Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design

Curator: Naomi Aviv

31/08/2012 -

18/11/2012

Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design

The 2011 Ministry of Culture and Sport’s Prizes in Art and Design winners’ exhibition features a selection of works in diverse media: painting, drawing, photography, video, installation, sculpture, and design by 35 artists, recipients of the Art and Design awards in five categories: The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prize, Prize to Encourage Creativity, Prize for a Young Artist, Prize for Design, and Life Achievement Award. The exhibition was curated by Naomi Aviv, recipient of the 2011 Curator Prize.
Encapsulating the spirit of the time, the works address an entire set of issues pertaining to the intricate existence in the Israeli space: multiculturalism, private vs. collective identity, localism vs. universalism, realism vs. virtuality and illusion. Alongside use of the basic and traditional raw materials, the works employ digital technologies, objects, and sound; some reflect a combination of media, blurring the boundaries between them. They range between minimalism and a rich, complex visual language, between the conceptual and the emotional, the abstract and the narrative. Simultaneously, they display an introspective facet and an affinity with the discourse of art, performance and cinema, touching in various manners upon human existence, cultural consciousness, as well as social and political contents. At the same time, other artists engage conspicuously with formalism.
The prominence of video works in the show is congruent with the medium’s consolidation and its centrality at the spearhead of artistic practice in Israel, as well as with the success of Israeli video artists in the international scene.
A considerable room in this year’s prize exhibition will be dedicated to Reuven Berman Kadim, recipient of the 2011 Life Achievement Award, who has succeeded in creating channels alternative to the dominant mainstream in Israeli art. His work combines local, Eastern traditions with Western painterly and design perceptions associated with modernism, minimalism, and geometric abstraction.
Participating Artists:Life Achievement Award: Reuven Berman KadimMinistry of Culture and Sport Prize: Nelly Agassi, Raida Adon, Shai Ignatz, Eitan Ben-Moshe, Guy Ben-Ner, Jacob Mishori, David Adika, Noa SadkaPrize for a Young Artist: Tanya Karavan, Ben Hagari, Tamar Harpaz, Amit Levinger, Avi Sabah, Nadav Assor, Gabi Kricheli, Alona Rodeh, Elham Rokni, Ester SchneiderPrize to Encourage Creativity: David Oppenheim, Ilit Azoulay, Shai Azoulay, Amit Berlowitz, Maya Zack, Uri Nir, Ruti Sela, Nir Evron, Angela Klein, Dafna KaffemanPrize for Design: Dror Ben-Dov, Chava Mordhovich, Itay Noy, Yael Friedman, Gila Kaplan and Nirit Binyamini

Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Alona Rodeh, Fire, Work!, 2010, Multi-channel video installation
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Amit Berlowitz, Pavo, 2011, color print
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Amit Levinger, Flower, 2011, Mixed Media
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Angela Klein, Untitled, 2010, oysters, masking tape
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Avi Sabah, Eilat 91, 2011,, Oil on jeans
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Ben Hagari, Office Hours, 2010, Video projection on MDF
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Dafna Kaffeman, Castor Oil Plant (detail), from the series What Could be Sweeter than Going to Paradise?, 2010, glass, embroidery threads, handkerchief
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
David Adika, Charlie Biton, The Black Panthers, (40 Years Later), 2010, print
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
David Oppenheim, from Occupation Loops Triptych, video installation
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Dror Ben-Dov, The Kibbutz postal stamp, 1985
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Eitan Ben-Moshe, Crystal Cubes, 2011, Aluminum frame, neon lights, perspex, duratrans prints, glass paints
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Elham Rokni, Options for Arched Celling, 2011, Markers on Paper
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Ester Shneider, City on a Table between Four Suns (Jerusalem), 2010, Acrylic and oil on canvas
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Gabi Kricheli, Aquarium, 2010, 700 objects, white cement and pigment
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Gila Kaplan, Nirit Binyamini, Block magazine #02- Comtrol (2006) / Block magazine #01 – C.T. (2005), Designed in collaboration with Kobi Franco
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Guy Bem- Ner, from I'd give it to you if I could, 2012, video
Hava Mordohovich, Michael Levin, Santiago Calatrava, Artworks, 2003, Design: Hava Mordohovich
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Ilit Azoulay, Room #8, Wall #2, 2011, print
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Itay Noy, DiaLog, 2012, Manually wound movement, stainless steel
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Jacob Mishori, Untitled, 2011, industrial paint on canvas
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Maya Zack, Black and White Rule, 2010, installation view at Bezalel,Yaffo 23, Jerusalem
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Nadav Assor, Feelers, 2012, Video
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Nelly Agassi, Untitled, 2012, Pencil and collage on paper
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Nir Evron, Truecolors, 2012, duratrans in light box
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Noa Sadka, Arkadiusz and Romka, Tel Aviv, 2009, silver print
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Raida Adon, From Rebirth, 2010, Video
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Reuven Berman Kadim, Nile Model Aleph, 1988-1996, Acrylic on wood
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Ruti Sela, From El Palabrero, 2010, video
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Shai Azoulay, Compensation Hall, 2009, oil on canvas
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Shai Ignatz, Untitled, from the series WIZO Women, Melbourne, Australia, 2009-2010, Photograph
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Tamar Harpaz, Installation views at the exhibition "Reverse Engineering" , Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2012
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Tanya Karavan, Dutch Still Life, 2009, pigment print on archival paper
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Uri nir, Accelerator, 2011, video
Winners 2011 – The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design
Yael Friedman, Flowers, 2011, leather and thread