NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Yoram Kafkafi in Roots and Wings. The exhibition opens March 2 and runs through March 22, 2019 with an opening reception on Thursday, March 7 from 6-8 pm. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interesting artists is encouraged to attend.

About the Artist

Formerly of Scarsdale, NY and currently based in Israel, the photographer Yoram Kafkafi works primarily in a documentarian mode. In his “Genesis 1:1” series, Yoram captures desert landscapes, focusing on the Namibian sand dunes. His imagery touches on a sense of impermanence, as viewed through society's collective eye, and sheer awe of the natural world around us. Utilizing techniques of light and shadow, the architectural mass of a phenomenon like a sand dune becomes a symbol of what it means to inhabit planetary space. With sand as his primary subject-matter, Yoram is tasked with showing how stability can emerge, as well as showcasing the frailty human constructions have in the face of entropy.

Yoram recreates not just the alienated majesty of sand dunes, but consecrates them as a force against which human endeavors seems miniscule. When figures are present, they are dwarfed by the monumentality of the dunes. In Trees, for example, trees as well as roads are perspectively placed before a dune, taking on a numinous quality—as though furtively dancing before the dunes’ apparent stillness. Likewise, On the Edge draws our eye to the juxtaposition of the two tiny figures carefully balanced along the delicate line of the vast dune. Yoram's more abstract compositions speak to a similar theme: however impossible such images might look at first sight, they capture the mythic grandeur of impermeable motion clashing against a natural stillness.

Exhibition Dates: March 2 – March 22, 2019

Reception: Thursday, March 7, 2019 6-8 PM

Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm

Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, New York, NY

Event URL: https://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Yoram_Kafkafi.aspx

Featured Artists:

Roberta Caviglia | Vasant Dora | Yoram Kafkafi | Jon Kraja | Diana Linsse | Raul Mariaca Dalence | James Chisholm | Katha Rossein | Emil Silberman | Teona Titvinidze-Kapon | Poonam Verma | Markeith Woods | Eunhyue Shin

About the Exhibition

Roots and Wings is a group exhibition featuring twelve artists, for whom every work rests somewhere on the continuum between figuration and abstraction, expressing the conatus of human aspiration as something that continually seeks recognition by others.

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea’s fine art district in New York. Established in 1984, Agora Gallery specializes in connecting art dealers and collectors with national and international artists. The art gallery’s expert consultants are available to assist corporate and private clients in procuring original artwork to meet their organization’s specific needs and budget requirements. With a strong online presence and popular online gallery, ARTmine, coupled with the spacious and elegant physical gallery space, the work of our talented artists, who work in diverse media and styles, can receive the attention it deserves. Over the years Agora Gallery has sponsored and catered to special events aimed at fostering social awareness and promoting the use of art to help those in need.