Chat Des Rues Magazine - Edition 001

Magazine
Edition 01 January 2022

exaggerated [adjective]
regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than
in reality.To exaggerate is to be unapologetically you. To
exaggerate is to release social normalities and to live your
life in the most freeing way. My exaggerating, is not your
exaggerating. Any form of exaggerating is acceptable and
true. Be you, be Exaggerated.

MOOGZAM in hebrew is to exaggerate. We all exaggerate. To
over-do something. Sometimes we do this by spicing up stories
in order to make them more apealing, or simply to highlight
our points. Exaggeration is a statement that makes something
worse or better than it really is. Exaggeration in the arts in
used to givea little bit of drama into the peice of work.
We are looking for Art that is over the top, in your face,
exciting and inspiring. Bold Colors, compositions and
subjects live and breath the Chat Des Rues moto. An overload
of confidence, that feels so right. So, if you can relate, hop on
for the ride.

Table of Contents
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Exhibition Concept
About Chat Des Rues
Coming Soon
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Maayan Bachar
Yambo
Lior Halfon (Kalfo)
DotsToLines
Shimon Wanda
Dr Formalyst
Cara Roberts
Avi Ben Adiva
Gil Zablodovsky
Meet The Artists
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Neli Shai
Gerty Spott
Yael Wolf (Jael)
Oz Wirth
Viki Shmueli
Solor
Dasi Shalom Nimni
Zohar Chen
Oren Markel

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Articles Fashion Entertainment
Top 10 Cities with the best
Street Art
Why We love NFT Art
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Supporting Young
Fashion Designers
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Competition Winners
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DJ Maayan Lev
Nicole Dichfin
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How Pop Art
Paved the way
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Participants
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The Event
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Behind The Scenes

