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About me
I am an artist, a therapist, a woman. I allow myself to wander and explore various aspects of life around me, in me in search of images that reflect the goings-on within.
I am an observer. I strive for my work to bring out the essence and consciousness of a subject. This process requires feeling into objects so that my work can portray something that I am consciously unaware of until the piece is done. My associations are intuitive and usually accurately reveal what I seek to unfold.
When I enter my studio I breathe as I prepare to work and ask myself: "What do you desire to express?", "Where are you right now?" and "What is the most genuine way for me to express this?"
The creative act has a ritualistic quality. It takes time to connect with the paint on the palette and breathe life into a new creation. Sometimes it takes an act of bravery to start creating...or to realize and accept that I cannot create anything at all.
Sometimes creations take no physical form and remain in the dimentions of my imagination...
I am an observer. I strive for my work to bring out the essence and consciousness of a subject. This process requires feeling into objects so that my work can portray something that I am consciously unaware of until the piece is done. My associations are intuitive and usually accurately reveal what I seek to unfold.
When I enter my studio I breathe as I prepare to work and ask myself: "What do you desire to express?", "Where are you right now?" and "What is the most genuine way for me to express this?"
The creative act has a ritualistic quality. It takes time to connect with the paint on the palette and breathe life into a new creation. Sometimes it takes an act of bravery to start creating...or to realize and accept that I cannot create anything at all.
Sometimes creations take no physical form and remain in the dimentions of my imagination...
Monday, November 2, 2009
Project Runway 30.10-19.12 פרוייקט מסלול

מרגו גראן משתמשת בפורמט של תכנית הריאליטי כדי למסגר בתוכו פנטזיות, חלומות, פחדים, הנאות ביתיות, היסטוריה פרטית ומשפחתית, והיא מפעילה אותו בקוד שנדמה פתוח וקריא, ולכן הוא יעיל כל כך בהסוואת הקוד הסגור, האישי, שכדי לקרוא בו צריך להבין את שפת הסימנים המצטברים. התערוכה מבחינתה היא חלק ממסע רוחני ואישי, שבא לידי ביטוי באמצעות השימוש במדיה הפופולרית. מספריים חותכים בבד, איש תופר במכונת תפירה בתוך מסגרת מדממת, סמיילים דמויי כפתורים, המקובצים יחד כמו במתקפת חייזרים שוחרת רע, לב עשוי חומר, שלדים קטנים – כל אלה בונים יחד את התערוכה ואת מסלולה, את המחשבות ואת אלה הסמוכות להן, ואת מלאכת האמנות והחיים הנבנית צעד אחר צעד, מתוך תקווה להגיע... לאן
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המסלול מתפרש על ידי גראן גם כמסלול שהוא עורק בגוף, מסלול שהוא דרך חיים, ולו כמה נתיבים, המאפשרים להתבונן בו-זמנית על הפעולה החוזרת ונשנית, המתרחבת ומתכווצת, של המסע האנושי. כי המסלול שהיא מכוונת אליו מוביל לא רק אל הגמר הגדול אלא גם לגמר החיים. ומתוך המודעות למסלול ולסופו בוחרת גראן להתמקד לא רק בפרס הלא מובטח שבקצהו, אלא בפעולות המשאירות עקבות בדרך, בסימנים המעידים כי היינו כאן וצעדנו לאורכה – עשינו אמנות, תפרנו בגד, שמנו לב לפרטים ולנוף החולף
בתערוכה "פרויקט המסלול" בונה גראן את אגדת הסינדרלה שלה. היא מספרת לנו ברצינות ובאירוניה גם יחד על הפנטזיה הקיימת בלב כל תערוכה ובלבו של כל אמן: בנשף הזה ירקוד הנסיך אִתי. גראן מציפה את הפנטזיה שאינה ניתנת לשבעה של האמנות, ומאפשרת לה לפלוש אל תוך החיים עצמם, להיטמע בהם, להפוך לאחד עמם. וכל הזמן ובה בעת היא משתמשת בפנטזיה כבהסוואה; אולי בתוך הפורמט הנוצץ לא נראה את הלב המאיים להישבר, את המלאכה הסיזיפית של תחזוקת החיים. ובכל זאת, ולפרק זמן נתון שמשכו כמשך הצגת התערוכה, האמנות, ה"ריאליטי" והמציאות יצטלבו – עד שיישמע צלצול חצות, ואולי גם אחר כך - מוניקה לביא
Margot Gran uses the format of the reality show to frame fantasies, dreams, fears, home comforts, private and family history. The reality show is used as a code that seems open and readable, which is why it so effectively camouflages the closed code, the personal, and in order to read it you need to know the language of the accumulated signs. According to Gran, the exhibition is part of a spiritual and personal journey, expressed through the use of popular media. The scissors that cut the cloth, a man using a sewing machine within a bleeding frame, smiley-like buttons grouped together like an attack of evil aliens, a heart made of clay, small skeletons - all these construct the exhibition and its runway, the thoughts and their associations, and the handicraft of art and life, built step by step, with the hope of arriving….where?
