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Roey Heifetz

Roey Heifetz was born in Jerusalem and lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel. He studied at School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, USA, and did his BFA and MFA at Bezalel Academy for Art and Design in Jerusalem from 2004 to 2009. For both the MFA and BFA he received the Award of Achievements from Bezalel Academy. In 2010 he was awarded with the Artist – Teacher Award by the Cultural Ministry of Israel. Besides numerous group exhibitions in New York, Berlin, Taiwan and Israel he had his latest solo show called “Sehnsucht” at Beit Hair Museum in Tel Aviv.

Heifetz’ large scale drawings show individuals like a librarian or a teacher. They are delicate in detail and often rough and disrupted on the overall look, which reflects a certain closeness on the formal level of drawing as a process and a distance with regard to the content of the drawing as a result. This creates a balance between beauty and irritation,
naivety and reflexion and intimacy and distance. The little information we get about the individuals from the titles or from what we see is never enough to give away their character or story. It is rather the missing of a concrete story and the disruption of the fine drawing that refers to a possible content and arouses the viewers curiosity. That way the drawings direct our attention and our imagination to the void space, the white paper, the space between the drawings and the architecture around them. Their aim is not to present a story or a worked out character, but rather to lead into a space that is freed for the story and the interplay of thoughts to develop on their own. The viewer is included into the interplay of the characters without being forced into one or another direction. That way, the viewer’s relation to the pieces becomes a mutual one, even more personal and more demanding.

The artist’s homepage
Roey Heifetz | Exhibition view | 2009
Roey Heifetz | Exhibition view | 2009
Roey Heifetz | The Librarian | 2010
Roey Heifetz | The Librarian | 2010 | Detail
Roey Heifetz | The Clerks | 2010
Roey Heifetz | No Title | 2009
Roey Heifetz | Sehnsucht | 2010
Roey Heifetz | The Teacher’s Nap | 2011 | Detail

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Roey Heifetz

Roey Heifetz | Exhibition view | 2009

Roey Heifetz | Exhibition view | 2009

Roey Heifetz | The Librarian | 2010

Roey Heifetz | The Librarian | 2010 | Detail

Roey Heifetz | The Clerks | 2010

Roey Heifetz | No Title | 2009

Roey Heifetz | Sehnsucht | 2010

Roey Heifetz | The Teacher’s Nap | 2011 | Detail