Israeli Artist Drew Tal – Silent Worlds May 11 through July 5, 2017 Opening Reception Friday, May 12, 5-7pm Israeli artist Drew Tal was born into the rich cultural melting pot of the Middle East in the 1960s. He grew up as an artist-anthropologist, soaking in the diversity of languages, cultural traditions, and textures of the Middle East at that time. Tal is known for his sensitive depictions of people from cultures other than his own, such as Muslim women and Asian children. “Surrounded with such a colorful collage of ethnicities, languages, nationalities, cultures and religions made me realize from an early age that the world beyond me was a rich and complex place. This revelation opened my eyes to the exotic, and made me extremely curious about people and their religions, customs, costumes and histories.” – Drew Tal Tal’s work explores ideas of beauty and identity. With his layering of texture and pattern over his photographs, he creates a medium which is somewhere between a photograph and a painting. Additional meaning is layered into his pieces by his choices of texture and pattern, giving them a strong sense of identity and continuity. Tal’s large scale, dramatic close-up portraits confront the viewer with a penetrating gaze. Clear eyes emerge through veils of vegetal arabesque pattern or from crackled porcelain faces with quiet strength and surety. The work is profoundly emotive. There is neutrality in Tal’s presentation, yet the subject seems to challenge the viewer to reexamine their bias, while the purity and orderliness of the infinite patterns evoke a sense of transcendent beauty. His artistic iconography speaks quietly and subtly of the beauty of diversity in modern global society. Never blatant, always respectful, Tal guides us on a visual tour of humanity.
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Drew Tal Lament Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 54 x 38" finished size $6500 finished size 2/10 2013 vertical 23392
Drew Tal Three Pearls Vibrachrome print on aluminum 54 x 37" finished size $7000 finished size 3/10 2017 23399
Drew Tal Tell No One Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 40 x 32" finished size $7900 finished size 4/7 2013 vertical 22709
Drew Tal Day Dream Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 45 x 30" finished size $7900 finished size 2/7 2013 vertical 22710
Drew Tal Regret Vibrachrome print on aluminum 54 x 37" finished size $9000 finished size 1/7 2017 vertical 23400
Drew Tal Farewell Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 31 x 45" finished size $8900 finished size 2/7 2016 horizontal 23405
Drew Tal Bliss fine art metallic print mounted on aluminum 44.5 x 38" finished size $7000 finished size 1/7 2000 vertical 19005
Drew Tal Within Luster fine art print mounted on aluminum 39 x 39" finished size $10000 finished size 2/7 2003 square 19337
Drew Tal Passed Life fine art metallic print mounted on aluminum 45.5 x 35 finished size $5000 finished size 1/7 2008 vertical 20002
Drew Tal FaceBook (of Tao) fine art metallic print mounted on aluminum 40 x 33" finished size $7000 finished size 1/7 2009 vertical 23113
Drew Tal Portraits of Dignity (Male) Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 40 x 24.5" finished size $7500 finished size 1/10 2013 vertical 22713
Drew Tal Portraits of Dignity (Female) Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 40 x 24.5" finished size $7500 finished size 1/10 2013 vertical 22714
Drew Tal Empire (Female) Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 52 x 23.5" finished size $10000 finished size 1/7 2016 vertical 22716
Drew Tal Empire (Male) Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 52 x 23.5" finished size $10000 finished size 1/7 2016 vertical 22717
Drew Tal Secret Windows (Male) Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 40 x 24.75" finished size $7500 finished size 1/10 2015 vertical 22695
Drew Tal Secret Windows (Female) Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 40 x 24.75" finished size $7500 finished size 1/10 2015 vertical 22696
Drew Tal Royalty in Waiting (Male) Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 40 x 27.25" finished size $7750 finished size 3/10 2015 vertical 23401
Drew Tal Royalty in Waiting (Female) Duraflex fine art archival paper mounted between aluminum and clear plexiglass 40 x 27.25" finished size $7750 finished size 3/10 2015 vertical 23402
Drew Tal Monarchy-Male Vibrachrome print on aluminum 48 x 48" finished size $8500 finished size ed. 7 2017 23355
Drew Tal Monarchy-Female Vibrachrome print on aluminum 48 x 48" finished size $8500 finished size ed. 7 2017 23356
Drew Tal Princess Song Vibrachrome print on aluminum 48 x 48" unframed $8500 unframed ed. 7 2017 23325