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guy ben-ari , '' library '' , 2014 , tel aviv , israel 210px 2011 the arts , new york ; , mfa , columbia university 's school of israeli 2014 program , the elizabeth foundation for the arts , new , york , ny ; sip award , robert blackburn printmaking workshop painting , drawing , printmaking 1984 guy ben-ari
 guy ben-ari
guy ben-ari

guy ben-ari -lrb- born 1984 , tel aviv , israel -rrb- is an israeli painter currently living and working in new york city .
his most recent solo exhibition was held at scaramouche gallery in manhattan , new york .
previous solo exhibitions of ben-ari 's work were held at vox populi in philadelphia , and hamidrasha gallery in tel aviv .
his work has been featured in group exhibitions in new york city at 6 -- 8 months project space , thierry goldberg gallery , nada art fair with artis , fisher landau center for art , and sculpturecenter .
ben-ari is a current sip award recipient from the robert blackburn printmaking workshop program at the elizabeth foundation for the arts , and recently was an artist-in-residence at the lower manhattan cultural council workspace residency and artist-in-residence at the nars foundation , new york .
ben-ari received his mfa from columbia university 's school of the arts in 2011 , and his bfa with honors from bezalel academy of art and design in jerusalem in 2009 , where he received the presser award for excellence in painting .
in 2008 , ben-ari was selected for the exchange program for merit students to study painting at the slade school of fine art , ucl , london .
ben-ari 's body of work focuses on the connection between psychoanalytic theory , semiotics and the medium of painting .
following the psychoanalyst jacques lacan 's notion that ` the word kills the thing ' by fixing its meaning , he uses an illustrative approach to examine the way metaphors , when taken literally , become dysfunctional .
ben-ari is interested in the implications of using painting , a medium that rejects literal interpretation , to analyze concepts that reject visual interpretation .
ben-ari 's recent work uses painting as a framework to study elements of post-structuralism and psychoanalytic theory .
much of his work originates in jokes or illustrations of related concepts and situations , as he attempts to employ a literal strategy in an image , without collapsing into a mere illustration .
