Dor Guez

Letters from the Greater Maghreb #1 (8), 202136 x 89.8cm12000 EUR

Details

MaterialGalleryLocation

archival inkjet printDvir GalleryTel Aviv

Description

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This striking contemporary artwork features a symmetrical composition of bold, ethereal brushstrokes in shades of blue and white. The fluid, organic shapes and patterns evoke a sense of movement and natural forms, almost resembling a mirrored landscape or seascape. The artist's expressive, gestural technique lends the piece a dreamlike, abstract quality, inviting the viewer to engage with the multilayered visual narrative. While the specific subject matter remains ambiguous, the artwork suggests a contemplative exploration of themes such as duality, fluidity, and the interplay between the material and the ephemeral. ...

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Artist

Dor Guez

, Israeli

Dor Guez is an artist and scholar who was born to a famliy mixed of Palestinian and Jewish immigrants from North Africa. He uses photography and video to examine his complex heritage as a descendant of both Arab Christians and Jewish Holocaust survivors, and examines questions of identity in relation to the formation of modern Israel. Examples of this in his practice include a set of films featuring his Christian Arab family members discussing their place in Israeli society and a series of photographs of the town of Lod, which was historically a Christian-Arab village before it was taken over by Israel. For the past two decades, his research and art have centered around archival materials and photographs from the Middle East and North Africa, as well as examining the impact of violence on the landscape. Guez is interested in interrogating personal experiences and official accounts of the past and aims to complicate the dominant narrative of official history by sharing the perspectives of marginalized communities, attempting to re-contextualize visual and written documents in order to uncover hidden histories. ...

Dor Guez: Artworks

Dor GuezLetters from the Greater Maghreb #1 (8), 202112000 EUR

Dor GuezLetters from the Greater Maghreb #1 (7), 202110000 EUR

Dor GuezLetters from the Greater Maghreb #1 (5), 20216000 EUR

Dor GuezLetters from the Greater Maghreb #2 #1, 202110000 EUR

Dor GuezLetters from the Greater Maghreb #2 #8, 202110000 EUR

Dor GuezLetters from the Greater Maghreb #2 #5, 202110000 EUR

Dor GuezLilies of the field #3, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, 20206000 EUR

Dor GuezLilies of the field #3, Tiberias from the Lake, 20206000 EUR

Dor GuezLilies of the Field #4, Grotto of the Nativity, 202021500 EUR

Dor GuezScanograms #1: Georgette Monayer, Samira's older sister, with a friend behind holding her, Jaffa, 1938, 20107000 EUR

Dor GuezScanograms #1: Samira and Jacob's wedding, Lod Ghetto, 1949, 20107000 EUR

Dor GuezScanograms #1: Samira in her wedding gown, the first Christian wedding in Lod after 1948, 20107000 EUR

Gallery

Dvir Gallery

Tel Aviv, Brussels, Paris

Dvir Gallery was founded in 1982 by Dvir Intrator to introduce cutting-edge contemporary Israeli artists. In 1994 the gallery broadened its’ representation to include international artists such as Miroslaw Balka, Marianne Berenhaut, Douglas Gordon, Latifa Echakhch, and Lawrence Weiner in its’ program. In 2013, Dvir Gallery combined its’ 3 separate spaces into a 5-story building, the first of its’ kind in Tel Aviv. In 2016, the gallery opened its first gateway to Europe with a branch in Brussels, which strengthen and developed the existing relationship with the international artistic community. Earlier this year, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the gallery opened a space in Paris, in the heart of the historical Marais District, emphasizing the special ties and connection the gallery has had, since its beginnings, with the French cultural milieu, collaborating with artists, institutions and private collections. ...