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Vered GERSZTENKORN \/ \u00a9 manu.gersztenkorn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vered GERSZTENKORN is an Israeli artist. Her approach, close to children’s drawing, allows her to ensure that her paintings reflect her vision of the world, full of spontaneity, irony, humor, sometimes with a critical eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This mode of expression is above all an artistic choice and a refusal of conventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You live and work in Tel Aviv ? Are you originally from this city ? Why did you choose this city ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used to live in Tel Aviv between 1987 and 1999 but now I live and work in Beit-Elazari, the village where I grew up, but it’s actually only half an hour from Tel-Aviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The art scene in Tel Aviv is very much alive. Many galleries, art fairs, street art and a lot of artists who seek for exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a great city but became very expansive unaffordable for me and I’m afraid. Eventually I need the closeness to nature and the peace of mind I have where I am now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vered in her studio \/ \u00a9 manu.gersztenkorn <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When did you first become interested in painting ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since a very young age, I have always drowned to colors. Basically I’ve always painted, but in my late 20th<\/sup> I gave painting much more importance and focus, and it quickly became my whole life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did your parents encourage you? How was your childhood, was it steeped in art?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My parents were farmers and I was growing up in a small village, surrounded by chattels and all kinds of animals and a lot to take care of almost all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think there was hardly a space for \u00ab\u00a0Leisure culture\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I must say they were never in my way, whatever I turned to. They knew I was talented but didn’t knew exactly how to approach it, until I was noticed by our neighbor who bought me some art stuff including art magazines that were showing how to draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I loved it and I remember I was drawing all the images. Later on in my teens, my parents sent me to an art teacher who gave group lessons and I first learned how to use oil colors, painting Still-Life and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At home I painted whenever I had the time. I used to go to book shops looking for art books and piked the ones that appealed to me, among them Modigliani and Toulouse Lautrec…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually I also copied some of their works, which was a way for me to learn and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View of the studio \/ \u00a9 vered,gersztenkorn <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Did you take any art education ? An art school ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was 21, I applied to Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem and was denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back I can see that mentally I wasn’t ready, but that didn’t stop me from continuing to paint and finding my own path. I am basically self-taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have any artists that have influenced you ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My biggest influence in Abstract is Israeli painter Lea Nikel (1918-2005) whom I also had the honor to meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love artists that share childlike freedom of expression and rebellious like Jean Dubuffet, Jean Michel Basquiat, the COBRA group, Art Brut, Art Singulier and many others\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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acrylics on wood 60 x 60 cm \/ \u00a9 vered,gersztenkorn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Who is Lea Nikel ? How did you know him ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lea Nikel is an artist woman. When I was living in Tel-Aviv, I saw a very large, beautiful abstract painting in a lobby of a hotel, near the beach. It struck me and of course I wanted to know who this artist was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lea Nikel is consider in Israel  the first lady of abstract and for many years my work was influenced by hers. What I realized later on is that she lives in the village next to mine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the left : acrylic on canvas 150 x 120 cm – On the right : acrylic on canvas 80 x 80 cm \/ \u00a9 vered,gersztenkorn <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I contacted her and after one or two conversations on the phone I came to visit her one day by surprise. She invited me to go up to her studio and we talked for about an hour. I’ll never forget that inspiring meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2003 I had a solo exhibition in a space not far from where she was living and I invited her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She saw my work for the first time and really encouraged me. It was my first show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Jean Dubuffet, how did you come to know his work ? Was he known in Israel ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, he is known all over the world and in Israel too of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t really remember when I first got familiar with his work, I think it was somewhere around 2002 in Paris when I was working with a Parisian gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Acrylic on wood – 30x 30 cm \/ \u00a9 vered,gersztenkorn
Bologna Jewish Museum (Italy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Regarding your technique, what medium do you use?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I usually use acrylics, they match the way I like to work, lots of layers and quick moves. I like to paint on canvas, on wood panels and on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n