simple : quel est le sens de la pauvreté dans différents pays ? Ce projet, fruit d’une collaboration entre Stefen Chow et Hui-Yi Lin, a débuté en 2010 en Chine et s’est maintenant élargi à vingt-quatre pays à travers six continents. The Poverty Line se sert de la consommation universelle de nourriture comme moyen d’examiner les choix qu’une personne devrait faire si elle vivait dans le seuil de pauvreté.
Pour la comnande de création l’idée était simple: Les Nuits Photographiques ont envoyé aux artistes un billet de 20 euros aux artistes et nous les avons conviés à créer leur valeur ajoutée. Comment souhaitent-ils transformer ou utiliser cet objet ou sa valeur symbolique, matérielle ou subjective. Ils nous ont fait parvenir une réponse sous la forme artistique qu’ils ont souhaitée : vidéo, photographie, dessin, sculpture, peinture, installation…
Voila la liste des artistes:
JEANNIE ABERT / OLIVIER AMSELLEM / ROGER BALLEN / JEAN-CHRISTIAN BOURCART / VINCENT CATALA / ELODIE CHRISMENT / STEFEN CHOW / SYLVAIN COUZINET-JACQUES / LEO DELAFONTAINE / TANJA DEMAN / MARINE DRICOT / DAVID FATHI / JOAN FONTCUBERTA / REN HANG / MARK HENLEY / SARA IMLOUL / OAN KIM / MINSTREL KUIK / SASHA KURMAZ / OFRA LAPID / PIERRE LIEBAERT / ROBIN LOPVET /JULIEN LOMBARDI / THOMAS MAILANDER / STEPHANOS MANGRIOTIS / GUILLAUME MARTIAL / BAUDOUIN MOUANDA / JAMIE MAXTONE GRAHAM / CRISTINA NUNEZ / RICHARD PAK / EDOUARD PATUREL /JOSÉE PEDNEAULT / ELENA PERLINO / SYLVAIN PRUDHOMME et CLÉMENT CHARBONNIER / SWEN RENAUD / CHUCK SAMUELS / REEVE SCHUMACHER / KLAVDIJ SLUBAN / DOROTHÉE SMITH / OLIVIER SOLA / WILL STEACY / MATHIEU TREMBLIN
Metropolis: The Urban Experience | Haifa Museum of Art
Curated: Adi Shelach
Participating artists: Gil-Ly Alon Curiel, Gilad Efrat, Jonathan Gold, Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow, Dan Zehavi, Talia Israeli, Asya Lukin, Ofra Lapid, Guy Nissenhaus, Orit Siman-Tov, Ran Slavin, Ruti Sela, David Polonsky, Tom Pnini, Paul Kearns and Motti Ruimy, Amir Rosenberg, Mish (Michael) Rapoport, Chen Sheinberg
Theater #3, 2014
Inkjet print, museum board, wood
9'' x 7'' x 5''
The city can be compared to a living organism, complex and full of life. We experience it intermittently, as though it were a multisensory sound and light show, unable to embrace its entirety.
This new interactive exhibition engages the city and the ways we might look at it. The exhibition examines the nature of the contemporary urbanism. It traces the experience of wandering and discovering the developed urban space, calling attention to the meaning inherent in various angles of observation. Every point of view carries a different meaning: Looking from afar and above, such as aerial or satellite images; at eye level, facing people directly; from ground level, as would a child or a beggar; viewing closely, a view which may be blocked by buildings; or taking a deep look the window from a safe place, or with our imagination, with eyes closed.
The city, by definition, is a form of centralized settlement which integrates a large diverse population. It is subject to centralized organizational structure and system of delegation of powers from the State. The idea of the city is based on the civic community and urban culture – urbanism. The city contains commercial areas, work and meeting spaces, alongside residential structures. It consists of myriad of rhythms and movements - people, transportation, commodities and goods, knowledge and information. There are 76 cities in Israel, with 92% of the population living in urban environments, the highest in the world.
Today the policy is to expand the populations of the cities, in order to maintain open spaces and green belts, the urban visual space is changing rapidly right in front of our eyes. It is therefore of great importance to observe the city, and to ask substantive questions about living in this environment, especially for the younger generations.
