ommer Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the group exhibition Lobby, featuring artists: Naama Arad, Lior Ophir, and Tchelet Ram. Lobby is part of a series of exhibitions that have taken place at gallery for the past three years. In each exhibition from the series, three artists were displayed in a common space (The Invisible Snake Show, 2008: Michal Helfman, Sharon Yaari, and Itzik Livneh; Fixed Variable, 2010: Haim Elmoznino, Tamar Harpaz, Lior Waterman; and Adequate, 2011: Michaela Eichwald, David Lieske, Nick Mauss). The se... Read more

ommer Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the group exhibition Lobby, featuring artists: Naama Arad, Lior Ophir, and Tchelet Ram. Lobby is part of a series of exhibitions that have taken place at gallery for the past three years. In each exhibition from the series, three artists were displayed in a common space (The Invisible Snake Show, 2008: Michal Helfman, Sharon Yaari, and Itzik Livneh; Fixed Variable, 2010: Haim Elmoznino, Tamar Harpaz, Lior Waterman; and Adequate, 2011: Michaela Eichwald, David Lieske, Nick Mauss). The series intends to expose the process of art making, to allow the spectator to look inwards at the backbone of production, and to provide an updated view of what is being created here and now. The installation of different works shown side by side expose and investigate qualities and nuances of the artists work, while at the same time it emphasizes different dialogues that are possible between generations, themes, and styles. In addition, from a wider point of view, the series introduces questions regarding contemporary art trends as well as the choice of certain important landmarks in the history of art, finding the importance of material while revealing its unique qualities and a continued examination of its boundaries and limits.

The current exhibition includes three artists who have recently graduated from Bezalel Art Academy. The name Lobby refers to a passageway or waiting area that serves as junction between an exterior and interior space. This is a place that introduces guests into the main area where you are often confronted with disjointed and ephemeral interactions. At the same time, the name brings the artists together (maybe ironically) as a collective with a common agenda. The three artists create independently using different visual languages, but it is evident that they are all coming from a similar origin, deliberately grounded on what was left by their predecessors- whether these are artistic traditions, cultural icons, or the political and social framework from which they work in. The artists mediate cultural differences and defy constructed hierarchies each in their own way.