Ephraim Wasse — Contemporary Art

Tomorrow at 12 pm - a guided tour of Fragments of a Portrait with exhibition curator Levi Prombaum, who will walk us through the ideas and questions that shape the exhibition ~ @leviprom In a world where it seems increasingly impossible to simply be - without being seen, captured, measured, stored somewhere as data - the exhibition asks what happens to the portrait. What remains of it when the body becomes information, when the gaze becomes a system, and when the individual is broken down into fragments that can be tracked, quantified, and used to understand something about reality. The works in the exhibition move between partial figures, disrupted gazes, mechanisms of vision, cameras, surveillance systems, and questions of intimacy, identity, and power. Out of all these, another kind of portrait begins to emerge - not of a single person, but of a shared reality: complex, networked, and at times, quite absurd. Featuring: Rachel Anyo, Ephraim Wasse, Oren Ziv, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Nardeen Srouji, Laila Abd Elrazaq, and Ronit Porat. @oren_ziv @ronit_porat1 @nardeensrouji @i_am_eph @layla991 @rachelanyo @mushon And a small but important reminder: Fragments of a Portrait closes in three weeks, on May 30. So if you haven’t had a chance to visit yet, or if you’d like to see it again through a slightly different lens - tomorrow is a very good opportunity. Friday | May 8 | 12pm Artport, 8 Ha’Amal Street, Tel Aviv Free admission. More about the exhibition >>> in bio. Installation view: @talnisim79

There is a moment when a portrait no longer holds together. It fragments - into layers, into traces of data, into hints of presence. Fragments of a Portrait unfolds within this moment - between body and information, between gaze and system, between what is seen and what is measured. We're happy to invite you to the exhibition's official opening - this coming Thursday, April 16th, 8pm The works in the exhibition operate through fragmentation - partial figures, dissolving bodies, fragments of identity that move between abstraction and representation. They draw on the long history of portraiture, while also deviating from it, proposing new ways of seeing, being seen, and understanding the self within a network of forces. In a reality where vision is no longer solely human but also technological - both external and internalized - identity is continuously reshaped through surveillance. It is no longer only an external mechanism, but a state of mind. It permeates relationships, intimacies, and the ways we perform and imagine ourselves. And from within this fragmentation, from within the partial - another portrait emerges. Not of an individual, but of a shared reality. Curator: Levi Prombaum Featuring: Rachel Anyo, Ephraim Wasse, Oren Ziv, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Nardeen Srouji, Laila Abd Elrazaq, Ronit Porat More about the exhibition >>> in our bio.

. Of a Body - של הגוף . This series looks at the body through fragments. Close frames and soft light dissolve the figure into partial forms. . What remains are traces of presence, pieces that belong to a body that is never fully revealed. . Currently on view in the exhibition Fragments of a Portrait . הסדרה הזאת מביטה בגוף דרך רסיסים. פריימים קרובים ואור רך ממיסים את הדמות לצורות חלקיות. . מה שנותר הם עקבות של נוכחות, חלקים השייכים לגוף שלעולם אינו נחשף במלואו. . מוצג כעת בתערוכה Fragments of a Portrait . Curator: @leviprom @artportlv

. This wall holds the last few months of my life in New Orleans. . Fragments of body, light, and space. Moments that repeat, but never stay the same. . I keep returning to the same room, the same presence, watching how small shifts create something new each time. . The grid looks stable, but everything inside it is still moving. . in·ter·mis·sion not a pause a state of becoming . הקיר הזה מחזיק את החודשים האחרונים של החיים שלי בניו אורלינס. . שברי גוף, אור וחלל. רגעים שחוזרים על עצמם, אבל אף פעם לא נשארים אותו דבר. . אני חוזר שוב ושוב לאותו חדר, לאותה נוכחות, ומתבונן איך שינויים קטנים יוצרים משהו חדש בכל פעם. . הגריד נראה יציב, אבל בתוכו הכל עדיין בתנועה. . in·ter·mis·sion לא הפסקה אלא מצב של התהוות

Thank you to @bamah_inc and @dillarduniversity for the support . This Thursday, March 12, 18:00 Cook Communications Center, Room 106 Dillard University, New Orleans

Grateful to @dillarduniversity and @bamah_inc for supporting my upcoming solo exhibition in·ter·mis·sion. The exhibition brings together works from different moments in my life. Earlier works reflecting on family and memory are shown alongside new images created here in New Orleans. in·ter·mis·sion is about the space between chapters. A moment to reflect and begin again. Opening reception March 12, 2026 6:00–8:00 PM Cook Communications Center, Room 106 Dillard University New Orleans I would love to see you there.

הכאוס שהכרנו מגיל קטן בסביבה שגדלנו לא חייב להגדיר אותנו * אנחנו יכולים ללמוד נשימה חדשה לשבור את הדפוסים הישנים ולצמוח למקום שקט יותר * כי מה שקיבלנו הוא רק התחלה ומה שנבחר הוא מה שיהפוך אותנו למי שאנחנו באמת. ‏* ‏The chaos we knew from a young age, from the place that raised us, does not have to define us. * ‏We can learn a new way to breathe, ‏break the patterns we inherited, ‏and grow toward a quieter place. * ‏Because what we were given ‏is only the beginning, ‏and what we choose ‏is what will shape ‏who we truly become.

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