Adi Nes
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Life and career
Adi Nes was born in Kiryat Gat. His parents are Jewish immigrants from Iran.[3][4] He is openly gay.[5] Nes studied photography at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 1989 to 1992.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Nes' series "Soldiers" mixes masculinity and homoerotic sexuality, depicting Israeli soldiers in a fragile way.[6]
Nes' "The Last Supper" recalls Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, replacing the characters with young male Israeli soldiers.[7] A print sold at auction in Sotheby's for $102,000 in 2005,[8]Template:Better source needed and another for $264,000 in 2007.[9]
Nes' early work has been characterized as subverting the stereotype of the masculine Israeli man by using homoeroticism and sleeping, vulnerable figures.[10] He regularly uses dark-skinned Israeli models.[11] The models' poses often evoke the Baroque period. Nes has said that the inspiration for his photography is partially autobiographical:
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My staged photographs are oversized and often recall well-known scenes from Art History and Western Civilization combined with personal experiences based on my life as a gay youth growing up in a small town on the periphery of Israeli society.
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Nes lives and works in a small town at the north of Tel Aviv, he and his partner have four surrogate children.[3] His work is currently sold through Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City and Praz-Delavallade in Paris and Los Angeles.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In January 2007, he premiered a new series echoing Biblical stories.[13]
Solo exhibitions
- Between Promise and Possibility: The Photographs of Adi Nes, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 2004[2]
- Biblical Stories, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, 2008[1]
Awards and prizes
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- 1993: Ministry of Education Council for Prize for Completion of Work, Ministry of Culture and Education
- 1999: The Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Prize, The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
- 2000: Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, The Israeli Art Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
- 2003: The Constantiner Photographer Award for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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- 2013: Culture & Sport Minister's Prize for Artists in the Visual Arts[16]
Gallery
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Untitled, from series "Soldiers", 90 x 90 / 140 x 140 cm., 1995.
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Untitled, from series "Soldiers", 90 x 90 / 140 x 140 cm., 1998.
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Untitled (The Last Supper), from series "Soldiers", 90 x 148 / 185 x 235, 1999.
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Untitled, from series "Boys", 100 x 100 / 140 x 140 cm., 2000.
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Untitled, from series "Boys", 100 x 100 / 140 x 140 cm., 2000.
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Untitled (Narcissus), from series "Boys", 100 x 100 / 140 x 140 cm., 2000.
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Untitled, from series "Prisoners", 60 x 82 / 90 x 123 cm., 2003.
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Untitled (Joseph), from series "Biblical Stories", 100 x 100 / 140 x 140 cm., 2004.
References
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- ↑ 'Real Time' at Israel Museum: Artists Absorb Their Country's Heritage, and Move On - New York Times
- ↑ Sothebys' (Requires free registration) Includes commentary on the piece.
- ↑ Bloomberg.com
- ↑ Hamlin, Jesse, Adi Nes uses classical composition to portray Israeli soldiers, SF Gate, April 22, 2004.
- ↑ Somkze, Catherine, Meeting with Adi Nes / Biblical Stories, Eyemazing, February 2006.
- ↑ Adi Nes Template:Webarchive on the Israel Center in San Francisco.
- ↑ Schalit, Joel, Portrait of the Artist as Political Philosopher, Tikkun.org, July/August 2006.
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General references
- Gal, Nissim1. 2010. "The Language of the Poor: Bible Stories as a Critical Narrative of the Present." Images: Journal of Jewish Art & Visual Culture 4, no. 1: 82-108. Art & Architecture Source, March 27, 2017.