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Hope at The Western Wall, Jerusalem – New prints

Post author By Nurit Manor
Post date 30 October 2023

“**Western Wall”**
By **Nurit Manor**, Sep. 2023
Based on a painting by Bernatz, 1839
Print Club London

“Hope Between the Walls, Between the Times”

Over the course of hundreds of years, the Western Wall has been documented in painting, engraving and photography. Then women and men were praying side by side, without a partition. !!

Walling Wall – Etchings by Nurit Manor

“**Women and Men praying** **at the** **Western Wall”**
Etching By **Nurit Manor**, June 2023
Based on a painting by Bernatz, 1839
Etching Center – Kibbutz Cabri, Israel

“Hope Between Walls, Between Times” – One of the subjects that dealt in the project is – about the monologue that takes place in Israel now – on the invisible and visible walls between women and men. It takes place also at the “Western Wall” – the empowering symbol, which has public, private, historic and international importance, where there is a “partition” between women and men in the praying areas.
*** This is a controversial issue – as it touches political and religious extremes in Israel.

The separation between men and women, that exists in many places in Israel now, brought the historical change to the Western Wall on Nov. 1967, after the six-day war, and a “Partition” was created. [“Mechitza”]

A partition between men and women at the Western Wall, which was never there before 1967, interface with the ideas and struggling for the rights of equality. The Western Wall should be kept a place of prayer for all and for tolerance.

The Western Wall is documented in paintings, drawings, engravings and photographs from 1839 until today.

I created several works of art, to raise the issue of the right to pray without a partition, where women and men have prayed together at “Ha’Kotel” [The Western Wall] for hundreds of years. That’s based on historical works of art, and photographs, created before 1967.

“**Western Wall”**
Etching, 3 colors, Size A2
By **Nurit Manor**, June 2023
Based on a painting by Bernatz, 1839
Etching Center Kibbutz Cabri, Israel

Walling Wall – Silkscreen by Nurit Manor

“**Western Wall”**
Silkscreen, 3 colors, Size A3
By **Nurit Manor**, June 2023
Based on a painting by Bernatz, 1839
Hamelaha Silkscreen Printing studio, Tel Aviv

Raising the issue for the right to pray without a partition, Women became one of the center of attention in this Project.

“**Western Wall and a Woman”**
Silkscreen, 2 colors
By **Nurit Manor**, Sep. 2023
Based on a painting byBernatz, 1839
Print Club London

“**Hope at the Western Wall 1″**
Silkscreen, 7 colors
By **Nurit Manor**, Sep. 2023
Based on a painting by Bernatz, 1839
Print Club London

“**Hope at the Western Wall 2″**
Silkscreen, 7 colors
By **Nurit Manor**, Sep. 2023
Based on a painting by Bernatz, 1839
Print Club London

The Reservist – Silkscreen

Post author By Nurit Manor
Post date 30 October 2023

This silkscreen is dedicated with love, thanks and support – to the Reservists that walked with flags during the long months of demonstrations. [January – Oct. 2023]

The Reservists – Silkscreen Print – 5 colors

**“The Reservist”**
Oct. 2023
Print Club London

The Reservists are ordinary people, humble, natural leaders that stand for the good of the nation and its people. I have great respect for them.

“**The Reservist”** [Painting]
April 2023
Acrylic on canvas, 70 * 100 cm

I painted the painting above, during April 2023, embracing the lonely position of the reservist, most of them family men, professionals, that stood firm week by week, for months, at the stormy country of Israel.

Stages in printing

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Miss D. Quick life drawings & Silkscreen

Post author By Nurit Manor
Post date 26 October 2023

On life drawing

“Drawing a model is always a challenge for me, refreshes the senses and inspires me. It means capturing the mood of the model, and in the same breath it’s an expression of the artist’s personality and mood.” Opening of Exhibition, Artists House, Tel Aviv. Sep. 2021.

Life drawing – Miss D.

**“Miss D. And Cat”.**
Charcoal and crayons on paper A2
Sep. 2023

“Miss D. and Cat” – Silkscreen – 6 colors

“Miss D. and Cat, Positive Thoughts” – Silkscreen – 7 colors

**“Miss D. and Cat, Positive Thoughts”**
Size A3
Print Club London

Thoughts on 15.10.2023: Sending positive thoughts through my work. Courage, strength and hope. 🙏 View: The Vally of Israel, at the lower Galilee.

Work in Progress – “Good Morning Miss D.”

**Work in progress**
Black and brown are printed, body color – next
Print Club London

“**Good Morning** **Miss D**.“
Work in progress – 4 colors so far
Print Club London

“Good Morning Miss D.” – Silkscreen – 7 colors

“**Good Morning** **Miss D**.“
Size A3
Print Club London

Thoughts on 3.11.2023: I created this work to bring up happiness, strength and hope. 🙏 View: The Vally of Israel, at the lower Galilee.

“Miss D. and cat” – Silkscreen – black

“**Miss D**. and Cat“
Size A3
Print Club London

More life drawings of Miss D. Size A2

Painting Thoughts on Art etc.

