Deganit Berest

Deganit Berest

(b. 1949, Israel; lives and works in Tel Aviv)

A key figure in the Israeli art scene, Deganit Berest has formulated the affinities of photography and conceptual art to art's grand concerns, such as representation and breaking the exegetic cycle. Her artistic singularity is manifested in her ability to tackle these major issues without losing the poetic refinement and enigma of classical art. Oscillating between painting and photography, between rationalism and lyricism, Berest confronts the viewer with the tragic inability to discern the truth, while introducing the beauty inherent in this tragic stance. This is true of her photographs of marbles which reveal a mysterious world in a mundane object, and of The Bathers series, which uses decreasing resolution to expose the entire cultural and mythic baggage of this routine act, often introducing bathing as an anxiety-ridden event. After receiving the Rappaport Prize for an Established Israeli Artist in 2012, she staged a large-scale retrospective exhibition entitled "The Conspiracy Nature" at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2013.

Gondolier
Deganit Berest
Gondolier
2002
Colored pencils on paper
93
x
x
65
 cm
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The Bather Diptych
Deganit Berest
The Bather Diptych
1993
Oil on canvas
50
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40
x
 cm
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Icarus
Deganit Berest
Icarus
2002
Colored pencils on paper
93
x
x
65
 cm
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A small Bather
Deganit Berest
A small Bather
1992
Oil on canvas
50
x
40
x
 cm
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A small Bather
Deganit Berest
A small Bather
1994
Oil on canvas
50
x
40
x
 cm
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A small Bather
Deganit Berest
A small Bather
1992
Oil on canvas
50
x
40
x
 cm
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$
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Blue Marble
Deganit Berest
Blue Marble
1995-1997
Color Photography
60
x
50
x
 cm
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Marble Z1
Deganit Berest
Marble Z1
2010
Color Photography
29.5
x
35.5
x
 cm
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Marble G5
Deganit Berest
Marble G5
2010
Color Photography
29.5
x
35.5
x
 cm
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From "Erasure Drawings"
Deganit Berest
From "Erasure Drawings"
1976-1977
Pen on paper
56.5
x
76.5
x
 cm
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From "Erasure Drawings"
Deganit Berest
From "Erasure Drawings"
1976-1977
Pen on paper
75.5
x
56.5
x
 cm
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$
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From "Erasure Drawings"
Deganit Berest
From "Erasure Drawings"
1976-1977
Aquarelle and pen on paper
56
x
75.5
x
 cm
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From "Erasure Drawings"
Deganit Berest
From "Erasure Drawings"
1976-1977
Pencil and colored pencils on paper
56.5
x
76.5
x
 cm
Price: 
$
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From "Erasure Drawings"
Deganit Berest
From "Erasure Drawings"
1976-1977
Pencil on paper
55
x
72.5
x
 cm
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$
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From "Erasure Drawings"
Deganit Berest
From "Erasure Drawings"
1976-1977
Pencil and tipp-ex on paper
56.5
x
76.5
x
 cm
Price: 
$
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From "Erasure Drawings"
Deganit Berest
From "Erasure Drawings"
1976-1977
Oil and pencil on paper
56.5
x
76
x
 cm
Price: 
$
Sold
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