Orly Maiberg
Orly Maiberg has developed a unique outlook on nature, urban nature, as well as on the human figure in its intimate, close surroundings (the realm of the private). The paintings are well anchored in the physical nature of artistic creation, manifested in the strong sense of a physicality confronted with the canvas, and in the repetitive gesture. While each painterly gesture remains distinct at the same time it is also embedded, inseparable from the entire surface. Maiberg’s paintings examine the boundaries between truth and illusion, the internal and external, dreams and reality, portraits and landscapes.
Orly Maiberg paintings correspond to one of the directions in contemporary discourse preoccupied with images of reality. Maiberg uses photography as a source material for her paintings: she takes color photos and then uses a black and white photocopier, selects and isolates a frame, a composition and limits. The connection between photography and painting takes the forefront, as she examines the space between life and art, the space where everyday activity turns into an act of art, in and of itself.
Orly Maiberg has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan and at Galerie O Ahlers, Gottingen, Germany. Her works were featured in …
Orly Maiberg has developed a unique outlook on nature, urban nature, as well as on the human figure in its intimate, close surroundings (the realm of the private). The paintings are well anchored in the physical nature of artistic creation, manifested in the strong sense of a physicality confronted with the canvas, and in the repetitive gesture. While each painterly gesture remains distinct at the same time it is also embedded, inseparable from the entire surface. Maiberg’s paintings examine the boundaries between truth and illusion, the internal and external, dreams and reality, portraits and landscapes.
Orly Maiberg paintings correspond to one of the directions in contemporary discourse preoccupied with images of reality. Maiberg uses photography as a source material for her paintings: she takes color photos and then uses a black and white photocopier, selects and isolates a frame, a composition and limits. The connection between photography and painting takes the forefront, as she examines the space between life and art, the space where everyday activity turns into an act of art, in and of itself.
Orly Maiberg has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan and at Galerie O Ahlers, Gottingen, Germany. Her works were featured in numerous group exhibitions such as Looking Ahead, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, California in 2000; Art Forum Berlin in 2004/05 and 2006; Fiac, Cour Carree du Louvre, Paris in 2006; Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2009; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem in 2007; and Haifa Museum of Art in 2014.
Courtesy of Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art