Our Picks For
The Top 10 Cities with the best Sreet Art
By Oren Markel
It’s no secret that we are big fans of colorful
street art and the message they portray. We have
narrowed down our top 10 cities worldwide in
which we think has the best Street Art Scene.
We've ranked them 10 to 1, and we have to say
our number one choice may be a little biased.
10. Berlin, Germany
The street art in Berlin can be seen as documentation for
the story of change that the city has endured throughout
history. The best street art in the city can be found on the
stretches of the Berlin Wall, also known as The East Side
Gallery. The stroll along the wall can be leisurely as well
as though provoking. Much of the work along the wall is of
political nature, although most artists chose varied themes
while creating the murals. This spot is number one on the
to-do list for most Berlin tourists, who arrive to the site and
reflect through the artwork on what is an eerily emotional
spot, packed with cultural and emotional baggage.
East Side Gallery Berlin colorful faces graffiti
Editorial credit: andersphoto / Shutterstock.com
9. Mexico City, Mexico
Although the capitol of Mexico has often had a poor
reputation and never been a popular travel destination,
the City's hidden gem has always been it’s colorful street
art. The many colorful works of art, reference Mexico's
Aztec and Maya civilizations, packed with political
statements or just a breathtaking combination of visual
nuanced illustrations with bright kicking colors. With
works sometimes being hard to find, many guided
tours are offered, giving an inside look into the city's
most prominent street artists. These works promote
coexistence, tourism and culture.
Graffiti of "La Calavera Catrina", the work of the one of the most popular cartoon
illustrator Jose Guadalupe Posada.
Editorial credit: Takamex / Shutterstock.com
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8. Lisbon, Portugal
The Portuguese capital is a prime location for street art.
The city, embodied with cobblestone streets and rustic
buildings, are prime for adaptation into a hip and trendy
location. Lisbon is covered in abandoned buildings
and factories that have been converted to art galleries,
restaurants and night clubs. Now, those building are
covered in enormous pieces of street art. With the local
government helpless to salvage the city, the underground
artists have taken things into their own hands, successfully
brightening up the run down walls of the city.
Street art by Blu and Os Gemeos
Editorial credit: anderm / Shutterstock.com
7. Bueno Aires, Argentina
Centro Ministerio de Diseno is part of the city's
government's design district, and of course filled with
incredible street art. Caminito is located in La Boca's
tourist center, home of one of the city's street art events,
the colorBA festival, in which artists from all over the world
participated in. La Boca area is decorated in bright colored
buildings, tourist stands and beautiful large murals all over
the neighborhood. In northern Buenos Aires, you can find
Villa Urquiza, a less known spot, filled with murals painted
by Italian artist Blu. Buenos Aires is home of many art
festivals and hosts a long list of international street artists.
You are sure to experience colorful and bright artwork in
several neighborhoods around the city.
Colorful street art in Palermo district
Editorial credit: sunsinger / Shutterstock.com
6. New York City, New York, USA
Street art was born in New York during the 1970 and since
has produced influential graffiti and street artists over the
decades. During an age when the city was bankrupt and
filled with crime, a response to the chaos that infiltrated
the city, young civilians from the Bronx and Brooklyn began
to tag subways, cars and buildings with graffiti, all being
considered dangerous and illegal. Soon this craze spread
and found its way into galleries and museums. Today
the Street Art in NYC is sanctioned and commissioned
by business owners, community groups and developers.
Throughout each borough you can find hidden gems. On
Long Island, you can find a 5 foot wall with over 200,000
square feet tagged by local and international painters.
Over in Brooklyn, you can spot big murals, small tags,
colorful or black and white paintings. The City that never
sleeps is the outdoor gallery millions of tourists enjoy
yearly.
Unknown Artist
Editorial credit: Maayan Bachar
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Our Picks for the top 10 Cities with the best Street art
5. Tel Aviv, Israel
The street art in Tel Aviv covers the city with its charm.
While you can most likely find a fascinating piece wherever
you go, there are specific neighborhoods you should
not miss out on. In Florentine, the up-and-coming hip
neighborhood, take the time to admire the vibrant street
art. You'll find an old synagogue standing on the border
of the industrial zone, and on the right side you'll be able
to uncover some hidden treasures. In the Jaffa Port you
can find several breathtaking murals on sides of buildings
as well as lining the stairs of a shopping complex. Famous
street artist, Rami Meiri, covers the city with his largerthan-life
murals, while his own residence is even worth a
visit. Tel Aviv is just big enough to be able to see all these
amazing pieces on a self-led walking tour.
Rami Meiri Street Art
All right Reserved to Rami Meiri
4. Paris, France
To take a stroll down the streets of Menilmontant and
Belleville in the 20th arrondissement, is to discover graffiti,
frescoes, and stencils. Although the large frescoes may
be a rare citing in the city, dozens of small images are a
reoccurring view throughout the city. The Street art in
Paris is original and diversified. The Parisian artist has as
unique style, while each creation can tell you a different
story. Mister Pee, who was greatly influenced by the hip
hop movement, and fulfilled with a sense of humor that
allows him to create original works in which he shares his
perspectives of life. Now having two exhibitions dedicated
to his works, in Paris and Lisbon, Mister Pee is known as
one of Paris' most influential street artists. In Paris, you
must keep your eyes peeled for an octopus or sparkling
diamonds, which like an artist's signature, are visual
creations that only attentive passers-by will notice.
Paris, France
Graffiti art by famous street artists in the rue Mouffetard neighborhood
Editorial credit: EQRoy / Shutterstock.com
3. Los Angeles, California, USA
The city of angels, as well as being known for the land
of stars, also has quite the reputation when it come to
Street Art. Mural Mile in Pacoima features 12 works from
local artist Levi Ponce, all produced in 2013. The Angel
Wing Project, by artist Colette Miller, is spotted all across
the large city. Although the city is now a thriving capitol
of street art, between 2003 to 2013, the city had a 'mural
moratorium' ban, banning all graffiti. You do not need
to seek out Los Angeles' street art, because truthfully it
is everywhere. In Downtown LA you can spot giant walls
covered with bright colors. In the Art District, also located
in downtown, you are in need of no map due to the streets
being so full. Every neighborhood in the city has its own
personal gems, so no matter where you end up, there will
be a beautiful mural to admire.
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Art District in Downtown of Los Angeles, CA
Editorial credit: Hayk_Shalunts / Shutterstock.com

