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| Established | 1973 |
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| Dissolved | 1990 |
| Location | Ein Kerem, Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°46′06″N35°09′37″E / 31.768201°N 35.160252°E |
| Type | Gallery |
| Debel Gallery (Logo) | |
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| Established | 1973 |
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| Dissolved | 1990 |
| Location | Ein Kerem, Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°46′06″N35°09′37″E / 31.768201°N 35.160252°E |
| Type | Gallery |
The Debel Gallery was opened in 1973 in Jerusalem, when the city was a pilgrimage center for curators, journalists and art enthusiasts.[ citation needed ] Etienne and Ruth Debel opened the Gallery in the basement of their home in Ein Kerem. It represented well-known artists, and discovered new ones. In addition, the Gallery exhibited avant-garde artists, which was unusual for a private gallery; for example, in 1974 the Austrian artist Rudolf Schwarzkogler, and in 1976 the Gallery staged a performance of "Nidah" by Yocheved Weinfeld. Among the artists exhibited were the Israeli artists Yair Garbuz, Raffi Lavie, Gabriel Cohen, Yocheved Weinfeld, Maya Cohen-Levy, Daniela Passal; internationally famous artists such as Alexander Calder, David Hockney and many others. At the same time, the Debel Gallery promoted a group of artists who were considered to be on the "fringe" of the avant-garde artists. They were identified with Bezalel such as Zeev Raban, Meir Gur-Arieh, and Shmuel Levi; figurative artists such as Samuel Bak and Naftali Bezem. There was also a group of new immigrants from the U.S.S.R. who were also promoted by the Debel Gallery such as Naftali Bezem, Alexander Okun, Valentin Shorr, Anatoli Basin, and many others. [1]
While curating different exhibitions, Ruth used to interview the exhibiting artists. She recorded their conversations and transcribed them. [2] In a collaboration between Ruth Debel and Mamuta at the Daniela Passal Art and Media Center, selected interviews were bound together into a booklet named ‘Dialogue’. [3]
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