Born in Tel Aviv and based in New York, journalist and visual artist Avital Burg (presented by Slag Gallery, Brooklyn) re-contextualizes art historic tropes of portraying charged interior spaces with experimental techniques and sociopolitical undertones.

 

Avital Burg, Yona's Drawing,  oil and oil pastels on linen, 27x25 inches, 2016,.
Avital Burg, Yona’s Drawing, oil and oil pastels on linen, 27×25 inches, 2016,.

 

 

Avital Burg, Piero's Drawing, oil and oil pastels on linen, 27x25 inches, 2016.
Avital Burg, Piero’s Drawing, oil and oil pastels on linen, 27×25 inches, 2016.