Jan Rauchwerger is known as a gifted portraitist, and his numerous exhibitions in key venues in Israel and abroad have won wide acclaim. His current show focuses for the first time on the portraits of Galit Rauchwerger, his life partner, whom he has been painting for thirty-five years. The traditional theme of “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife,” familiar from the works of great masters (with whom the artist engages in lively discussion), is transmuted into singular moments of intimacy – of the couple, and of the family – and no less, into an attentive space of creativity that expands the moment beyond the present Read more
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