The Return Of Paper / Reflections On Drawing – Traces VI

The 6th Biennale for Drawing in Israel, held under the auspices of and produced by the Jerusalem Artists’ House, has established its status as a unique and comprehensive artistic enterprise since 2001. Like previous editions, Traces VI is held at the Jerusalem Artists’ House and several other venues in the city center (Ticho House, The Jerusalem Print Workshop, Agripas 12 Gallery, and Barbur Gallery), which together unfold the state of drawing in Israel and various aspects associated with it. The scores of participating artists and hundreds of featured works, as well as the diverse spectrum of styles, techniques, media, and themes, come
together to form a grand artistic celebration, attesting to the status of drawing as a central, current medium.

Like all previous editions of Traces, the current exhibition sets out to map contemporary practice in the field of drawing in Israel; to outline directions and inclinations, while emphasizing the conceptual and thematic transformations that occurred in this dynamic— traditional, yet constantly renewing—medium in recent years; and to sustain a dialogue with the previous biennials.

Approximately 700 artists responded to the public appeal to participate in the Biennale, and most of the 83 participating artists were selected from among these.

The previous biennale, Traces V, focused on the line, detached from its natural, traditional ground—the paper. The current biennale, Traces VI – The Return of Paper/ Reflections on Drawing, turns the spotlight to paper as a surface and a substance, while elaborating on the relationship between surface and image, between any surface and the act of drawing.

Gershuni’s early 1970s work, The Paper is White on the Outside, but Inside it is Black, serves as a point of departure for discussion of the intricate relations between the paper’s flatness and its depth, between the surface and its interior, between content and form. Traces VI sets out to initiate a dialogue, both direct and indirect, between Gershuni’s perception of drawing and the artists participating in the Biennale exhibitions. It oscillates between the real space and the imaginary space, while addressing the interrelations between the paper surface and that which lies beyond it. In between these two poles, using a variety of artistic practices, paper appears not only as a material, a flat platform, but also as a space of creative thinking, which is confronted with other materials and media, as an expression of personal and artistic conflicts.

Invisible lines tie several past artists, whose drawing practice and approach to paper have set precedents, to contemporary practitioners of the field. The exhibitions at the Jerusalem Artists’ House and other venues feature 83 artists of different generations who work in a variety of styles and techniques. The catalogue accompanying Traces VI surveys the works of the participating artists, accompanied by curatorial texts.

Participating Artists:
Jerusalem Artists’ House
Chief curators: Edna Moshenson, Sally Haftel Naveh

Naama Arad, Anisa Ashkar, Gili Avissar, Michal Baror,Milly Barzellai,Dror-Ben Ami, Matan Ben-Tolila, Deganit Berest, Eliya Cohen,Nurit David, Maayan Elyakim, Moshe Gershuni,Hadas Hassid, Eshchar Hanoch Kliengbiel, Jonathan Hirschfeld, Hanani Horovitz, Noga Inbar, Erez Israeli, Vik J F, Talia Keinan,Moran Kliger, Dana Levy, Tamar Lewinsohn, Harel Luz, Hadar Pery, Eli Petel, Elham Rokni, Hillel Roman, Amir Rosenberg, Tomer Rosenthal,David Russo, Ariel Schlesinger, Gil Shachar,Marina Siper, Hilla Toony Navok, Lihi Turjeman, Avi Sabah, Noga Shatz, Samah Shihadi,Micha Ullman, Shahar Yahalom, Yonatan Zofy, Alexandra Zuckerman

Sun. – Thur. 10:00-13:00, 16:00-19:00
Fri. 10:00-13:00
Sat. 11:00-14:00

www.art.org.il

Agripas 12
Curators: Max Epstein, Oded Zaidel

Nadia Adina Rose, Ruti de Vries, Lali Fruheling, Meital Katz-Minerbo, Revital Lessick, Alejandra Okret, Rina Peled, Rona Perlman, Tamar Sheaffer, Oded Zaidel

Opening hours:
Mon. – Thurs.: 16:30-19:30
Fri.-Sat.: 11:00-14:00

www.agripas12gallery.com

Ticho House
Curator: Timna Seligman

Roey Heifetz

Opening hours:
Sun. – Tues., Thurs.: 10:00-17:00
Wed. 10:00-22:00
Fri. 10:00-14:00

www.imjnet.org.il/page_2180

Barbur
Curators: Masha Zusman, Sally Haftel Naveh

Maya Aruch, Michal Bachi, Roy Efrat, Sharon Fadida, Yasmin Hassidim, Gabriella Klein, Lihi Nidiz, Malki Tesler, Carien Yatsiv, Shai Yehezkelli, Reuven Zahavi

Opening hours:
Mon. – Thurs.: 16:00-20:00
Fri. 11:00-14:00

www.barbur.org

Jerusalem Print Workshop
Curator: Irena Gordon

Einat Amir, Andi Arnovitz, Maya Attoun, Halil Balabin and Merav Kamel,
Yoram Blumenkrantz, Adi Brande, Nomi Bruckmann, Eitan Buganim, Avital Cnaani, Mia Gourvitch, Ilana Hamawi,Yaron Lapid, Maya Israel, Yitzhak Marecha, Iddo Markus, Zvi Tolkovsky, Shay Zilberman

Opening hours:
Sun.-Thurs. 8:00-15:00
Fri. By previous coordination

www.jerusalemprintworkshop.org

Events
A Journey through Traces VI: Wed., 28 Dec. 2016

Meetings with the Curators

13:00–13:45 – Jerusalem Artists’ House: Gallery talk with Biennale Chief Curators,
Edna Moshenson and Sally Haftel Naveh
14:15–14:45 – Barbur Gallery: Gallery talk with curators Masha Zusman and Sally Haftel Naveh
15:00–15:30 – Agripas 12 Gallery: Gallery talk with curators Max Epstein and Oded Zaidel
15:30–16:30 – Intermission
16:30–17:00 – Jerusalem Print Workshop: Gallery talk with curator Irena Gordon
17:30–18:15 – Ticho House: Gallery talk with curator Timna Seligman

Additional meetings during Biennale month:

Jerusalem Artists’ House
Gallery talks with Biennale Chief Curators,
Edna Moshenson and Sally Haftel Naveh, and artists

Sat., 9 Dec. 2016, 12:00 noon
Fri., 13 Jan. 2017, 11:30
Sat., 4 Feb. 2017, 12:00

Ticho House
Gallery talk with Timna Seligman, curator of the exhibition

Wed., 30 Nov. 2016, 19:00
Wed., 21 Dec. 2016, 19:00

Jerusalem Print Workshop
Gallery talk with Irena Gordon, curator of the exhibition

Wed., 25 Jan. 2017, 19:00

Barbur Gallery
Gallery talk with Masha Zusman and Sally Haftel Naveh, curators of the exhibition

Mon., 9 Jan. 2017, 19:30
Thurs., 9 Feb. 2017, 19:30

Agripas 12 Gallery
Gallery talk with Max Epstein and Oded Zaidel, curators of the exhibition

Fri., 9 Dec. 2016, 13:00
Fri., 20 Jan. 2017, 13:00