The Space Within
The Space Within PROJECT SUMMERY The obscured women under the black dress are transformed into silhouettes creating a barrier within the urban landscape, instilling curiosity over the missing information. Simultaneously, the strong presence of these silhouettes creating “negative space” fill our imagination with thoughts and fantasies, entreating us to actively participate in the visual interplay of personality, culture and history. The Space Within explores the presentation of women influenced by the global upheaval of our era and the way they are reshaping their appearance within all major religions with a special emphasis on the veiled women. PHOTOGRAPHS A. Exteriors - Seasons B. Interiors – Drawing Room Print sizes: 10 x 15 inches (25x38 cm) to 50 x 60 inches (127 x 152 cm) Installation size prints up to 44 x 80 inches (112 x 200 cm) NEON INSTALLATION The past and present shape of the veiled woman inspires the neon installation titled “Modern Goddess”. The warm, electric glow and, mid-century charm of neon signs highlight the strength and enduring presence of women and the inside-out aura of their image. SCULPTURE Mixed media of PLA, ceramics and photos in various sizes from 12 to 36 inches high. Incorporating new technologies such as 3D printing with classic materials such as ceramics and reproduction of photographs. VIDEO 2017 HD Video work in progress
The Space Within
Throughout our world, women of faith are influenced by multiple global upheavals and are adapting their appearance to reflect changes in attitudes and values. The veiling of women plays a pivotal role in all major religious and social systems across a wide range of cultures. It is a vital component of social control by religious communities to constrain their female members through appearance; in many cases, cover-dress identifies, separates, and even protects, women from evil forces in other societies. The act of veiling women is rooted in many historical sources and cultures prehistoric goddesses such as Ishtar, western Christian medieval religious icons, Russian working women (Babushkas), and more recent expressions of Orthodox Judaism. By being shrouded in black, these women both reference and negate the distinction between specific cultures and faiths. The veil is a symbol of female “identity crisis” in the midst of religious turmoil. It reminds us that as worldwide religious conflict intensifies, the blurred distinctions of religious identity and antagonists leave us in a state of confusion bringing upon more questions than answers about the meaning of these conflicts. The obscured woman under the black dress are transformed into silhouettes creating a barrier within the urban landscape instilling curiosity over the missing information. Simultaneously, the strong presence of these silhouettes creating “negative space” fill our imagination with thoughts and fantasies, entreating us to actively participate in the visual interplay of personality and culture. •••
Seasons: Untitled #S1, 2016 Archival Pigment Print
Drawing Room: Untitled #DR2, 2016 Archival Pigment Print
Drawing Room: Untitled #DR5, 2016 Archival Pigment Print
Drawing Room: Untitled #DR6, 2017 Archival Pigment Print
Drawing Room: Untitled #DR4, 2016 Archival Pigment Print
Drawing Room: Untitled #, 2017 Archival Pigment Print
Drawing Room: Untitled #DR7 , 2016 Archival Pigment Print
Drawing Room: Untitled #DR10 , 2016 Archival Pigment Print 15 X 10 Inches
Drawing Room: Untitled # DR8, DR4, DR9, 2016 Archival Pigment Print
untitled (Still Life), 2016 Archival Pigment Print Edition 1 of 8
untitled (Modern Godess), 2016 Archival Pigment Print Edition 1 of 8
Drawing Room: Untitled #, 2016 Archival Pigment Print
Drawing Room: Untitled #, 2016 Archival Pigment Print
Seasons: Untitled #S3, S4, S5 , 2016 Archival Pigment Print
Seasons: Untitled # S1, S6, S7, S8, S9, 2016 Archival Pigment Print
MODERN GODDESS Installation, 2016 Neon and Plywood 8 Neon of Various Sizes
Mixed media of PLA, ceramics and photos Various sizes from 12 to 36 inches high.
Israeli born photographer Lili Almog (b. 1961, Tel Aviv) is renowned for her intimate spiritual portraits of women cultural identities around the world. Lili moved to New York in the mid 80’s and began her career as a photojournalist for several international news publications focusing primarily on fashion and portraiture. Her artistic focus was on creating representations of the feminine body and psyche to capture the state of spiritual and cultural identity among women influenced by western culture (Bed Sequence 2002, Perfect Intimacy 2006 and The Other Half of the Sky 2009). In more recent work (Between Presence and Absence 2015) her focus shifted from social behavior to traces of human activity, including sculptures and video into the series. Almog has worked primarily through photography in environmental portraiture, the experimental direction of UNTITLED presents new views of the feminine figure and how their identity has evolved over the worldwide circumstances. She has been exhibited widely, with solo shows at several international venues including: The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; Emmanuel Walderdoff Gallery, Germany; Photographers’ Place, UK; The Alternative Museum, New York; Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA; Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark; Ffotogallery, UK; Prague House of Photography, Czech Republic; and Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel. Her photographs are included in permanent collections at The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; The Art Museum, Lexington, KY; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee ,WI; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Musee de la Photographie in Belgium and numerous private collections.