Midnight

Post author By Nurit Manor
Post date 22 May 2023

Midnight marks the ending of one day and the beginning of a new one with all it’s mystery

London at night is different from London during the day, it’s magical, mysterious and dreamlike.

Midnight and after, are intimate moments combining expectations, dreams and emotions.

I am looking at both paintings with joy, excitement and curiosity, as I discover new subtleties in these crystal poetical private moments.

It’s hot summer nights at June-July-August 2022

**Midnight, 1**
Crayons and Acrylic on canvas
100 * 100 cm

I am in a delicate mood tonight.
midnight.
Listening to the night sounds, to the squeal of nature and to the celestial peaceful movements.
After midnight the sky sparks and its waves move faster.
Plants are waking up showing their beauty.
A neighbor showed up. She intrigues me.
I breathe the sweet sounds of the night.

My work is eclectic, personal and bold, ranging from observations of still life and nudes to political commentary.

In these paintings I am opening the inward and outward feelings and experiences of the individual – He, She, are my main concern.

**Midnight, 2**
Crayons and Acrylic on canvas
100 * 100 cm

In my neighborhood after midnight the houses whisper soft dreamy bedtime stories, the trees embrace their birds, the celestial paths are clear on their way to the stars – all of these balance my existence.

The sky in my neighborhood speaks. It gives me all the answers.

My small cactuses are my shield; they breathe like pets, whispering like a mistress.

I was waiting after midnight for the beautiful neighbor to show up, but the silence embraced me, and a cat appeared.

These were the hot summer nights at June-July-August 2022, London

**Midnight,** **first quick sketch**
22 June 2022
Crayons and Acrylic on paper

**Midnight**
Looking at both paintings in progress
2 December 2022

Longing for the hot summer nights….

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“Model – Impressions”

Post author By Nurit Manor
Post date 18 May 2023

Nurit Manor’s exhibition of nudes – 2021, at The Artists House, Tel Aviv, Alcharizi St. , Israel. (*)

Opening: Artists House, Thursday July 29 2021, until: 12 August 2021.

Curator: Irit Levin

Foto on The Invitation to the Exhibition.
Model: Angelica

About Nurit Manor’s works in the “Model – Impressions” exhibition.

The exhibition “Model – Impressions” at the artists’ house opens a window into the drawings and paintings of a nude model – a classic drawing, which has been used for many years in art schools, in groups and classes, in the studio in an intimate meeting of a painter with a model or of several artists working with a model, each in his own approach to the subject. Drawing the model on paper allows hand and eye practice, study and observation. Sometimes it remains immature; Sometimes a preparatory sketch or drawing is used for painting – a draft for thoughts and feelings that will be translated into line and color.

Model: Paulina, 28.8.2021, black Ink and Pastels on Paper

The female model as an object of vision produced series of works for Manor even in the past. According to her, “drawing a model is always a challenge for me, refreshing the senses and inspiring, all the more so when drawing a fast model.” The exhibition features two sets of works: in one the focus is on the model’s face, the other is quick nude sketches on a magazine about gender. She works on several types of paper and writes using ink, charcoal, acrylic and pastel colors – creative materials she carries with her to the drawing sessions.

(ARTEFACT Magazine, London) Drawing of a model,
on a Magazine on sexuality and gender

In the cluster of model faces, the female figures are recorded on brown and white paper from several angles. Most of them do not direct their gaze – their stomachs are slightly sealed, distant, turned to the side, they do not remain anonymous – the private name is indicated on the paper next to the date they were drawn.

The quick nude drawings were created on pages of “ARTEFACT” magazine, a magazine about sexuality and gender that she randomly bought in London. The inscription, the images and the symbols provided her with inspiration. This booklet, on fine paper, the size of a notebook, was also brought to the model meetings: “I pulled it out only when my eyes caught my eye – something wild, primal, in the pose and the look of the model… The hand moved quickly, the work grew as if by itself, running between the edges of a triangle – between the look of the model and visual connections which were printed in the brochure and among my feelings.” In the compositions created, the figures are immortalized in a variety of situations and positions alongside the motifs and texts on the substrate, visible and hidden between lines and spots in flickering and bright colors.

A drawing on “ARTEFACT” magazine. Subject: Gender
15.8.2021, Model: Angelica

The model’s poses, which change in short time of periods, dictate fast drawing actions. The style is formed according to changing drawing lines: minimal, expressive and direct, trying to capture an elusive essence. The technique and content are not determined in advance but are intuitively chosen according to the personal mindset, the dynamics created in the meeting with the model, and the atmosphere in the studio.

“The ‘weather’ of the people working around me is projected as a kind of super-experience that somewhat leaves its mark on me and my work.”

“Drawing a model is always a challenge for me, refreshing the senses and inspiring, all the more so – when drawing a fast drawing.” NM

מוזמנים לקרוא 2 פוסטים בעברית – על התערוכה שלי (*) https://tinyurl.com/hhkxbfpt. , https://tinyurl.com/486uje3f

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