Gili Avissar's final show
IN MY GRANDMA'S CLOSET
August 19 - September 4, 2011
opening reception: Thursday, August 18 at 8pm
artist talk: Sunday, August 28 at 5pm
Kunstverein Leipzig, Kolonnadenstr. 6, D-04109 Leipzig www.kunstvereinleipzig.de
opening hours: THU-FRI 4-8pm, SAT-SUN 2-6pm, studio visits by appointment.
Einladung: Gili Avissar - In My Grandma's Closet
Come and celebrate with us!
Saturday, July 9
starting at 10pm
H3, inner-city Leipzig
with the DJs
Math + Freeze (Sosoul)
Them Odyssey (Ortloff)
Lux (Palette 700)
introductory show and open studio with Gili Avissar
June 17 - 26, 2011
opening and welcoming of the artist: Thursday, June 16, 8pm
opening hours: THU-FRI 4-8pm, SAT-SUN 2-6pm, furhter visits by appointment.
invitation card
We have the pleasure to welcome our new artist: Gili Avissar from Tel Aviv/Israel! He starts his stay in Leipzig with an introductory show and open studio days, in which he gives insights into his artistic production while presenting his latest works with a selection of his video animations, drawings and an artefact of one of his sculptures.
Gili Avissar's debut show, installation views Künstlerresidenz BLUMEN,
images/copyright: Gili Avissar/BLUMEN
JUNE - AUGUST 2011
Gili Avissar, born 1980 in Haifa/Israel, studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem (1999-2009) and Glasgow School of Art/UK (2003). He received scholarships from the Israel Cultural Foundation (2009), the Kunststiftung NRW within the Dusseldorf Residency Program as well as the Goethe Institute/Artist Studios TLV and the Gabinovich Art Foundation Support, Tel Aviv (2010). Since 2007 his works are internationally presented and were shown in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Peking, Taipei and Haifa among others.
Today the artist is based in Tel Aviv.
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Horse House Hat, video and sculpture installation, mixed media, 2008 Moon Mask, sculpture
/drawing, mixed media, 2007-2009 © Gili Avissar
British Star Found Dead in Paris, video and sculpture installation, mixed media, 2009 Gizella, installation, handmade puppets, metal cart and wood, 2003-2010 © Gili Avissar
All images by Elad Sarig.
Nazi Wolf, sculpture and video animation, fabric, wood and colour, 2010 © Gili Avissar
The Circus from Gili Avissar on Vimeo.
Continuous Project, parking lot installation, 2008.