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FRAMED’S NEW HOME

After over a year of searching, at last, Framed has found its new place to call home. This is quite a big deal for us since ‘hospitality’ is at the foundation

Artist Carmel Ilan by Ofir Dor

At first glance one can’t really say what they are. They Look like they might be explosions of some kind held still, minerals caught on camera while conglomerating, or maybe

WINTER SUBURB SUN

AN INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL M. THURAU AND OFIR DOR Ofir dor (O.D.) Could you say something about what got you started painting? Can you pinpoint a period in your life

Skin Tone

LOOKING AT TANJA SELZER’S PAINTING FROM THE PAST YEARS ONE SEES FIGURES, MOSTLY WOMEN, SOMETIMES COUPLES OR GROUPS, USUALLY NAKED, IN A SEXUAL WAY. THEY SEEM TO BE FAMILIAR, THOUGH

VAGABONDS

FRAMED HAS BEEN WITHOUT ITS OWN HOME FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS NOW.  WHAT IS A CULTURAL SALON WITHOUT A HOME ANYWAY? AND ACTUALLY, WHAT IS ‘HOME’? Is it where I

Ofir Dor with Mate Djordjevic

MATE AND I MET IN PARIS SOME YEARS AGO. HIS WORK I GOT TO KNOW LATER, FIRST WE TALKED, ABOUT ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN, LANDING USUALLY SOMEWHERE AROUND PAINTING. The

Thoughts about Utopia

I FOUND MYSELF IMAGINING THE FUTURE FRAMED WHILE BEING AT STING’S CONCERT. THE SEARCH FOLLOWS ME EVERYWHERE I GO… A few weeks ago I was at Sting’s concert. I went

SOME PAINTERS LIKE PAINT!

TO INDULGE IN… NOT EVEN AS COLOR OR SHADE, JUST PAINT, MATERIAL ITSELF. IT’S PHYSICAL, SENSUAL BEING.   KATSUHIKO’S PAINT CAN GET WOMB-DEEP, LIKE THE COLORFUL EXCREMENTS OF A UNICORN,

Portals and Commodities

ELAD LAROM CAME TO VISIT ME IN MY STUDIO A FEW WEEKS AGO. I ASKED HIM TO POSE FOR ME FOR SOME DRAWINGS, THINKING OF PLACING HIM AS THE KING

STIMULUS

AS A TRUTHSAYER HIS MUSIC IS FULL OF REFERENCES TO FLAWS IN OUR SOCIETIES AND TO HIS OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY. AS A RAPPER HE HAS SOME OF THE SMOOTHEST GROOVES

FRAMED is looking for a new frame

FRAMED IS LOOKING FOR A NEW FRAME   In May 2022, FRAMED parted ways with the location that had been our home for the past three years (in Friedrichshain). Our