Avi Albers Ben Chamo
Art works
The Falafel People 2023 29x21 Cm Pencil on paper

The Falafel People 2023 Pencil on paper

14 x 21 cm



The Falafel People 2023 29x21 Cm Pencil on paper

 The Falafel People 2023 Pencil on paper

14 x 21 cm



Saba Eli The Falafel People 2023 29x21 Cm Pencil on paper

The Falafel People Saba Eli 2023 Pencil on paper

14 x 21 cm



The Falafel People 2023 29x21 Cm Pencil on paper

 The Falafel People 2023 Pencil on paper

14 x 21 cm

Maroquinerie  at Stanton Gallery


Solo Exhibition Israel– Maroquinerie

Maroquinerie  solo Exhibition Gallery Stanton 20.8-20.9.22 Israel 

In the 1950s, my grandfather immigrated to Israel from Morocco with his wife and four children. He packed a limited number of items for the trip and did not forget to take his knife with him. This should be known, grandfather was a leather goods artisan in Morocco, Maroquinerie, a profession continuing the age-old culture of designing bags and leather goods. When they arrived in Israel, the knife he loved so much took on a completely different meaning.

In the 1960s, my grandmother, my grandfather, and their family moved to the lower city of Haifa. Grandpa worked in the port of Haifa as a painter, and one day, while painting a ship, Grandpa fell from the scaffolding and hurt his back. His two friends, who carried him home, begged him to inform the port authorities for support and compensation on their part, but Grandfather only asked that he be left with his family, so that they would take care of him.

I know this story from my childhood but in my imagination, grandfather never fell on his back, but grew wings just before the fall and landed on his two feet. This event, of course, had a profound effect on the family, who once again moved their residence, this time to Tel Aviv. Grandfather returned to his favorite knife and worked as a leather bag craftsman until his retirement, with the magnificent family he founded in Israel by his side.

At Maroquinerie I would like to investigate and ask universal questions about people who are cut off from their past and arrive in a foreign place - about the hope, the alienation, the fear, the cut off from the past, the ability to build a new life by killing your old shadows of identity.  

Maroquinerie - 

 

The knife - Maroquinerie
Maroquinerie Departure 50x40 Cm oil on canvas

Maroquinerie  Departure 2022 oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm SOLD*

Maroquinerie Arrival 50x40 Cm Oil on Canvas

 Maroquinerie Arrival 2022 oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm


Maroquinerie - The fall from Morocco 50x40 Oil on Canvas

 The fall from Morocco 2022 oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm


The Half Selfie - Self portrait

 The Half Selfie 2022 oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm Sold*


Happiness

    Happiness 2022 oil on canvas 110 x 80 cm Sold*

The making of the half selfie 2023



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Good and Evil 2022 oil on canvas 120 x 80 cm SOLD*

Good and Evil