2. Shoreditch, London, UK
Our Picks for the top 10 Cities with the best Street art
Shoreditch is one of London's hippest neighborhoods,
it is basically an urban exhibition of street art. The area
features some of the biggest names, like Banksy, who
has left his mark, as well as other up and coming street
artists. The neighborhood is filled with long cobblestone
roads, surrounded by old brick buildings covered from
street to roof with colorful murals. Walking the streets
of Shoreditch feels nothing less than an open exhibition
of some of the most stunning works of art. On Rivington
Street, new works pop up on the regular, becoming a key
site for aspiring street artists. On Great Eastern Street, you
can spot two graffiti covered tube trains perched upon
an old building. Brick Lane, known for its second-hand
clothing shops, night clubs and restaurants, has been a
hot spot for emerging artists for decades. There is nearly
no free wall space left on the street, and what is left will be
snatched up immediately to create another eye-catching
piece.
left: Street art on an old brick wall in Hanbury Street at Shoreditch
Editorial credit: Ron Ellis / Shutterstock.com
1.Haifa, Israel
After years of neglect for the downtown area of Haifa, the
neighborhood has in recent years has been developed
into a lively hangout scene. The street art decorates old,
rundown buildings with colorful murals of illustrations and
scenes. The Broken Fingaz collective was based in Haifa,
decorating some of the biggest buildings in the port area,
turning them into one of the biggest names In the local and
international street art scene. Walking up to Talpiot Market
from Downtown, you can stroll along Shivat Tzion Street to
look at a plethora of works by different Haifa based artists.
Broken Fingaz Collective
All right reserved to the Broken Fingaz Collective
So yes, our list may be a tiny bit biased, but there is no
doubt that all over this big rock that we live on, there is
beautiful street art no matter where you go. While traveling,
don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for the breathtaking
works that surround you.
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MAAYAN BACHAR
About the Artist
Maayan was born and raised in Akko. Due to being born into
a family of artists, she has always been drawn to the arts
and tried her hand in a various of different art forms. From
playing the saxophone, gold and silver-crafting, to painting
and sculpting. Following her army service in the IDF, she
surprisingly went on to study Law and Economics at Tel
Aviv University. For many years following her studies, her
focus was working as a Lawyer as she became a partner in
a Real Estate development firm. In the last couple of years,
Maayan decided to return to her first true love – art. Her
return to the art world inspired the development of this
Art Gallery, in which she combines her love of art with her
love of real estate. This being said, the gallery holds ideals
of street and pop art, integrated with new age technology
(NFT). The main focus for establishing the gallery is to
create a platform that will be a home for up-and-coming
artists, that will be a helping hand in developing their
brand and selling their art, while providing technological
capabilities that will be available for our artists that will
lead the way for them be at the forefront of the industry.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Maayan writes: For״ me, 'Moogzam' is being compeletly
real, this means that you are brave enough to be 100
percent your true self and express yourself in the truest,
most honest way. 'Moogzam' is to be able to feel free".
Walking Against the wind,
2021
Cherry Blossom, 2021
Biker Chick, 2021
Trump, 2021
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JJ, 2021

YAM BEN ADIVA
About the Artist
Yam Ben Adiva is a multidisciplinary artist, the founder
and creative director of Yambo Studio, and a co-founder
of NFT and digital collectible ecosystem, Dissrup.
Collaboration is at the heart of Yam’s design philosophy.
Working with a globally distributed network of artists,
Yam utilizes expertise from a variety of fields to create
tailor-made digital worlds for clients ranging from Apple
to Nike, infusing the DNA of pioneering brands with his
own trademark blend of dreamlike imagery and hypervibrant
colour to create surreal environments that remain
consistent, yet independent of the limitations of a single
visual language.
This collaborative approach is also essential to Dissrup
— Yam’s proto-metaversal platform. At the intersection of
the real and the imaginary, Dissrup works with industryleading
artists to create limited edition NFT artwork and
digital collectibles designed to push the boundaries of the
metaverse through the exploration of digital fashion and
interactive world-building.
Through his collaborative platforms, Yam creates with the
future in mind, building beautiful and immersive worlds
that continue to evolve with each interaction.
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Purple Room, 2021

