The Department of Photography cordially invites you to the lecture
David Adika:
Self.Portrait.Still.Life
Lecture
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 6 pm
Building 6, Photostudio 06.E.014
Workshop
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 10 am
Building 6, Photostudio, 06.E.014
• Please register with nina.ditscheid@hs-duesseldorf.de
David Adika (b. 1970) will give a lecture, followed by a one-day workshop on “Self.Portrait.Still.Life”. For participating in the workshop, it is required to attend the lecture and to register via email to nina.ditscheid@hs-duesseldorf.de
Adika is an Israeli photographer, artist, and Head of the Photography Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem.
His work focuses on the visual and cultural facets of the local Middle Eastern space as a microcosm that reflects his social and family identity. His photographic corpus contains representations of various still life and portraits, blurring the boundaries between abstract conceptual language and lavish visual accuracy.
Adika’s visual research explores intimate yet universal biographies, while the photographs unfold familiar and unfamiliar aspects of everyday life and highlight questions of taste and social status.
Adika has had many solo exhibitions in Israeli and international venues, among them MAGASIN 3 Sweden, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Art Museum in Riga, Latvia, Bologna MUSEI, Casa Morandi, Italy, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, and Braverman Gallery in Tel Aviv.
He has won many awards, including the Minister and the Emerging Artist Prizes from the Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Jack Nailor Award for Photography.
His photographs are included in many collections, such as the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Haifa Museum of Art, the Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Casa Morandi in Italy, the Knesset and private collections in Israel, and abroad.
• www.davidadika.com
• www.instagram.com/dadika/