Lives and works in New York, NY Education B.F.A. 1992, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY COLLECTIONS San Francisco MOMA, CA Milwaukee Art Museum, WI The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX The Art Museum, Lexington, KY The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Victoria and Albert Museum, UK Norton Museum of art, Pam Beach, FL Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium Herzliya Museum of art, Israel Museet for Fotokunst, Odense C, Denmark The New York Academy of Art CDW permanent prints collection at the Samuel Dorksy Museum, New Paltz, NY Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens, New York Teutloff Photo and Video collection, Bielefeld, Germany Wieland Collection, Atlanta, GA ... and Selected private collections
EXHIBITION HISTORY Selected Solo Exhibitions 2017 Thre New Gallery Musrara, Jerusalem 2014 Vered Gallery, NY Mana Contemporary, NJ 2010 Emmanuel Walderdoff Gallery, Germany The Art Museum, Lexington, KY 2009 Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY 2008 Hallmark Museum of Contemporary Photography, MA 2007 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel 2006 Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY 2005 Senko Studio, Viborg, Denmark Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA Prague House of Photography, Czech Republic 2003 Galleri Image, Denmark 2002 Herzliya Museum of art, Israel Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2000 The Center of Photography at Woodstock, NY Godwin-Ternbach Museum, NY Pennings Gallery, Holland International Photography Hall of Fame Museum, Oklahoma
Selected Group Exhibitions 2017 Artful Living, West Village Printing house, NYC 2016 The Need For My Care, Waterfall Mansion, New York Summer Show of NY Artists COBURN Projects, London Cheryl Hazan Projects, New York 2015 2014
2013 2012
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
2005
Woman: Powerful and Powerless, Teutleoff, Germany A Muted Place, Stein Rose Gallery, NY Teutloff Collection meets Sandra Vasquez De La Horra, Lempertz Cologn, Germany ALL THE BEST ARTISTS ARE MY FRIENDS (Part I), Mana Contemporary, NJ Face to Face, VHS Photogalerie, Stuttgart, Germany Prechance to Dream, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York Face to Face, photographers Network Selection 2004-2013, Städtischen Galerie Iserlohn, Germany Visual Traces in a Restless Present, Darmstadt Days of Photography, Germany Schatziager Emmanuel Walderdoff Gallery, Germany Domestic, 7th edition of the Xavier Miserachs Biennial of Photography, Spain A prayer is a prayer is a prayer, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York Bless the artist, Caldwell Collaege NJ Coleção Joaquim Paiva, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro Stitch in Jewish Time, Vered gallery, East Hampton, NY PQ 100, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY Domestic, Espacio Cultural Caja, Madrid, Spain Vision Prospect of Life, Darmstadt Days of Photography, Germany History of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK Picturing Modernity, San Francisco MOMA, CA With Other Eyes, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires Female Sight, Lianzhou International Photo Festival, China Portraits, Photographers Place, London, UK Discoveries of Fotofest 2004, Houston, TX Aus Amerika, Galerie Lichtblick, Koln, Germany Untouchable Things, Backlight, Finland Monumental Nude, Vered Gallery, East Hampton, NY Behind the lens, Norton Museum, Florida Israeli Photographers Reflecting Their Own Image, Tel Aviv University, Israel Internationale Fototage Mannheim, Germany Intersection, Liquid Blue Gallery, Florida Photographers Network Selection, Germany 2004 + 2005 Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Recent Acquisitions, New York
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1997 1996 1996
1995
Facing Art Basel @Dot 51, Florida Body is Required, Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark, Pinhole to pixel, Sir Her. Black Gallery, Australia, Self-reflections: A Glance in the Mirror, Hosted by Pfizer, New York SVA 50th Anniversary, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York Der Zerteilte Blick, Int. Photoszene, Ksln MuseZ de la Photographie a Charleroi, Belgium Godwin-Ternbach Museum, New York National Showcase, Alternative Museum, New York Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia Quotations: Art Imitates Art, Houston Center of Photography, Texas Broken Narratives, MMC Gallery, New York 1995
BOOKS • • • • • • •
Between Presence and Absence (2015) The Other Half of the Sky, Monograph, powerHouse Books, New York(2009) Signs of the Apocalypse / Rapture, Front 40 Press (2008) L’Art qui Manifeste directed by Anne Larue Veiled women in art, Universit Paris 13 (2008) Perfect Intimacy by Lili Almog, Monograph, powerHouse Books, New York (2006) Israeli Photographers Reflecting Their Own Image, Show catalogue 2005 Bed Sequence by Lili Almog, catalogue, Herzelia Museum of Art, Israel (2002)