LIOR HALFON
About the Artist
Kalfo is an Israeli born, award-winning actor/director,
artist and entrepreneur. He participated in Talma Israeli
art school group exhibitions in 1983 through 1985. In 2000.
he was granted and American Green Card for extraordinary
abilities in Art. Later he worked as a creator/director in
visual arts at WOW in Prague, Czech Republic.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Lior writes: "'Moogzam' to me is bringing the normal to
farthest edge. Pushing the limits to a place that I didn't
think was possible. An extra step towards a place no man
has been before. During my creative proccess, I try to think
about the farthest place i can go to with a certain technique.
Where is that 'Moogzam'? In my work that I exhibited in the
galleru, I used a type of polyurethane that can expand up
to 100 times its liquid form, and I "danced" whilst creating
the piece, since I couldn't actually control it - at times I
could shape it, other times, it did what it wanted. As the
piece continued to expand, my urge to make it larger
continued to grow more and more, until it reached a point
that I felt I had created this large monster with complexitys
as if it were a creature from another plant. Just 'Moogzam'.
In 2002 Lior founded the Israeli Blacklight theater. In
the coming years he acted as the creator and director of
‘GLOW’, a visual theater that went on to tour internationally.
In 2009, he created and directed ‘The Voca People’, an
international show that went on to win the Lortel award in
the Off Broadway Tony awards.
In 2010, Lior began acting in ‘Ramzor’, winning The Best TV
Comedy series for the Internation Emmys.
In 2014, Kalfo participated in a group exhibition for the
International Artists Museum. Following this, in 2016,
participated in the Givatayim City Gallery, the Water
Institute’s group exhibition.
During 2018, Kalfo participated and starred in a number of
exhbititions, including ‘Black Rainbow’, a solo exhibition
shown in the Midtown Towers in Tel Aviv, as well as in
The Light Festival, The Kalfo Gallery, a UV fine art gallery
in The Arena in Herzeliya, and lastly ‘Self Portrait’, a solo
exhibition in The Kalfo Gallery in Arena, Herzeliya.
In 2019, He worked as a creative consultant in the Yaakov
Agam Museum. In addition to his work there, He debuted
‘The Black Box Gallery’, a solo exhibition, which is a mobile
peeking gallery inside a 40 meter shipping container with
70 peeking holes.
2020, brought ‘OMG!’, a solo exhibition in the Bloody Forte
Gallery in Tel Aviv.
King Moustache The 3rd (Yes,
Thats his name), 2021
Beautiful Ugliness, 2021
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DOTSTOLINES
About the Artist
DotsToLines is the artistic name of 40-year-old tattooer
and artist, Chaim Machlev.
Chaim creates his works in his private art gallery based
in Berlin and Los Angeles, working by appointments only
and dedicating just one customer per day. His approach
has subsequently lead to a 2-3 year-long waiting list.
His innovative revolutionary style of tattooing could
be classified as geometrical minimalism with a strong
anatomical consideration of the human body. Taking the
whole body of the individual as the motive, emphasizing
its features to its perfection whilst creating a strong sense
of movement and energetic flow.
Chaim’s participation in exhibitions around the globe,
interior and product designs for high-end companies
(Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Jägermeister, etc.), along with his
unique approach to tattooing has gained him millions of
dedicated followers around the world.
Theinner outside, 2015 Noname, 2014
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why we love
NFT Art
By Oren Markel
You might be asking yourself, what is NFT? NFT stands
for "non-fungible token". Still not making sense? We'll
explain. Basically, this means that something is unique and
unable to be replaced with something else. In the world
of cryptocurrency for example, bitcoin is fungible. You are
able to trade one for another bitcoin and have exactly the
same thing. That being said, a one of a kind trading card,
is non-fungible. If you were to trade in for a different card,
you will end up with something completely different.
NFTs are typically part of the Ethereum blockchain which is
a type of cryptocurrency, but its blockchain also supports
these NFTs that store extra information. They are different,
each with a digital signature which make it impossible to
be exchanged for equal to what is was bought for. Owners
of NFT have exclusive ownership rights, no NFT can be
owned by multiple people at a time. The owner or creator
can store specific information inside, which means, artists
can sign their artwork by including their signature in an
NFT's metadata.
NFTs can be anything digital – drawings, music and more.
What excites us most is definitely the possibility around
using the tech to sell digital art. The big conversation in
the NFT world is about the evolution of fine art collecting
in digital art form. Digital art pieces, such as a Video art
piece by Grimes, was sold for 6.6 million dollars. The thing
is, people are able to download said digital file as many
time as possible, but NFTs are designed to to give you
something that cannot be copied, ownership of the work.
To put it into terms of physical art collecting – anyone
can buy a Monet print, but only one person can own the
original.
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So why is NFT so attractive to an artist or a buyer if a piece
can just be downloaded? These are obviously very valid
thoughts, but NFT has its wide range of benefits. First of
all, for artists interested in selling via NFT, it offers a way
to sell work that otherwise there may not be much of a
market for. Being sold online, you are able to reach a wider
audience that is specifically interested in fine art trading.
NFTs also have a feature in which you can enable, that will
pay you a percentage every time the NFT is sold or changes
hands. This ensures that your work can become extremely
popular and its value will always be growing.
As a buyer, NFT holds the obvious benefits of buying art,
like supporting an artist. Of course, as well as the bragging
rights of owning a fine piece of art, with the blockchain
entry to back it up. In NFT, like in classical art collecting,
you purchase a piece of art and hope the value of it goes
up, so one day a re-sale is an option in order to make a
profit.
As we see it, NFT is the future of art trading. With the
opportunity to reach a worldwide audience, art can reach
buyers that otherwise would not have access to art. In a
financial standpoint, NFT is a good investment that we see
has the option to increase value as time proceeds.
We are excited to see what the future holds in the NFT
world, and feel hope that we can fully embrace all the
positives it brings with it. We feel our brand as a whole,
embodies the innovativeness that NFT has to offer, while
staying true to the fine art world. The combination of the
two make us most excited.
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About the Artist
SHIMON WANDA
Shimon Wanda began painting at a very young age and
acquired his education independently over the years to
the present day.
Colors have always provided him with happiness. He
advocates for stretching boundaries and researching
different techniques and styles.
The passion he obtains from different places and the
knowledge gained from everyday life and the endless
experiences that continue.
The combination of new techniques and materials,
challenges, and the discovery of new worlds is one of the
reasons for passion and continuity in doing and creating.
The goal is to never stop creating, to focus on taking the
thoughts to places he and others do not know.
He creates in a variety of techniques, sizes, and formats
from working with traditional materials to digital. His art
is designed to evoke as strong emotions as possible, he
is inspired by his surroundings and his goal is always to
create strong bonds with the audience to convey emotion
to joy and strengthen through colors and shapes.
Peace of mind, 2020 Danit, 2020 wolf of wall street, 2020
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DR FORMALYST
