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David Frumer – Exhibitions
1976 - Hakibutz Galery, Tel Aviv – "Reconstruction". Documentation of a Coca Cola bottle reconstruction, in 29 photographs, as one would document a priceless archeological object. Each fragment is shown next to a measuring stick. Next to it, a photograph showing the status of the reconstructed bottle, after the addition of this fragment. The final object of the exhibition is the reconstructed bottle itself, enclosed in a clear box Reviews. .
1978 - Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York – "Reconstruction" Same subject as the Tel-Aviv exhibition Reviews.
1981 – Group exhibition at the Kibutz Gallery, Tel Aviv – "Four variations of Azure". The exhibition reflected the need of Frumer, upon his return to Israel from New York, to deal with the local strong intensity of sunlight. A series of 4 works, using mixed technique: Photographic emulsion on a canvas with paint. The intention was to treat light as a matter, and to investigate the contact point of light with: bricks, gravel, Asbestos and a roof with Antenna.
1982 – Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv - "Works 1980-1981". Still, under the influence of the local blinding light, Trying to feel it, using different materials and techniques. Including: "Window" – Wooden frame, blue plastic sheet, laundry strings and clips and nylon bags filled with sand. "A blind" – Aluminum blind with blue nylon showing between its stripes. A flat sculpture of a shopping basket, made of plywood. A series of 3 pictures of a white bed sheet hanged on a string, in the wind, against the azure background. Investigating the relationship between the fixed frame of the painting, and the changing shape of the bed sheet, emphasized by the azure background between them.
April 1983 – Julie M. Gallery. – "Panda drawings on paper". This exhibition was influenced by the war in Lebanon. Frumer took an active part in it. Presentation of the war as an electronic computer games. Frumer is trying to capture the flickering light. The infinite moment. To show how easy things get hit, explode and disappear. It is determined by the arbitrariness and skill of the players. In fact, it's all just a game Reviews..
Summer 1983 – Participation in the Tel Hai Bianale. – "A Sculpture" An aluminum obelisk, with a TV on top. While spinning like a radar dish, the TV played a computer program of geometrical and human shapes. This work was influenced by the electronic fence and watchtowers along the northern border of Israel. The illusion of gaining security, by relying on fences and electronic systems.
1984 – Julie M. Gallery. – "Oil on canvas paintings" A continuation of the first computer games exhibition. The emphasize here is more on the graphical aspect. Unlike objects in nature, where light is projected on them, in video screens the light comes from within. This cause the light colors to be in the back, and the dark colors in the front. Laying the colors in this opposite manner, and the use of complimentary colors to create flickering light, are the main elements of Frumer's technique here.
1985 – Julie M. Gallery. - "Participation in a group exhibition".
1986 – Maimad Art Gallery, Tel Aviv. – "A group drawings exhibition". Pencil on paper. Frumer's drawings were based on the theorem of Pythagoras. Frumer believed that this was the essence of abstract human thinking.
1988 – Julie M. Gallery. – "Chameleons". Paintings were acrylic on masonite. The long term fascination of Frumer with chameleons was their secret of survival: The ability to adapt and fit in Reviews. .
1991 – Julie M. Gallery. – "Dinosaurs". Sculptures made of: clay, glue, metal and other materials. Unlike the chameleons, the dinosaurs did not survive because they could not change and adapt. The sculptures in this exhibition has 2 life cycles: A dinosaur of wet clay on wooden skeleton, still breathing and flexible. In the oven, the wooden skeleton is burnt. The clay is cracked and broken down to pieces. The new sculpture is reconstructed from the original pieces
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