The runway is also interpreted by Gran as an artery in the body, the runway as a way of life, with several paths, allowing one to simultaneously see the repetitive movement, and the expansion and contraction of the human journey - because the runway that she refers to leads not only to the grand finale, but also to the finality of life. And with an awareness of the runway and its ending Gran chooses not only to focus on the uncertain prize, but on the actions that leave traces on the way, the signs that show that we were here and we have walked this path - we created art, we sewed a garment, we noticed the details and the changing scenery along the way.
In the “Project Runway” exhibition Gran builds her Cinderella story. She tells us both seriously and with irony about the fantasy at the heart of every exhibition and in the heart of every artist: Maybe at this ball the prince will dance with me. Gran floods the insatiable fantasy of art and allows it to flow into life itself, to be immersed in it, to become one with it. And all the while she uses fantasy as a camouflage; so that maybe within the glittering format we won’t see the heart threatening to break and the Sisyphean task of maintaining life. And yet, for a period of time which will continue for the duration of the exhibition - art, “reality” and real life cross paths - until the gong of midnight, and maybe even longer… / Monica LaviArticle Ynet: http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3796045,00.html
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Fresh Paint 2 - Not a Secret Anymore...
Some claim a global financial crisis has expanded beyond the individual experience. These are times of change. In these postcard paintings I attempted to see if from the sidelines (where I often reside) I could gain attention on a 10x15cm format, by painting money. It's like finding a penny on the sidewalk - hard to miss. My experiment was a success. Artists/imagery vary in value and the measurement of "good", popular" or "desirable" is subjective and often biased but if an image looks like money and can be purchased at a low price, it may draw attention. Selling paintings of banknotes for charity, at a one-price-fits all fee, questions the value of art, artist and currency. Each painting is holed with the sentence: "Who doesn't want to be a millionaire?"Look for my new series in Fresh Paint 3...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
CV
Margot Gran
Born 1967, USA Immigrated to Israel 1978 granmargot@gmail.com
Education
1999-2002 Graduate of Art Therapy Faculty, Beit Berel College of Art, Israel
1987-1991 BFA Honors Graduate, Fine Arts Dept. Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
1983-1986 Telma Yalin High School of Arts, Israel
Awards, Fellowships, Grants
1995 Artists Project Award
1992 'Keren Sharet" (America- Israel Foundation) Award
1991 Mary Fisher Award
1991 Helena Rubenstein Foundation Scholarship
1991 'Keren Sharet" (America- Israel Foundation) Award
Solo Exhibitions
2011 When We Walked on the Moon, Givat Haim Ihud Kibbutz Gallery, curator: Hanush Morag
2011 Playgrounds, The watertower Municipality Gallery, Nahariya. curator: Felix Lachowitz
2009 Project Runway, Gallery on the Cliff, Netanya. curator: Monica Lavi
Born 1967, USA Immigrated to Israel 1978 granmargot@gmail.com
Education
1999-2002 Graduate of Art Therapy Faculty, Beit Berel College of Art, Israel
1987-1991 BFA Honors Graduate, Fine Arts Dept. Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