About the Artist
Dr Formalyst is a minimalist designer by day, and a moody
3D artist by night.
As a designer, he’s spent 25 years making everything from
award-winning buildings, to hundreds of websites, video
games and mobile and mixed reality apps.
However, being Dr Formalyst allows him to step away from
his design work and experiment creatively without the
burden of rational thinking.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Dr Formalyst writes: "Moogzam has been, for many years,
a part of my creative process (without knowing the word).
Both as a designer, artist and a teacher I believe that there
is a value in pursuing the most extreme representationof
an idea or a concept, no matter how overblown it is, as it
leads to some creative exploration that would otherwise
be invisible to our mind. That overblown idea will almost
always not be suitable in itself but will be a fertile ground
from which surprising relevant ideas will grow from."
self bound, 2021 Hero, 2021 Pearls Trinkets and garbage bags, 2021
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How Pop Art
By Oren Markel
Paved the way
Have you always heard the term Pop Art and not
known exactly what stood behind it? We are here to
give you a background on all things Pop Art!
First off, Pop art can be short for Popular Art, an art movement that emerged in
the UK and United States during the mid- to late – 1950s. The movement's main
focus was to present a challenge to traditions of fine art. Imagery from Popular
(pop) culture, as well as visual objects known by the masses were a mane focus
point in the subjects of these art pieces. Use of advertising imagery, comic
books and mundane mass-produced objects were often the main focal point
of said art pieces. The aim of using images of popular culture in art, as opposed
to elitist culture, emphasizes the banal, mundane, and kitschy elements of any
culture, through the use of irony.
In North America, the origin of pop art had developed differently from the way it
had developed in Great Britain. In the United States, pop art was a response by
artists, who wanted to mark a return of edgy compositions and representational
art. The use of impersonal, mundane reality, irony and parody was in order
to detach personal symbolism and looseness of the abstract expressionism
movement.
On the other hand, the origins of pop art in post-war Britain, were more
academic, although still maintaining hints of irony and parody. In Britain,
artists focused on the dynamic and paradoxical imagery of American pop
culture as powerful, manipulative symbolic devices that affected patterns of
life, while simultaneously improving the affluence of a society. The earliest of
works in British pop art were fueled by ideas of American pop culture, viewed
from afar. Pop art drew many inspirations, and was seen as a sort of extension
of Dadaism (art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th
century). While both movements explored similar subjects, pop art replaced
the destructive, satirical and anarchic impulses of the Dada movement with
detached affirmations of the objects of mass culture.
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Pop art often uses imagery taken from advertising, product labeling and logos.
Pop art is a reflection of the society we live in, a mirror to the life we live. Leaning
on irony and criticism of the over-consumption world we live in.
Andy Warhol used the iconography of huge name-brands that reflect the
American culture of over-consumption. He created silk screen prints, to
emphasize mass production. In his Portrait series, in which he created prints of
some of the most famous names in pop culture, in which he depicted the fact
that these celebrities are a product of consumerism as well.
Roy Lichtenstein's stylized reproductions of comic strips used the color dots
and flat tones, like those of commercial printing. He often portrayed women as
they were in the advertising world, weak and dependent on a man. The use of
irony as a form of criticism to the world and consumerism.
Most Pop artists aspired to an impersonal, urbane attitude in their works.
Some examples of Pop art, however, were a not-so-subtle expressive of social
criticism.
American Pop art usually was found to be symbolical, anonymous, and
aggressive; British Pop, more subjective and referential, expressed a somewhat
romantic view of Pop culture, primarily due to the distance from it. British Pop
artists tended to deal with technology and popular culture mostly as themes,
even metaphors, while some American Pop artists actually seemed to live
these ideas. Warhol’s motto, for example, was, “I think everybody should be a
machine,” and he tried in his art to produce works that a machine would have
made, even naming his own studio – The Factory.
The public, initially, did not take Pop art seriously, although finally finding
critical acceptance as a form of art pointed toward the highly technological,
mass-media oriented society of Western countries. By the end of the 20th
century, pop art had become one of the most recognized art movements.
The way we see it, pop art became a steppingstone for the post-modernistic art
that has since come. At Chat des rues, we are always looking for new art and
artists that hold the visual and conceptual ideas that Pop Art introduced to the
world so many years ago.
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CARA ROBERTS
About the Artist
As an emerging London-based visual communicator fresh
out of university, Cara particularly enjoys capturing the
hidden strata of the human face. Through techniques
such as erasure and superimposition, she incorporates
subjective feelings into her portraits and preserves them
for later generations. Cara likes to make full use of posture,
expression, scale, negative space and semiotics to allow
faces to direct narratives. She is particularly influenced
by faces captured by photojournalists in war zones and
on the streets and by the artistic work of Chuck Close and
Morag Cullen, amongst others.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Cara writes: "My two 'Moogzam' pieces represent the
exaggerated reality of social media profiling and its
detrimental effect on the mental health of young people.
The pressure to conform can be overwhelming. Posts on
social media only represent the highlights of our lives
and exclude the backstories. We filter daily life events
and refuse to give the full story. It’s time we start getting
real - reflecting on those downfall moments will teach us
valuable lessons, so embracethem and maybe post them –
you can always Instagram your coffee tomorrow!"
She completed a BA Foundation Degree in Fine Art at
UAL Central Saint Martin’s, London three years ago and
I was awarded a BA Degree in Graphic Communication
Design by the same university this Summer. The tuition
she has received allows her to fuse skills in traditional
painting with those of modern graphic design resulting
in photorealistic 2D digital portraiture using ‘ProCreate’
software. Recent work experience in medical illustration
coupled with tuition in life drawing has fueled her interest
in the human form. Instruction on facial anatomy gave
me an appreciation of how structures that lie beneath the
skin manifest externally. In her ongoing pursuit of greater
impact, she has recently been exploring 3D facial modeling
techniques using the ‘Maya’ platform.
Cara has exhibited for the NHS ‘Make It Blue’ Campaign
and at the London Art Biennale in 2021. The former piece
was a painted self-portrait with an erased mask that
was displayed on a 3-storey building on Oxford Street in
support of the NHS and the second piece was a painted
portrait promoting de-stigmatization of people with
unique facial features.
Eloise, 2021 Pauline, 2021
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AVI BEN ADIVA
About the Artist
Avi Ben Adiva, who goes professionally as Baba Mosaic,
was Born and raised in Akko in 1952, is a
self-taught Painter and Sculpture.
Avi is married with 3 children, 6 grandchildren
and living today in Regba.
He teaches young artists to paint in his at-home studio and
specializes in mosaics.
Marylin, 2020
Cat, 2020
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messi, 2020