While designing the exhibition, I have tried to choose those works which present urban wandering as an emotional, thought-provoking and complex experience. The exhibited works deal with developed space and its conceptual and material foundations, the city as a humane and emotional space, as well as the real and imaginary city. I wanted to express the senses of belonging and longing, attraction and excitement, or foreignness that the city wakes in us; the complex relationship between interior and exterior spaces; ecological building materials and the presence of nature in the urban environment.
There are exploration stands around the exhibition. These are intended for play and creativity, and will help explore the exhibition and its meanings. We invite you to observe, create, build, play, read, and wander among the urban imaginations.
NEW WORK, NEW YORK - 1st Biennial survey of work by second year MFA students
NEW YORK, NY, MARCH 2015 – St Nicks Alliance and Arts@Renaissance are pleased to announce, NEW WORK NEW YORK, the 1st Biennial survey of work by second year MFA students and recent graduates from across the boroughs. Presented in two parts, this is the first exhibit to bring together works by artists from all eleven New York City-based MFA programs: Brooklyn College, Columbia University, City College of New York, Hunter College, Lehman College, the New York Studio School, the New York Academy of Art, Queens College, the School of Visual Arts, Parsons, the New School for Design and Pratt Institute. Presented in an uninterrupted 5,000 square foot former retail space in the heart of Williamsburg, NEW WORK NEW YORK offers a broad view of emerging artists working in all media, each represented by multiple works or major recent projects, many presented here for the first time.
Exhibiting Artists - Part I: Lana Abu-Shamat, Matthew Addison, Tal Barel, Cristina Camacho, Marianna del Nadal, Pik-Shuen Fung, Laura Jiménez Galvis, Alonsa Guevara, Katy Halfin, Henry Jabbour, Rebecca Kuzemchak, Michael Levin, Clarinda Mac Low, Diana McKee, Fiorella Gonzales-Vigil Mohme, Nazanin Noroozi, Renzo Ortega, Sondra Perry, Julia Phillips, James Thomas Raczokowski III, Shellyne Rodriguez, Sarah Rowe, Katie Ruiz, Kat Ryals, Tariku Shiferaw, Rachel Sydlowski, Moses Tuki, Manuel Vazquez, Parul Verma, August Vollbrecht, Patrice Renee Washington, Carolin Wood. Part II: Tatiana Berg, Marissa Bluestone, Annemarie Coffey, Leah Dixon, Wendi Guerorguiev, Sophie Grant, Anthony Hamboussi, Heidi Howard, Kate Elliot, Jee Hee Kang, Hyeonah Kim, Alison Kuo, Herbert Lacsina, Jsun Laliberté, Ofra Lapid, Yujin Lee, Dana Majana, Kai Margarida-Ramírez, Andrew McNay, Simone Meltesen, Sara Murphy, Jenna Newton, Kate Ostler, Megan Pahmier, Gahee Park, Melani Pavlidou, Elliot Purse, Pedro Ramirez, Buzz Slutzky, Mirland Terlonge, Jenna Westra, Matt Witman and Mirana Zuger.
Model for Interior #13 (After Lina Loos’s bedroom), 2015
Inkjet print mounted on museum, oak, MDF
58 x 95 x 35 cm
About St. Nicks and Arts@Renaissance: St. Nicks Alliance, located in North Brooklyn, emerged in 1975 at the forefront of a nationwide grassroots movement to preserve and improve neighborhoods. As a civic anchor St. Nicks Alliance carries out their mission within the context of building a sustainable community for all people through the arts, environmental advocacy, and urban planning. Arts@Renaissance, a part of St. Nicks Alliance is an innovative arts program that serves as a bridge between North Brooklyn’s vibrant long-term communities and the area's emerging creative population through the development of new multi-disciplinary work, exhibitions, residencies and collaborative local art projects.
About the curator: Kat Griefen is the co-owner of Accola Griefen. She was previously the Director of A.I.R. Gallery from 2006 until 2011. Exhibitions she has curated and organized have been reviewed in publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Art in America and the Brooklyn Rail. Since 2011 she has been a Senior Lecturer at Rutgers University through the Institute of Women and Art. Born in New York City, Griefen has lived in Brooklyn since 2004.