Meet the Luz Bullet. The 1979 Airstream trailer is IFAF’s newest exhibition space. For its debut, we took it all the way to Miami Art Week to show an experiential exhibition using color and sound to engage people in a dialogue about sacred space. Visitors were deeply affected by their experiences inside Luz. Common words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ZMzNhx5zI&feature=youtu.be Our journey to the Jerusalem Biennale began one year ago. Carmelita Greco, IFAF Director, met Rami Ozeri while attending Miami Art Week in Florida last December. The two connected over Rami's exhibition of Jewish art and spoke at length about the Jerusalem Biennale that he founded in 2013. Attending the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale was
Matti Sirvio, painter, pastor, and humanitarian aid worker, has started a new venture. He has opened an artist-run, as yet untitled, gallery space. Off the beaten path in Muscat, Oman, the upcoming show is titled POSTE RESTANTE. The name refers of a post office that holds onto mail until recipients call to receive it. Strategically
As the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale comes to a close, we (IFAF) reflect on the diverse artwork that we saw in Jerusalem. One collection of works that we continue to talk about is Vessels. The series of contemporary sculpture works by artist Ofer Grunwald examined the relationship between spirituality and control when religious objects are placed in
Moran Kliger - Untitled In the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale, the exhibition What is Up What is Down examines man’s fascination with the relationship (or division) between Heaven and Earth. Curated by Gabi Yair and Bitya Rosenak, the artwork is a commentary on how man finds his place in this complex subject. There is sharp division,
L'emprissonement Alfred Manessier: Composer in Colors is a part of the current roster of travelling exhibitions from Bowden Collections. The collection includes twenty of Manessier’s lithographs, all of which give the impression that he really was a composer. The French artist’s work was labeled Lyrical Abstraction (Abstraction Lyrique) in the Post World War II art
Your journal is an interesting project. What inspired you to do this? “I love the metaphors shared between experiencing the growth of human life alongside the growth of a body of work. On the practical side, I wanted the discipline of a set of daily works to help me get working again after the challenges
In “A Cloud Took Him Out of Their Sight” shades of blue create a form that is rising. It is like a totem of light scattering the dark. The figure is soft, and its surroundings are jagged as the light is pulling him away from some deep blue place. The effect takes the viewer between—near
Refraction Phil Irish has continually explored spirituality and the human relationship with natural spaces since 2004. Mixed media, oil paint on panels, and digital elements in each of his exhibitions evolved into Trashing Mountains in 2014. This ongoing project conveys the immense presence of nature, as well as the weight and depth of its modification.
Made New Artist Brittany with her artwork The Made New Arts Initiative held it's first gallery show at Gallery Protocol in Gainesville Florida on June 9th. All of the work was created by you in the Ignite Refuge shelter, as well as young men in the Alachua County Juvenile Detention. Hilary White, fine artist, founder, and
