Yuval Yairi Israel, b. 1961
Yairi explores historically, culturally, or politically charged local places that are also associated with his personal biography and memory. Whether it is a Leper Hospital or a writer’s library, an abandoned Arab village, a cheap hotel room or a museum undergoing renovation – all are transformed through his personal perspective, deconstructing and recomposing spaces, times and events.
Yuval adopted the semi-fictional figure of the Surveyor. An alter-ego created to examine his surroundings, used for introspection and personal soul searching, as he tries to come to terms with certains episodes of his past. With the help of the Surveyor he formulates a coded language with symbolic actions and objects. He expresses thoughts and feelings about these experiences, which he cannot share publicly.
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From Print to Presence: An Exhibition of Inspiration
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Between the Lines
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Transformative Boundaries à la galerie Fabienne Levy
Sonia Jebsen, By the Lake, January 10, 2024 -
Une foule d'expositions étoile le ciel des fêtes
Irène Languin, Tribune de Genève, December 14, 2023 -
FABIENNE LEVY ENERGIZES LAUSANNE ART SCENE
Michèle Laird, Art-Folio by Michèle Laird, January 9, 2020 -
Place, memory inspire Israeli artist Yairi's work
Jerry LaMartina, The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, November 3, 2016 -
Photographer Shows a Journey Through Israel on Suitcases
Michael Zhang, PetaPixel, June 29, 2013 -
Reclaiming Jerusalem's no-man's-land
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, October 30, 2011 -
Yuval Yairi
Andrea Meislin, Art News, October 1, 2005