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Elena Rotenberg: Winner of the 2019 Osnat Mozes Painting Prize for a Young Artist
Elena Rotenberg is the winner of the 2019 Osnat Mozes Painting Prize, awarded annually in collaboration with the Jerusalem Artists鈥� House. The Prize was introduced in 2007. It includes a 10,000 NIS award and a solo exhibition at the Jerusalem Artists鈥� House. Rotenberg鈥檚 exhibition will open at the Jerusalem Artists鈥� House on September 7, 2019; the award ceremony will be held on October 27, 2019.
In their statement, the prize committee members鈥攁rtists Shai Azoulay, Miriam Cabessa, and Zoya Cherkassky鈥攏oted: Elena Rotenberg鈥檚 paintings arouse curiosity, attesting to painterly intelligence rife with 鈥渟treet knowledge鈥� and 鈥渟tudio wisdom.鈥� They call upon the viewer to draw nearer and linger on the elusive details comprising their subjects, which are simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar.
Rotenberg introduces an innovative, up-to-date painterly language originating in graffiti and snapshots such as those readily available and easily disseminated in the social media. As in photography, she edits and manipulates the painted image, which thus becomes dynamic, while also harnessing its built-in flaws, such as masking, blurring, and lack of focus. Using airbrush as her painting technique, Rotenberg transforms these shortcomings into a sophisticated language which infuses the painting on canvas with street qualities.
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Elena Rotenberg is the winner of the 2019 Osnat Mozes Painting Prize, awarded annually in collaboration with the Jerusalem Artists鈥� House. The Prize was introduced in 2007. It includes a 10,000 NIS award and a solo exhibition at the Jerusalem Artists鈥� House. Rotenberg鈥檚 exhibition will open at the Jerusalem Artists鈥� House on September 7, 2019; the award ceremony will be held on October 27, 2019.
In their statement, the prize committee members鈥攁rtists Shai Azoulay, Miriam Cabessa, and Zoya Cherkassky鈥攏oted: Elena Rotenberg鈥檚 paintings arouse curiosity, attesting to painterly intelligence rife with 鈥渟treet knowledge鈥� and 鈥渟tudio wisdom.鈥� They call upon the viewer to draw nearer and linger on the elusive details comprising their subjects, which are simultaneously familiar and unfamiliar.
Rotenberg introduces an innovative, up-to-date painterly language originating in graffiti and snapshots such as those readily available and easily disseminated in the social media. As in photography, she edits and manipulates the painted image, which thus becomes dynamic, while also harnessing its built-in flaws, such as masking, blurring, and lack of focus. Using airbrush as her painting technique, Rotenberg transforms these shortcomings into a sophisticated language which infuses the painting on canvas with street qualities.
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