Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair will take place between April 26 - 30, 2018 at the Tel Aviv Convention Center.
With the support of RCI Tel Aviv, SABOT Gallery from Cluj – Romania will participate in the international exhibition program with works by contemporary artists such as Radu Comșa, Răzvan Botiș and Alexandra Zuckermann.
Daria Dumitrescu, curator and director of SABOT Gallery, and artist Radu Comșa will be present at the national stand, where they will offer information about Romanian contemporary art scene and new trends in Romanian art.
Opening Hours
Thursday, April 26, 20:30 – 22:00
Friday, April 27, 10:00 – 18:00
Saturday, April 28, 10:00 – 21:00
Sunday, April 29, 17:00 – 22:00
Monday, April 30, 17:00 – 22:00
Last admission 30
minutes before closing
Tickets and complete program: http://www.freshpaint.co.il/en
Map: http://www.freshpaint.co.il/en/art-fair/map
Also, at RCI Tel Aviv there will be presented, between April 25 – May 3, 2018, at 10:00-16:00, an exhibition of 3 video works from Sabot Gallery: “Modernist study for bust” (2011, 11:26 min.) by Radu Comșa, “Tears are Precious” (2007, 02:55 min.) by Alex Mirutziu and “Impulse” (2013, 05:16 min.) by Răzvan Botiș. The works will be showcased courtesy of the artists and SABOT Gallery.
About the SABOT Gallery exhibition at Fresh Paint 10 – Let’s forget about hyper-conceptual, dematerialized art for a bit and have a look at these three artists for whom craft, traditional technique and old-school skills are the only means to stay “cool” in a fashion-driven art world.
The dialogue Răzvan Botiș stages in his recent ceramic works requires a nuanced understanding of the labor and craftsmanship – qualities replaced by the cult of concept nowadays – which also signals to the marginalized condition of the ceramic medium, of the eighties’ artist and of the provincial alike, all of which require a discursive reinstatement. (Diana Marincu)
It’s in reading and not in seeing that Radu Comșa’s works are most potent. He consciously embraces a purist way of layering paint on the canvas as he mixes the four true colors according to the principles of Leon Battista Alberti. The content is in the artist’s own proportions, and also in the chair on which he sits or the table he works at, in the way light penetrates all these. (Alex Mirutziu)
Alexandra Zuckerman’s slowly developed and detailed drawings create an imaginative world which is grounded in childhood memories of Russian dachas, Eastern European illustrations and folk art. They encapsulate the artist’s desire to look at tradition, folklore and applied arts as prime materials for the creation of a unique and dreamful universe. (Zane Onckule)
Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fairis Israel’s largest, most influential annual art event. The fair is held each year in a surprising, new location in Tel Aviv – the beating heart of the Israeli cultural world, and attracts over 30,000 visitors. The fair brings together leading Israeli galleries and significant forces of the Israeli art scene, collaborates with all the Israeli museums, and enjoys the support of leading international art institutions. The fair’s visitors enjoy presentations of the nation’s top galleries, promising emerging galleries and the unique Greenhouse - showcasing the works of select, independent Israeli artists. While following the formula of professional art fairs around the world, Fresh Paint is unique in its role as a launch pad for the careers of up-and-coming, unrepresented artists.
