Jobani

New Works by Itamar JOBANI!

We have just received two new Itamar Jobani topographical sculptures.  Both figures are made entirely from plywood but their expressions are polar opposites—one seems meditative, while the other’s jaws stretch in a scream of rage.  Stop by the gallery to view this unlikely pair of sculptures together.

Itamar Jobani, Nimrod, 2010

Itamar Jobani, Scream, 2008

March 31 – May 1 Group Exhibition

We are very excited to introduce Toronto to our new gallery artists, fresh from New York City, Miriam Cabessa & Itamar Jobani.
On view together with works by Deganit Berest, Anat Betzer, Michal Na’aman, Yehuda Porbuchrai and Ram Samocha.

Miriam Cabessa, Gold Bricks, 2009, gold dust and oil on canvas, 24 x 52"

The exceptional beauty and merit of Cabessa’s “slow action painting” has been internationally acknowledged since 1997 when she represented Israel at the Venice Biennale.  Over the past two decades, she has perfected the technique of dragging metal combs, Tallit (Jewish prayer shawls), and keffiyeh (headscarves symbolic of Palestinian independence) in movements dictated by controlled breathing. Cabessa is known for large-scale patterned artworks whose intensely haptic creation is inseparable from the final product.  Her artistic lineage includes Jackson Pollock and Yves Klein, while her paintings reflect a background in photography, and reference the alluvial sensuality of Robert Mapplethorpe.


Itamar Jobani, Fat Land Reclining, 2008, plywood, 32 x 17 x 11.5"

Itamar Jobani is a young sculpture-installation artist on the cusp of mid-career status, working primarily in Brooklyn, New York.  His physical materials range from plywood to cardboard, while he employs programming and video installations to bring his topographically constructed figures to life.  Jobani’s work has been internationally recognized for its conceptual lucidity, owing in part to a background in film studies and philosophy.  Recently, he was awarded the prestigious 2010 Vierter Stock residency in Berlin due to the critical acclaim of his solo show at Volta NY, 2008.

Yes, we will indeed be open on Family Day! Also, freshly published artist intros are now online.

We at the Julie M. Gallery hope you have a wonderful winter long weekend!  Stop by the Distillery to enjoy fine art and a stroll while the weather holds up.

And since February can be so very gray, we’ve also spiced up our website with short introductions to each of our artists!  Just click on any name in our roster to find a paragraph on that artist’s motivations, materials and most acclaimed shows, followed by the traditional CV, of course.

For a taste, check out our newest works, created by acclaimed New York artists:


Miriam Cabessa & Itamar Jobani


Miriam Cabessa, Untitled, 2005, oil on linen, 20 x 50”

While Itamar Jobani’s work is currently on view in the gallery, Miriam Cabessa will be a featured artist in our upcoming March exhibition.