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Yaki Assayag
b. 1970

Yaki Assayag b. 1970

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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Yaki Assayag, Michael and Elie, 2004

Yaki Assayag b. 1970

Michael and Elie, 2004
photograph on board
97.5 x 97.5 cm
2004-6
© Yaki Assayag
Photo: Bridgeman images

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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Yaki Assayag, Michael and Elie, 2004
  • Michael and Elie
Michael and Elie’s happiness is spontaneous and infectious: a moment of pure joy and togetherness. Photographer Yaki Assayag aims to capture the interaction between his subjects and his camera rather...
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Michael and Elie’s happiness is spontaneous and infectious: a moment of pure joy and togetherness. Photographer Yaki Assayag aims to capture the interaction between his subjects and his camera rather than predetermining the composition. This work is a part of a series he began after moving to New York, reflecting upon his relationships and his new environment. He primarily lends his camera to portraiture work, calling it ‘the most interesting side of photography as there are many ways to approach such a dynamic and fascinating subject’. Within his approach, Assayag finds that, through building a relationship with his subjects, ultimately, ‘there is no limit to what the camera can expose’.
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Provenance

purchased with the generous support of the V&A/MLA Purchase Grant Fund, the artist and a philanthropist who has requested anonymity, 2004

Exhibitions

2004 International Jewish Artist of the Year 2004 (IJAYA), Ben Uri Gallery - The London Jewish Museum of Art

2006 Recent Acquisitions 2001-2006, Ben Uri Gallery - The London Jewish Museum of Art

2008 Israel & Art: 60 Years through Teddy's Eyes, Ben Uri Gallery

2010 Apocalypse: unveiling a lost masterpiece by Marc Chagall and 50 selected masterworks from the Ben Uri Collection, Osborne Samuel

2011 Bonhams Israeli, Bonhams

2015 Out of Chaos – Ben Uri: 100 Years in London, Somerset House

2023 Joy, Ben Uri Gallery

Literature

Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall, eds., Out of Chaos: Ben Uri; 100 Years in London (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2015) pp. 138-139;
Apocalypse: Unveiling a lost masterpiece by Marc Chagall (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2010);
David Bonan, ed., Israel & Art: 60 years through the eyes of Teddy Kollek (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2008);
David Glasser, intro., Recent Acquisitions 2001-2006 (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 2006), p. 16 (illus. included).
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