1983-1986 Telma Yalin High School of Arts, Israel
Awards, Fellowships, Grants
1995 Artists Project Award
1992 'Keren Sharet" (America- Israel Foundation) Award
1991 Mary Fisher Award
1991 Helena Rubenstein Foundation Scholarship
1991 'Keren Sharet" (America- Israel Foundation) Award
Solo Exhibitions
2011 When We Walked on the Moon, Givat Haim Ihud Kibbutz Gallery, curator: Hanush Morag
2011 Playgrounds, The watertower Municipality Gallery, Nahariya. curator: Felix Lachowitz
2009 Project Runway, Gallery on the Cliff, Netanya. curator: Monica Lavi
1997 Die Hard 4, Yavneh Arts Workshop Gallery, curator : Monica Lavi
1996 A House of My Own, Artist's Workshop Gallery, Rishon, curator: Kobi Harel
1996 Freedom Is a Movement, Kamera Obscura Gallery in Tel-Aviv, curator:Vered Meimon
1995 Farewell to Arms, 'Bezalel' Gallery, Jerusalem. curator: Yehudit Sasportas
1995 Still Waters, Lips nightclub, Tel Aviv. Curator: Nella Cassuto
Group Exhibitions
1996 A House of My Own, Artist's Workshop Gallery, Rishon, curator: Kobi Harel
1996 Freedom Is a Movement, Kamera Obscura Gallery in Tel-Aviv, curator:Vered Meimon
1995 Farewell to Arms, 'Bezalel' Gallery, Jerusalem. curator: Yehudit Sasportas
1995 Still Waters, Lips nightclub, Tel Aviv. Curator: Nella Cassuto
Group Exhibitions
2011 Master Class, Diagilev Boutique Hotel, Tel Aviv, curator: Moran Shoub
2010 Bread and Roses Exhibition
2009 Now Me, Cliff Gallery, Netanya, curator: Monica Lavi
2008 Words at eye level, Bet Kanar, Rishon L'Tzion, curator: Efi Gen
2008 Difduf, drawing and artist books event, Siman Gallery, curator: Hagai Segev
2008 Knowing Fire, Florentine 45 Gallery, Tel Aviv, curators: Irena Gordon and Gilat Nadivi
2007 Self Portraits Mirroring Uri Reizman, Kibbutz Cabri Gallery, curator: Drora Dekel
2007 Kibbutz Cabri Celebrates 30 years, Kibbutz Cabri Gallery, curator: Drora Dekel
2006 Dinamo Mascha, Cliff Gallery, Netanya, curator: Monica Lavi
2006 Reconciliation Bowls, Ramat Gan Museum, curators: Dafna Zmora, Orna Shestovitch
2004 Exhibit 35, Etchings, Jerusalem Printshop, curators: Erena Gordon Arik Kilemnik
2004 Defying Gravity, Museum of Art, North Carolina, curator: Huston Paschal
1999 Six Open Tables, Mussrara Gallery, Jerusalem, curator: Rachel Sukman
1998 Khoj ‘98, International Artists Workshop, New Delhi, India, curator: Pooja Sood
1998 Women in the Real World, Limbus Gallery, Tel aviv, curator: Ofer Ze’evi.
1998 ID Number, Memorial Museum, Kiryat Tivon, Israel
1998 Tip of the Iceberg, National Gallery of Modern Art, India, curator: Nella Cassuto
1996 Women's Time, The Artists House, Haifa, curator: Nella Cassuto
1995 Prologue, Award Exhibition, Artists House, TA. curator: Ilana Tennenbaum
1995 Lick My Varnish, Names nightclub, Tel Aviv. Curator: Nir Hod
1994 Sealed For Freshness, Art Focus, TA Central Bus Station. Curator: Sarit Shapira
1994 Documentary'94, Art Focus, Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. Curator: Sarit Shapira
2009 Now Me, Cliff Gallery, Netanya, curator: Monica Lavi
2008 Words at eye level, Bet Kanar, Rishon L'Tzion, curator: Efi Gen
2008 Difduf, drawing and artist books event, Siman Gallery, curator: Hagai Segev
2008 Knowing Fire, Florentine 45 Gallery, Tel Aviv, curators: Irena Gordon and Gilat Nadivi
2007 Self Portraits Mirroring Uri Reizman, Kibbutz Cabri Gallery, curator: Drora Dekel
2007 Kibbutz Cabri Celebrates 30 years, Kibbutz Cabri Gallery, curator: Drora Dekel
2006 Dinamo Mascha, Cliff Gallery, Netanya, curator: Monica Lavi
2006 Reconciliation Bowls, Ramat Gan Museum, curators: Dafna Zmora, Orna Shestovitch
2004 Exhibit 35, Etchings, Jerusalem Printshop, curators: Erena Gordon Arik Kilemnik
2004 Defying Gravity, Museum of Art, North Carolina, curator: Huston Paschal
1999 Six Open Tables, Mussrara Gallery, Jerusalem, curator: Rachel Sukman
1998 Khoj ‘98, International Artists Workshop, New Delhi, India, curator: Pooja Sood
1998 Women in the Real World, Limbus Gallery, Tel aviv, curator: Ofer Ze’evi.
1998 ID Number, Memorial Museum, Kiryat Tivon, Israel
1998 Tip of the Iceberg, National Gallery of Modern Art, India, curator: Nella Cassuto
1996 Women's Time, The Artists House, Haifa, curator: Nella Cassuto
1995 Prologue, Award Exhibition, Artists House, TA. curator: Ilana Tennenbaum
1995 Lick My Varnish, Names nightclub, Tel Aviv. Curator: Nir Hod
1994 Sealed For Freshness, Art Focus, TA Central Bus Station. Curator: Sarit Shapira
1994 Documentary'94, Art Focus, Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. Curator: Sarit Shapira
Upcoming exhibitions:
2011 Transformation, Group exhibition for the organization for freedom of speech in Israel
2012 Artist's House Jerusalem
2012 Exhibition with Anat-Michaelis -Levi, Herzaliya Artist's Workshop, curator: Varda Genosar
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Now Me 2009 עכשיו אני
עבודות הבית
הוצגו בתערוכה קבוצתית עכשיו אני
בינואר 2009 בהשתתפות
בינואר 2009 בהשתתפות
ג'ניפר בר לב, גליה גור זאב, מרגו גראן, רותי הלביץ כהן, איילת השחר כהן
דרורה ויצמן, מאיה כהן לוי, טובה לוטן, מרב ש. בן אלון, מיכל שמיר
אוצרת: מוניקה לביא
סדרת ציורי הבית -שמן על בד - 2008-2007
ידיעון בינה מציג עבודות מסדרה זו בקישור הבא
Thursday, December 18, 2008
מילים בגובה העיניים - תערוכה קבוצתית
מילים בגובה העיניים
20/12/2008
בית קנר, גלריה עירונית לאמנות בבראשון לציון
אוצרת : אפי גן


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