Adi Nes | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
Nationality | Israeli |
Known for | photography |
Adi Nes ( Hebrew: עדי נס; born 1966) is an Israeli photographer. He has had solo exhibitions at Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio [1] and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. [2]
Adi Nes was born in Kiryat Gat. His parents are Jewish immigrants from Iran. [3] [4] He is openly gay. [5] Nes studied photography at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 1989 to 1992.[ citation needed]
Nes' series "Soldiers" mixes masculinity and homoerotic sexuality, depicting Israeli soldiers in a fragile way. [6]
Nes' " The Last Supper" recalls Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, replacing the characters with young male Israeli soldiers. [7] A print sold at auction in Sotheby's for $102,000 in 2005, [8][ better source needed] and another for $264,000 in 2007. [9]
Nes' early work has been characterized as subverting the stereotype of the masculine Israeli man by using homoeroticism and sleeping, vulnerable figures. [10] He regularly uses dark-skinned Israeli models. [11] The models' poses often evoke the Baroque period. Nes has said that the inspiration for his photography is partially autobiographical:
My staged photographs are oversized and often recall well-known scenes from Art History and Western Civilization combined with personal experiences based on my life as a gay youth growing up in a small town on the periphery of Israeli society.
— Adi Nes [12]
Nes lives and works in a small town at the north of Tel Aviv, he and his partner have four surrogate children. [3] His work is currently sold through Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City and Praz-Delavallade in Paris and Los Angeles.[ citation needed] In January 2007, he premiered a new series echoing Biblical stories. [13]
[14] [15][ better source needed]
Adi Nes | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
Nationality | Israeli |
Known for | photography |
Adi Nes ( Hebrew: עדי נס; born 1966) is an Israeli photographer. He has had solo exhibitions at Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio [1] and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco. [2]
Adi Nes was born in Kiryat Gat. His parents are Jewish immigrants from Iran. [3] [4] He is openly gay. [5] Nes studied photography at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 1989 to 1992.[ citation needed]
Nes' series "Soldiers" mixes masculinity and homoerotic sexuality, depicting Israeli soldiers in a fragile way. [6]
Nes' " The Last Supper" recalls Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, replacing the characters with young male Israeli soldiers. [7] A print sold at auction in Sotheby's for $102,000 in 2005, [8][ better source needed] and another for $264,000 in 2007. [9]
Nes' early work has been characterized as subverting the stereotype of the masculine Israeli man by using homoeroticism and sleeping, vulnerable figures. [10] He regularly uses dark-skinned Israeli models. [11] The models' poses often evoke the Baroque period. Nes has said that the inspiration for his photography is partially autobiographical:
My staged photographs are oversized and often recall well-known scenes from Art History and Western Civilization combined with personal experiences based on my life as a gay youth growing up in a small town on the periphery of Israeli society.
— Adi Nes [12]
Nes lives and works in a small town at the north of Tel Aviv, he and his partner have four surrogate children. [3] His work is currently sold through Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City and Praz-Delavallade in Paris and Los Angeles.[ citation needed] In January 2007, he premiered a new series echoing Biblical stories. [13]
[14] [15][ better source needed]