{"id":827,"date":"2023-04-23T14:05:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T14:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/?p=827"},"modified":"2023-05-18T14:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:17:24","slug":"naomi-mendel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/?p=827&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Naomi Mendel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"827\" class=\"elementor elementor-827 elementor-27\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e164a4b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e164a4b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5bedd4\" data-id=\"f5bedd4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37bdefd elementor-skin-carousel elementor-arrows-yes elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-media-carousel\" data-id=\"37bdefd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_per_view&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;slides_per_view_mobile&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;carousel&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;show_arrows&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"media-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05df-\u05d4\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc-5.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"37bdefd\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"\u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05df \u05d4\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc 5\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"\u05d0\u05d5\u05d6\u05df \u05d4\u05e4\u05d9\u05dc 5 112\/156 \u05e1\u05f4\u05de, 2022. 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Naomi Mendel: Thicket<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-962f7a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"962f7a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act of painting in the studio is like being in a thicket.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this series of paintings, I create a place that has no center, no direction, and no scale. A place <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where all the areas are<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> equal in their insignificance. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This thicket, for me,\u00a0 is a hiding place and provides protection<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the outside gaze. It allows me to search for a new painterly language, to explore the presence and freedom of the hand\u2019s movement with the paintbrush, to extend the senses <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to imagination and forms and to open the eyes, instincts, and conscience<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by providing a place for an internal, subjective voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thicket is a metaphor of a complex, at times obscure, crumbling and falling apart, reality. A place in which beauty and ugliness, life and decay exist in tandem. Unable to find my way in space, I must rely on myself, because <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am, in fact,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the \u201cplace\u201d in which everything happens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98055c1\" data-id=\"98055c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222541a elementor-shape-circle elementor-grid-1 e-grid-align-left elementor-grid-mobile-4 e-grid-align-mobile-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"222541a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-envelope elementor-animation-pulse-grow elementor-repeater-item-e4b5d8f\" href=\"http:\/\/naomi.mendel@gmail.com\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Envelope<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-animation-pulse-grow elementor-repeater-item-902360a\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/naomi.mendel\u00a0\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-globe-asia elementor-animation-pulse-grow elementor-repeater-item-e5f3db2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naomimendel.com\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Globe-asia<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-globe-asia\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-animation-pulse-grow elementor-repeater-item-cc3511c\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u05d4\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05dd \u05d4\u05d1\u05d0 Naomi Mendel: Thicket The act of painting in the studio is like being in a thicket. In this series of paintings, I create a place that has no center, no direction, and no scale. A place where all the areas are equal in their insignificance. This thicket, for me,\u00a0 is a hiding place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-graduates","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1698,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfa.haifa.ac.il\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}