Amnon David Ar (Multilingual edition): Light Years
By (Author) Aya Lurie
By (author) Doron Lurie
Hirmer Verlag
Hirmer Verlag
15th July 2025
Germany
General
Non Fiction
Paintings and painting
Hardback
128
Width 255mm, Height 285mm
Anyone who has seen Amnon David Ar's luminous, colourful works will not forget them. His highly aesthetic paintings show subjects that are often humorous and that create a tension field between fantasy and reality. This volume shows all the artist's creative phases and directs our gaze to the remarkable qualities of ostensibly inconspicuous objects.
Ar (b. 1973) is an Israeli artist living and working in Berlin. His paintings of everyday objects, people and street views seem alive and stand out for their modernity and topicality. In his work with models and objects he captures the essence of his subjects. Strong colours, the play of light and shade and clear forms encompass a wide range of realistic painting.Ar does not hide the imperfect, he plays with it!
Aya Lurie is the General Director and head curator of the Hertzlia Museum, Israel.
Doron Lurie is a freelance art historian and was before a senior curator and restorer at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.