About the Artist
GIL ZABLODOVSKY
Gil is a multi-disciplinary artist, with a masters degree from
the Holon Institute of Technology. Working in the Visual
Communications industry, mainly in the video art space.
Gil has created many works in collaboration with Ivri Lider,
Rita and the poet Lali Zippi Michaeli. Until now, Gil has
participated in an artists program in Leipzig, Germany,
as well as worked as a mentor for Israeli immigrants who
wish to be incorporated in the work field. Gil’s interests
include different mediums, including sound design and
much more.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Gil writes: "'Moogzam' is when you start something and
you just don't stop."
P.o.P - T.Y.P, 2020
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NELI SHAI
About the Artist
Yeroslovana Neli Shai is an Israeli Artist, living in Tel Aviv
with her husband and set of Twins. Born into a family of
artists in Kosomolesk, Western Russia. Her mother was
a Painter and Art teacher, while her father was an art,
Photographer. From a young age, Shai spent hours in the
studio surrounded by art.
Making Aliya to Israel in 2003, she enrolled in an art course
to improve her skills and learn new techniques. While
studying, she acquired fantastic reviews and offers to sell
her art. Later, she opened her studio, where she creates
colorful, large pieces of art.
For Neli Shai, creating a piece is a process, using her
experiences with others along her journey and the
emotions that come with these meetings, into her work.
Her inspiration comes from many aspects of life, such as
nature, music, other artists and designers, and ideas she
encounters. These things create a personal experience
that comes to life through her art. Neli incorporates into
every piece of art, a bit of herself and her story. Her story
of choosing to live life in color.
Geisha, 2020 JANE, 2020 Michelle, 2020
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GERTY SPOTT
About the Artist
"Moogzam" to me means:
Gerty Spott is an Israeli Illustration artist. Since graduating
from the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design(2007), she has
been working as a commercial illustrator and as an art
therapist.
Her grotesque enigmatic characters, created in a unique
and precise detailed graphic style, dressed up in luxurious
outfits and mask-like faces, are placed as statues in an
empty space, to be both admired and ridiculed by the
viewer.
In her work, Gerty deals with ideas and perceptions such as
beauty, gender, fashion, and cultural norms and manners,
adopting a cynical standpoint with a touch of bitter humor.
Gerty writes: "And I continue, more and more and more...
connecting line to line, and patch of color to patch of color.
Obsessively. Compulsively. 'You've done to much', they tell
me, 'you should know when to stop'. But how do you know
when to stop? When is enough? When there is more space
to fill".
All Hail, 2021 Old Crow, 2021 Cat in the Sack, 2021
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YAEL WOLF
About the Artist
Illustrator and digital artist based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Her
work focuses on female portraits and character design
while exploring shapes, textures, and colorful palettes.
‘The Cubicle Series’ – digital works which started by her
wish to depict female role-models in history and current
days which she inspire from.
Later on in her journey and exploration of the Cubicle
Lady’s characters, she was drawn to the aesthetic of old
video games and pixel art.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Jael writes: "To think 'Moogzam' is to think outside the
box, outside of what is accepted in the 'norm' of whats it
right and what is wrong. Depiciting woman as boxes from
the world of pixels and computer games."
We Can Do it, 2021
Frida, 2021 We Can Do it, 2021
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OZ WIRTH
About the Artist
Oz Wirth is a multidisciplinary artist based in Bat Hen,
Israel. His work varies between different media, focusing
on painting, printmaking, and sculpting. Oz’s main interest
is in the past, aesthetics, color, anatomy, the classics, and
mythology. He is drawn to creating artwork that raises
questions, What’s normal? What isn’t normal? Different
rituals and the way the viewers perceive the image
"Moogzam" to me means:
Oz writes: "An excess, large, over the top and exaggerated.
'Moogzam' can be even something that is modest but not
accepted by the masses. 'Moogzam' brings up feelings of
negativity or positivity, but it can not be ignored."
Guardian Angel, 2020 Laocoon, 2021
Judith and holofernes, 2021
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VIKI SHMUELI
About the Artist
Viki Shmueli, born in 1984, is a mother of 2. Her love for art
was discovered at a later age, holding a paint brush for the
first time at 32.
Her Art hold motifes of emotion and authentic moments
of life. She draws in a figurative style, subjects that include:
Portraits, Landscapes, Still life and characters.
Viki’s main medium is Acrylic of Canvas.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Viki writes: "Moogzam for me is being able to pass through
the invisable barriar, the exit from our own comfort zones
into the unknown to the places where we can achieve
personal growth."
Watermelon at the sea, 2020
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butterfly Head, 2020

