Sommer Contemporary Art

Sommer Contemporary Art Front Entrance
Sommer Contemporary Art
Established 1999
Location 13 Rothschild Blvd. Tel Aviv, Israel.
Type Art Gallery
Founder Irit Fine Sommer
Website http://www.sommergallery.com

Sommer Contemporary Art is a Contemporary Art gallery, owned by Irit Fine Sommer, and based on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, Israel.[1]

The gallery is considered to be among the most influential in Israel for contemporary art.[2] It was first opened in a small space on Rothschild 64 in 1999. Since its opening the purpose of the gallery was the promotion of contemporary Israeli artists in the international art scene, as well as representing and exhibiting leading international artists in Israel and abroad.[3][4] In November 2005 the gallery moved to a new space on Rothschild 13, in one of the historic buildings of Tel Aviv.[5] Sommer Contemporary Art is representing such artists as Adi Nes, Yehudit Sasportas, Yael Bartana, Thomas Zipp, Greogor Hildebrandt, and Ugo Rondinone.[6][7]

In addition to the main exhibition space, the gallery has initiated a smaller exhibition space dubbed as "S2" - a small project room in which "young curators receive an opportunity to curate small scale exhibitions of emerging artists." as an attempt to promote an emerging young generation of art professionals.[8]

Artists

Artists shown in the gallery include:[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://en.artmediaagency.com/79408/contemporary-israeli-art-at-irit-fine-sommer/
  2. ↑ Goff, Robert (2008-11-02). "Is Tel Aviv Ready to Crash the Global Art Party?". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  3. ↑ "Sommer ContemporaryArt". Artspace. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  4. ↑ http://www.israeltripplanner.com/tel-aviv/art/sommer-contemporary-art-gallery
  5. ↑ http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/tel_aviv/
  6. ↑ Harris, Jonathan (2004). Art, Money, Parties: New Institutions in the Political Economy of Contemporary Art. Liverpool University Press. p. 94. ISBN 0853237190.
  7. ↑ Kaufman, David. "Tel Aviv: Ten Things To Do: The Gallery Scene". Time Magazine. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sommer Contemporary Art Official Website".
  9. ↑ "Sommer Contemporary Art Official Website".


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