Through her images she draws attention to overlooked corners of life and love, people and landscapes and ultimately our conjoined intersubjective selves.

With her native country in turmoil and its people living in constant tension and conflict, Karen projects through her images optimism and beauty...Click here to read more about Karen.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art - Gala 2008 Art Auction

The attached image Anything for You by the artist Karen Gillerman Harel was sold for $2,700 at a silent and live auction held during our Gala on May 8, 2008 with the proceeds to benefit the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. We invite you to browse a sampling of the collection below that was auctioned.

The image Anything for You is a photograph from the book Love and Other Bad Habits. (Texts by Meital Dohan, photographs by Karen Gillerman Harel.)

All works are professionally framed. If you are unable to attend our event, absentee bidding opportunities are available by calling Enid Shapiro at 212-319-0555. All bids must be placed no later than May 7th at 1:00 pm.
http://www.americanfriendstelavivmuseum.org/sal.html

The winning photo of an artistic expression given to the Israeli flag for Israel's 60th Independence day.

The photo was created due to the major Israeli campaign by Bank Hapoalim, and the leading daily Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonot , Taken by the photographer: Karen Gillerman Harel.

With great sensitivity and meaning, Karen has captured Dora Dreiblatt  An Auchwitz  Holocaust survivor born 1922 in Poland and her great-granddaughter Daniela Har – Zvi born 2007 in Israel, following a photo of 4 generations, to show the past and future of the Israeli Nation and people

The Art of Reconciliation 12-18 May, 2008

The reconciliation exhibition presents 60 creations where backgammon boards have been turned into artistic objects dealing with the meaning of reconciliation as a starting point for the process of understanding and patience towards fellow man. Changing Perspectives by the Artist : Karen Gillerman Harel & Studio MD

Backgammon Road Map
For Israel's 60's Independence Day. The work projects a tapestry of long-shots & close-ups while portraying tradition & modernity, body & sole, black & while, landscapes & lifescapes, and ultimately life itself. The game introduces Karen's personal Road Map which includes family photos and images from Israel and abroad, while presenting images that create a narrative and curiosity.

Karen & Studio MD decided to maintain the actual game and create a further understanding of the Reality and outlook on life. Both sides of the game gained another perspective, while the Checkers is presented by black & white identical images and the Backgammon presented by close-up & long-shot images which creates another game of spotting the detail taken from the whole image. "I believe that Life is all about Timing and Luck, just like in the Backgammon Game" Says Karen. www.backgammonart.com

An Annual Group Exhibition “Born naked”  
MDA- Memory of the Future
June-July 2008
Cité International des arts in Paris.

MDA (Memoire de l'avenir ) was created in Paris by Margalit Berriet to create communication between people via the arts.
MDA activates in France, Germany and Israel.

Karen took part in the MDA workshop lead by the artist Ziv Peleg ben ze’ev.  www.memoire-a-venir.org

Passion Unveiled
Photographer: Karen Gillerman Harel
Film photograph, Printed on Canvas 110 x 78 cm

In Karen's Passion Unveiled  images, we can see the use of the veil in a series of four photographs, while using the veil in different forms, from a modest, religious, traditional item to a modern, fashionable and sexual item.

Karen reveals in her images the Passion Unveiled by posing and adding additional elements to the composition, while believing that the less exposed the more passionate it looks and the identity remains unknown.

Karen's work is inspired by The quote:  "All I know is that I know nothing" (Socrates, A Classical Greek Philosopher. 399 BC-496 BC) that leads Karen to believe that by presenting an unknown identity with a passion urging to breakthrough it is open for one's interpretation and their own prejudgment & objectivity. Once you reach the understanding you searched for, you realize you know nothing, and the journey of comprehension has just began.

Love and Other Bad Habits:
Unmasking the Most Intimate Femine Moments

This stimulating new book Love and Other Bad Habits exhibits a rare tapestry of feminine identity. Dohan and Gillerman-Harel juxtapose visual text with narrative pictures exposing the side effects of love and moments not spoken. Click here to read more.