SOLOR
About the Artist
"Moogzam" to me means:
Solor is a Digital NFT Artist who creates through and
algorithm they have created.
Their creations are made up of continuous patterns of
colors that move and are constantly changing in which
create an abstract and surrealistic reality. Their creations
come from dreams.
Via the algorithm they designed, he creates digital
manipulation of abstract motion and colors that shift from
basic visuals to complex patterns intertwined within one
another to create an interesting perspective through many
layers of colors and shapes.
Through their art, Solor wishes to share with the world
the true character of their dreams, and to portray the wide
scale of emotions we experience while dreaming.
Solor writes: "Moogzam for me is the radical way of
breaking through 'normal' perception. In my works it is
through bending, breaking and creating shapes and colors
to portray the extreme differently every time."
Emot, 2021 Flogent, 2021 UNDESA, 2021
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DASI SHALOM NIMNI
About the Artist
Dasi is an Israeli artist who incorporates her everyday
experiences into her works. She takes images and breaks
them up so she can re-attach them in a new and interesting
way. In many of her works, she focuses on the wonders of
nature that exist around us – opposites that complete the
bigger picture, and through that make us look at life and
understand it better.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Dasi writes: "Moogzam" is a way to understand things
about 'Normal'. In art, it allows you to play with the rules,
to give your own experiences validity, and leave your
feelings without a sense of method and awareness."
Bubbles, 2020
DREAM, 2020
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Internalization, 2020

