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ERAN FRAENKEL
Selected Works
May 9-June 2
Break on Through to the Other Side (48" x 48")
acrylic on canvas
ARTIST BIO:
Jerusalem-born Eran Fraenkel is a self-taught artist who moved to Providence in 2016 after 22 years living and working in Macedonia, Brussels, Jakarta, and Barcelona. A life-long musician, Eran responds to the aural and visible world to create visual rhythm, tempo, and harmony. In Indonesia, Eran was inspired by the ubiquitous presence of oceans and his experiences underwater; by Java’s vibrant batik patterns; and by the sounds of Javanese gamelan.
His Barcelona pieces juxtapose the aesthetics of Catalan modernisme and vestiges of the region’s Moorish past. Eran’s pen-and-ink pieces reflect his fascination with Islamic arts and Arabic calligraphy. Eran has worked primarily with acrylics, inks, and pencils, but since moving to Providence he has begun to use alcohol inks and to make resin pours. To increase his understanding of three-dimensionality, for two years before Covid, Eran was studying glassblowing. Since 2020, Eran has been learning his mother’s family’s home language: Farsi. In collaboration with his teacher, he has drawn a set of black and white pen-and-ink images that include hand-calligraphed verses of Classical Persian poetry by Omar Khayyam and Rumi. Most recently he produced a series of drawings entitled “Persianesque,” illustrating another aspect of Eran’s interpretation of his Iranian heritage. Eran is an ex-officio board member of the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative and of Providence Gallery Night; and is an Elected Artist of Art League Rhode Island.
upcoming exhibitS
Eran Fraenkel
May 9-June 2
Jerusalem-born Eran Fraenkel is a self-taught artist who moved to Providence in 2016 after 22 years living and working in Macedonia, Brussels, Jakarta, and Barcelona. A life-long musician, Eran responds to the aural and visible world to create visual rhythm, tempo, and harmony.