Ozeri’s dramatic rock ‘n’ roll images, mix reality and fantasy in one fell swoop. Shooting anyone from real women to rock star’s daughters, his work always shows them surrounded by nature. He shoots women on set, then returns to the studio to paint from the photographs. Ozeri told the Newfound Journal that when he’s shooting he’s looking for “her first interaction with her setting. Her initial timidness, embarrassment, her openness… ” Ozeri is represented by Zemack Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv.
Read MoreHouston-based painter Kevin Peterson and internationally recognized artist Yigal Ozeri round out the show. Like Zener's, Ozeri's paintings involve aquatic settings but have an entirely different feel. Zener's works, particularly the ones here of women floating in pools while wearing long, billowing dresses, have a dreamy, buoyant quality. Ozeri also paints women in water, but his paintings are set in natural surroundings involving boulders or lush vegetation. Though none are on view at Tinney, many of his series are of nudes.
Read MoreNo question: We love the work of Yigal Ozeri. So much so that the artist will be in a book we are curating at the moment that will make its way onto bookshelves by late 2014. The New York-based, israeli born artist is the ultimate double-take artist. Is it a photo? Is it a painting? His paintings are better than most photos!
Read MoreWe had to look twice to really believe that these images by Yigal Ozeriare not photographed but painted. The New York City based Israeli artist creates mesmerizing large-scale cinematic portraits of young women in vast transcending landscapes. While the level of photo detail that he manages to achieve is truly staggering, he takes us with him into a world that blends reality and fantasy with a thousand tiny brushstrokes.
Read MoreNew York-based Israeli artist YIGAL OZERI, born in 1985, is known for his cinematic portraits of young women against a vast landscape. Thousands of tiny brushstrokes capture the moment like a photograph, and his true painting comes to life with a clear beauty. As a result, it draws what you see in the world of fairy tales between real and fantasyHis work has been widely exhibited all over the world, including Bologna, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Toronto, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, France, Denmark and Munich, but unfortunately it seems that he hasn't come to Japan yet, so by all means in Japan as well. I want to see.
Read MoreIsraeli artist Yigal Ozeri prefers Kodak moments rendered the old school way: on paint and paper. But a far cry from the oil portraits of yore, Ozeri’s creations are incredibly realistic and have (intended of not) an Instagram feel. He masterfully renders every contour and shadow, every sunspot and strand of windswept hair, so that it's almost impossible to tell that you’re not looking at photos. Each portrait scrupulously captures every last detail of the landscapes and the women who inhabit them. Ozeri doesn’t make his women pose for hours at a time. Instead, he photographs his subjects and crafts his ethereal hyperrealistic images from the images.
Read MoreGlance at a Yigal Ozeri work, and you'll think you're staring at a super chic Instagram account. The Israeli artist has a knack for creating a portrait of cinematic scale, capturing ethereal women who'd seem more at home in some distant, cosmic utopia. The twist? What appear to be photographs are actually paintings, carefully constructed works of art that elevate the hyperreal genre to new heights.
Read MoreTel Aviv-born, New York-based painter Yigal Ozeri produces unbelievably realistic paintings of women in beautiful landscapes that make it hard to believe that they aren't photographs. The photorealistic pieces, which often depict women lying in nature, capture every detail of the scene, from the wispy, flyaway hairs on the subject's head and the ruffles in her blouse to the reflective ripples of water around her.
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