Jan Menses Kabbakah Art

Camus Gallery
Hebrew:
	גלריה כמוס
Pronunciation:
	Ka-muss
Other Names:
	Camus Gallery, Art and Soul Gallery
Description:
	One of Tzfat’s largest galleries which exhibits the works of many local and other Israeli artists.

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The Camus Gallery on Yosef Caro Street in Tzfat’s Old City draws visitors from throughout the world who come to view and purchase the various types of artwork exhibited in the gallery.

Background

Tomer Camus is descended from one of Tzfat’s oldest families. His lineage in the city can be traced back 18 generations to the Jews who fled Spain to make their home in Safed. He studied photography during his high school years and began to explore the Old City of Tzfat with his camera while still a student. In 1995 he decided to combine his love of art and his interest in representing Israeli artists by opening the Camus gallery in the Old Jewish Quarter.

Represented Artists

The Camus Gallery displays a wide variety of art styles and mediums including jewelry, paintings, photography, Judaica, sculptures and “talitot” -- prayer shawls. The Camus gallery specializes in works of bright, vibrant colors and vivid imagery. Tomer and his wife Ketti operate the Camus gallery which has several sections. Each section exhibits the work of several artists including:

Lirone Photography

Lirone is an Israel photographer who has an extensive background working with portraits, industrial photography and interactive photography. He currently creates works that combine an original photograph with the aesthetics of painting and sculpture. This is an innovative technique which has been patented. The concept allows for the visualization of an image as a three dimensional vision.

Gerstein Objects

David Gerstein whimsical objects are popular as colorful additions to bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens. He creates bright intricate serigraphs on steel and screen prints on metal in shapes such as butterflies, bicycle and motorcycle riders, dancers and animals.

Ayala Bar Jewelry

Ayala Bar is a well-known Israeli jewelry designer and the Camus gallery exhibits her art exclusively in Tzfat. Bar’s jewelry is created from bright, colorful beads and stones which are inlaid in precious metals or laid out on leather or cloth. Bar’s jewelry includes necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings.

Gabrieli Talitot

Hand-woven items by Gabrieli include a wide range of items that the Camus Gallery exhibits. These include both silk and wool “talitot” -- prayer shawls -- and the special bags in which these talitot are traditionally carried.

CJ Art Judaica

Camus is the Tzfat representative of CJ Art, a distributor of Judaica. These items, including Seder plates, menorahs, candlesticks, mezuzza covers, havdallah sets and kippas, are produced by Israeli artists and are part of Judaica collections throughout the world. They are created from metals, colored glass, wood and ceramics and feature modernistic designs.