ZOHAR CHEN
About the Artist
Zohar Chen is a third year student at Shenkar College of
Engineering and Design, currently living in Binyamina.
Fashion is a big part of her life. Since childhood, clothing
has been a passion of hers. On the way to becoming a
fashion designer, she wishes to spread her feelings of what
fashion means to her. She feels that being able to make
someone smile through creating is the best feeling.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Zohar writes: "'Moogzam' is the place to push your
feelings beyond the viewer. 'Moogzam' is a feeling of
seeing something that you wouldn't see in everyday life.
'Moogzam' is the place with no limits."
Comfort zone, 2021
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Vacanze, 2020

OREN MARKEL
About the Artist
Oren works as the gallery’s Creative Director and Graphic
Designer, who has always had a love for art.
Oren is in her final year of Visual Communication Design
at the Wizo Academy of Design in Haifa. She joined the
Gallery team in July of 2021 and loves creating colorful
concepts for the gallery. She has always had a love for
art and enjoys various mediums such as Colored Pencils,
Water Colors, and now has discovered her love for digital
art. Oren gets her inspirtation from Abstract Expressionism
and Impressionism.
"Moogzam" to me means:
Oren writes: "For me, 'Moogzam' is the colors and
compositions that may be unexpected. It is not being afraid
to do things out of the 'norm'. At the heart of creating in a
'Moogzam' manner is the lack of fear to get things wrong,
because there is no wrong."
Energy, 2021 Timmy, 2021
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Supporting
Young Fashion Designers
As part of our mission to bring the Fashion World to Haifa
and support talented young designers, we decided to host
a fashion show as a main part of our opening night.
In order to find some of the best, over-the-top designs,
we released an open call to design students, or recently
graduated designers, to send in their crazy creations.
We recieved an over-whelming amount of beautiful
looks, and narrowed it down to the best 8. We invited the
designers with their models to a run through and declared
that the winner of the show will recieve a scholarship grant
to help them launch their Fashion Career or help them get
with school expenses.
Through this proccess we discovered incredibly talented
young designers with a unique sense of design and
ambition that will push them to undoubtably succeed.
For the competition we invited local Fashion Designers
and Influencers to act as judges.
One colorful look after another left the judges and the
audience in awe, as Maayan Lev, Radio Haifa DJ, hyped the
crowd with music.
The show's judges sat and reviewed each look while
scoring on a number of attributes. The competition was
stiff we ended up with a tied score and crowned two
winners.
We are pleased to congradulate Ruti Margalit and Zohar
Chen on recieving the scholarship grant and want to thank
the rest of the contestants for taking part in the opening of
our gallery.
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Designer: Zohar Chen
Model: LOYA BEnsimon
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Designer: Ruti Margalit
Model: Ailara Mered

Designer: Tom Beker
Model: Reen Ashbel
Designer: Abigail Mucznik
Model: Gaya Mucznik
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Designer: Ofri Yosef Azulay
Model: Sara willner
Designer: Alexandra Sroliush
Model: Aleksandra Lehtman
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Designer: Neta Shalom
Model: Alona Shalom
Designer: Yasmin Elad
Model: NelLY Elad
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THe Entertainment
DJ Maayan Lev
DJ Maayann Lev, of Radio Haifa graced us with amazing
beats while our guests enjoyed the exhibition, helping us
wrap up the night with an incredible dance party!
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Drag in the gallery
Nicole Dichfin
There was no way we could host an over-the-top,
exaggerated Gallery launch without having the incredible
Drag Queen - Nicole Dichfin put on a crazy show for our
guests.
Nicole is part of the "Drag in the Salon" group, which brings
the underground-ness of drag shows, right into your home,
making it much more approachable. We can't wait to have
her back again!
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HOME FOR THE ARTS AND SPECIALIZING IN
FASHION, DIGITAL AND VIDEO ART,
PAINTINGS, JEWELRY DESIGN AND MORE.
BASED IN HAIFA, CHAT DES RUES LIVES IN AN
AESTHETIC OF POP AND STREET ART.
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The Chat des Rues brand is for people who strive to live in
style. The art we to exhibit can be integrated into all aspects
of life. Whether hung up on a wall in your home or printed on
an exclusive clothing design or accessory, all integrated
under our brand. We are the home for luxury pieces, high end
art, digital and physical gallery.
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COMING SOON

Will host an NFT Conference in our Gallery - Spring 2022
The Conference will consist of guest speakers, booths will
amazing NFT projects, fantastic food and drink, and so many
more surprises! Stay Tuned!