Bio

Reuven Israel (b. 1978, Israel) lives and works in New York.

Reuven Israel’s strong chromatics and clean, familiar shapes evoke a pre-conceptual response. Hinting at memories of known forms, the sculptures are at once seductive and unwelcoming. Made of MDF and coated in perfectly smooth layers of car paint, the sculptures’ evocative forms are at severe odds with their actual functionality. Israel constructs each of his pieces by hand, meticulously sanding and painting over a long period of time, a process that is denied by the final piece’s slick, industrial sheen. This preoccupation with the sculptures’ material makeup reflects on disposable value in object-based culture.

World Wide Exhibitions

Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv

Gallery Exhibitions

The Haas Brothers, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Reuven Israel, Liora Kaplan, Jordan Nassar, Solange Pessoa, Li Shurui
Ilit Azoulay, Reuven Israel, David Adika, Katharina Gaenssler, Dana Levy, Mark Yashaev, Shahar Marcus, Assaf Shaham, Nira Pereg, Roy Efrat
Joshua Neustein, Reuven Israel
Jacob Mishori, David Adika, Anila Rubiku, Aharon Ozery, Reuven Israel, Dana Levy
Jacob Mishori, David Adika, Nira Pereg, Uri Nir, Reuven Israel
Adi Nachshon, Eddo Stern, Maya Schindler, Reuven Israel
David Adika, Anna Yam, Reuven Israel, Eyal Sason, Dana Yoeli, Itamar Jobani, Romy Achituv

Art fairs

2019
April 23 – 26, 2019
2013
November 8 – 10, 2013
2013
May 10-12, 2013
2012
November 8 – 11, 2012

Publications

Reuven Israel

Superpartners

Reuven Israel

Multipolarity

Reuven Israel

Joshua Neustein Reuven Israel In Conversation

Stories

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CREDITS

Design by The-Studio

Code By Haker Design

Artwork Inquire

Reuven Israel, SBM4 (Stand By Me no.4), 2012, copper-coated steel rod, MDF and paints, 40 x 40 x 244 cm

Reuven Israel, SBM5 & SBM6 (Stand by Me no. 5-6), 2013, Copper coated steel rod MDF and paints, dimensions variable

244x20x20 cm.

Reuven Israel, SBM9 (Stand By Me no.9), 2014, Copper coated steel rods and painted MDF, 244x20x20 cm

Reuven Israel, The Last Judgement (after Buffalmacco), 2013, Watercolor on paper, 250 x 170 cm

Reuven Israel, DF (Drawing Falling), 2012, Watercolor on paper, 270 x 150 cm

Reuven Israel, DF (Drawing Falling), 2012, detail

Reuven Israel, SBM1 (Stand By Me 1), 2012, Copper coated steel rod MDF and paints, 244 x 28 x 28 cm

Reuven Israel, SBM3 (Stand By Me 3), 2012, Copper coated steel rod MDF and paints, 244 x 26.5 x 26.5 cm

Reuven Israel, Vessels, 2012, MDF and paints, dimensions variable

Reuven Israel, E.R. (Egyptian Rumba), 2012, painted MDF, 25 x 25 x 14 cm

Reuven Israel, E.R. (Egyptian Rumba), 2012, detail

Reuven Israel, Untitled, 2011, MDF and car paint, 35 x 62 x 6 cm

Reuven Israel, Who tried so hard to break out of their little world, 2011, Painted MFD and stainless steel, 73 x 80 x 163 cm

Reuven Israel, Who tried so hard to break out of their little world, 2011, detail

Reuven Israel, Rush-More, 2011 Painted MFD and stainless steel, 64 x 310 x 80 cm

Reuven Israel, Rush-More, 2011 detail

Reuven Israel, Minimal Standard Model, 2010-2011, painted MDF, 120 x 120 x 15 cm

Reuven Israel, Minimal Standard Model, 2010-2011, detail

Reuven Israel, Minimal Standard Model, 2010-2011, detail

Reuven Israel, Gateway, 2010-2011, Painted MFD and stainless steel, 240 x 84 x 230 cm

Reuven Israel, Gateway, 2010-2011, detail

Reuven Israel, Buraq, 2011 Buraq, 2011, Painted MFD and stainless steel, 114 x 70 x 20 cm

Reuven Israel, BFF, 2011 Painted MFD, 36 x 40 x 40 cm

Reuven Israel, Haunebu, 2010, painted MDF and stainless steel, dimensions variable

Reuven Israel, Minibar, 2011 Painted MFD, 123 x 38 x 146 cm

Reuven Israel, Minibar, 2011, detail

Reuven Israel, Babi, 2010-2011, Painted MDF, 81 x 37 x 60 cm

Reuven Israel, Babi, 2010-2011, detail

Reuven Israel, Babi, 2010-2011, detail

Reuven Israel, Head, 2010, Painted MDF and stainless steal, 37 x 37 x 43 cm

Reuven Israel, D.S.a.G, 2010 Watercolor on paper, 250 x 80 cm

Reuven Israel, D.R-M, 2010 Watercolor on paper, 70 x 100 cm

Reuven Israel, Moon Shooter, 2009, Painted MDF, 20 x 130 x 110 cm

Reuven Israel, Talk to Me - Qu'est-ce que c'est, 2009, painted MDF, 65 x 140 x 48 cm

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