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-('''Hebrew''':ייאן מנסיס / '''Pronunciation''': Jan Men-sees /'''Translation''': Jan Menses / '''Other Names''': The Kabbalistic Art of Jan Menses /  '''Definition''': Veteran Kabbalistic Artist  / '''Description''': Tzfat artist whose unique renditions of Kabbalistic concepts have made him a legend in the local art community)
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+|header1 = Hebrew:
+|data2  = גלריה כמוס
+|header3 = Pronunciation:
+|data4  = Ka-muss
+|header5 = Other Names:
+|data6   = Camus Gallery, Art and Soul Gallery
+|header7 = Description:
+|data8   = One of Tzfat’s largest galleries which exhibits the works of many local and other Israeli artists.}}
-Jan Menses was one of the first artists in Tzfat who infused his art with his studies of Kabbalah.
+The Camus Gallery on [[Art-Gallery-Street-Safed|Yosef Caro Street]] in Tzfat’s [[Old City Safed|Old City]] draws visitors from throughout the world who come to view and purchase the various types of artwork exhibited in the gallery.
 == Background ==
-Jan Menses was born in Holland to a family with “Marrano” --Jews forced underground by the Spanish Inquisition roots. The family’s history indicates that they were shipbuilders in the 16th century but their Jewish practices lapsed and the family did not identify Jewishly.
+Tomer Camus is descended from one of [[Safed|Tzfat’s]] oldest families. His lineage in the city can be traced back 18 generations to the Jews who fled Spain to make their home in Safed. He studied photography during his high school years and began to explore the Old City of Tzfat with his camera while still a student. In 1995 he decided to combine his love of art and his interest in representing Israeli artists by opening the Camus gallery in the Old Jewish Quarter.
-Jan was strongly affected by the atrocities that he witnessed during World War II. Following the war he studied art at the Rotterdam Academy of Art and produced colorful expressionistic art. After his service in the Royal Dutch Air Force he began to travel, eventually making his way to Morocco where he came under the influence of Rabbi Kadoch, a Kabbalist. Menses converted to Judaism and married Rabbi Kadoch’s daughter. They moved to Montreal where Menses began his career in Jewish and Kabbalistic art.
+== Represented Artists ==
+The Camus Gallery displays a wide variety of art styles and mediums including jewelry, paintings, photography, Judaica, sculptures and “talitot” -- prayer shawls. The Camus gallery specializes in works of bright, vibrant colors and vivid imagery. Tomer and his wife Ketti operate the Camus gallery which has several sections. Each section exhibits the work of several artists including:
-== Montreal ==
+=== Lirone Photography ===
-First in Morocco and then in Montreal Menses began to explore Kabbalistic concepts in his artwork. He began to create pieces of art set around themes. He produced varying numbers of pieces for each theme. Menses abandoned his early expressionist style and painted pieces with stark, striking cinematographic delineations of black and white. These themes include subjects such as “Kaddish” (the Jewish prayer for the departed), “Klippot” -- a Kabbalistic concept of each individual’s outer shell which hides his inner goodness, the Holocaust and “Tikkun” -- Rectification. Menses received a blessing from the Lubavitch Rebbe for his work on his Tikkun series.
+Lirone is an Israel photographer who has an extensive background working with portraits, industrial photography and interactive photography. He currently creates works that combine an original photograph with the aesthetics of painting and sculpture. This is an innovative technique which has been patented. The concept allows for the visualization of an image as a three dimensional vision.
-== Style ==
+===Gerstein Objects ===
-Menses’s choice of colors, black and white, seems to reduce reality to the bare bones of lightness and darkness. The blackness represents disorder while the lightness connotes G-d’s holiness. Menses’s robotic forms and exact geometric shapes bring to mind a world of spiritual torment. The abstract expressionism depicted in Menses works symbolize a definite, finite and surreal world.
+David Gerstein whimsical objects are popular as colorful additions to bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms and kitchens. He creates bright intricate serigraphs on steel and screen prints on metal in shapes such as butterflies, bicycle and motorcycle riders, dancers and animals.
-== Inspiration ==
+=== Ayala Bar Jewelry ===
-Menses sees his works as man’s search for serenity as he strives to please G-d while he waits for the Final Redemption. Many of his paintings focus on the Jewish Diaspora and the eclipse of faith. Menses strives to translate these experiences into contemporary forms as he expresses the altitude of man’s soul.
+Ayala Bar is a well-known Israeli jewelry designer and the Camus gallery exhibits her art exclusively in Tzfat. Bar’s jewelry is created from bright, colorful beads and stones which are inlaid in precious metals or laid out on leather or cloth. Bar’s jewelry includes necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings.
-== Exhibitions ==
+=== Gabrieli Talitot ===
-Menses exhibits in his gallery which is attached to his home in the [[Artists Quarter Safed|Artists Quarter of Tzfat]] above the Ma’ayan Haradum public square. His works hang in the Brooklyn Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Stedelijk and Rijksmuseum museums in Amsterdam and many private galleries and exhibitions.
+Hand-woven items by Gabrieli include a wide range of items that the Camus Gallery exhibits. These include both silk and wool “talitot” -- prayer shawls -- and the special bags in which these talitot are traditionally carried.
+===CJ Art Judaica ===
+Camus is the Tzfat representative of CJ Art, a distributor of Judaica. These items, including Seder plates, menorahs, candlesticks, mezuzza covers, havdallah sets and kippas, are produced by Israeli artists and are part of Judaica collections throughout the world. They are created from metals, colored glass, wood and ceramics and feature modernistic designs.
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+[[Category:Jewish Art]]