LOT 123
| Technique | Photography |
| Size | 127 x 100 cm |
| Availability | Available |
| Donation | 70% |
The "Village" series, from which this photograph is taken, is a body of staged images by Adi Nes, depicting a village from the days when Labor Movement values were part of an emerging Zionist dream. Ambiguous in its identity -neither distinctly a moshav nor a kibbutz- the village harbors a small community living in a charged atmosphere. As in his previous work, Nes explores Israeli identity, masculinity, myths, militancy, and humanity. These themes are intensified by the setting - a quintessentially Israeli way of life that seems to have lost its way, and perhaps we along with it. Chillingly, the tragedy Nes wove into these images years prior became a reality on October 7th.
For further information: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/dec/12/adi-nes-best-photograph
About Adi Nes
Adi Nes (born 1966, Kiryat Gat, Israel), is one of Israel's most prominent photographers. Since his graduation from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (1992), his works have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad, achieving great recognition and success.
Nes's body of work includes five main series to date: Soldiers, Boys, Prisoners, Biblical Stories and The Village.
His creations have won Nes various prestigious awards, including the Anglo-Israeli Photographic award (1993), the Education, Culture & Sport Minister's Prize for Artists in the Vsual Arts (1999), the Gottesdiener Foundation Israeli Art Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2000), and the Constantiner Prize for Photography (2003), Culture Minister's Prize for Artists in the Visual Arts (2013). His photographs have been acquired by many of the most celebrated public and private art collections, and have been sold successfully in international art auctions.
Nes's large scale and multi-layered color photographs, executed with meticulous light and print qualities, draw inspiration from his personal biography, as well as from collective Israeli memory and universal art history. His works correspond with famous pieces from the art canon, as well as with contemporary photography, mythologies, film, media and journalism, fashion, and more. Nes diverts these borrowed images towards new contexts, thus creating a new and critical look at contemporary reality.
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