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Artist Statement:
I remember myself drawing and
painting from a very early age
and was always fascinated by
the peculiarities and
intricacies of shapes, forms
and colors.
This fascination still
persists to this day with an
added interest in the inner
meaning of those shapes.
I am striving in my art to
find the delicate balance
between the abstract and the
concrete, infusing the
realistic appearance of things
with a deep feeling of the
sublime.
There is an inner sound in
every form that comes forwards
within the interplay of
textures, lines and colors.
For me the act of painting is
listening to this inner sound
by giving it specific shape,
meaning and direction.
The stillness of the Zen
gardens, the volumetric
sensuality of Mesopotamian
jars, the elegance of human
forms are some of the examples
of the sources of my
inspiration.
In the world of art I am
inspired by artists like
Rothko, Morandi, Giacometti
and Brancusi.
They are my true mentors and
constant companions from whom
I can always draw advice and
consolation.
During the process of making
my art, when I am alone with
my canvas, there is a point of
stillness that rotates in a
counter direction to ...
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Meir Natif Biography:
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Education
1970-72 Bat-Yam institute of Fine Arts, Bat-Yam.
1977-80 Avni Institute of Fine Arts, Tel-Aviv.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2004 Route 1990-2003, Ashdod museum, Ashdod.
2003 The Glass Grail, SeeMann Contemporary art Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
2001 Jars,Art space, Yavne.
2000 Jars, Municipal Art Gallery, Rehovot.(Catalog
1994 Arsuf Gallery, Rishpon.
1993 States of the Soul, Israel Museum, Jerusalem.(Catalog)
1990 Tirosh Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 Strata of Memory, Artists' House Tel-Aviv.(Catalog)
2006 Flowers, Engel Gallery, Tel-Aviv. 2004 Drawing - old & new, the Municipal Art Gallery, Raanana.(Catalog)
2003 Partitions, Engel Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
2002 Lying within the skin, the Israel Forum of Art Museums, Kiryat
Tivon Memorial Center Art Gallery, Municipal Art Gallery Kfar Saba. (Catalog)
1999 Salon d'Automne, Paris.
1997 Receptacles of Spirit, Contemporary Art at Daphna Naor’s
Gallery, Jerusalem.
1996 So Near So Far - Eastern Winds in Israeli Art, the Israel Forum of
Art Museums, Bat-Yam Museum, Kibbutz Hazorea Museum, Arad
Museum, Rehovot Municipal Art Gallery, Ashdod Museum.(Catalog)
1995 Receptacles of Spirit, Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, New-York. (Catalog)Gallery Artists, Arsuf Gallery, Rishpon.Image Magazine for Literature Art Critic and Jewish Culture.
1994 Dialog, Bad Kissingen, Germany.
Israeli art, Tüyap, Istanbul.
Contemporary Art at Daphna Naor’s Gallery, Jerusalem.
Water Towers in Israel, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv University Tel-Aviv.(Catalog)
1993 Receptacle and Content, Artists’ House, Jerusalem;Bat-Yam Museum. (Catalog)
1991 Works in Paper, Municipal Art Gallery, Kfar-Saba.
The secret of colorful contraction, Omanut La’am, Rehovot Municipal Art Gallery, Petach-Tikva Museum, Omanut Laam.(Catalog)
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