Harpaz's canvases capture the renewed interest in figurative painting, which has been unfolding over the past two decades. The artist's first solo exhibition in 2002 at the Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery in Tel Aviv foreshadowed her current paintings. When Richard Prince first saw Harpaz's work at Art Basel Miami Beach some years later, he wrote in ArtReview that the artist's …
Harpaz's canvases capture the renewed interest in figurative painting, which has been unfolding over the past two decades. The artist's first solo exhibition in 2002 at the Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery in Tel Aviv foreshadowed her current paintings. When Richard Prince first saw Harpaz's work at Art Basel Miami Beach some years later, he wrote in ArtReview that the artist's paintings reminded him of "Matisse, meets Polke. Maybe there was some Kippenberg in there but I think mostly I liked the way the paint was poured and lightly brushed..." Indeed, one can detect …
