Alma Itzhaky: Iudaea Navalis

Alma Itzhaky, who resides and works in south Tel Aviv, collects scenes from the immediate geopolitical space she encounters daily and carries them back to her studio as subjects for her paintings. Bars, shared flats, a meeting at a bench, typically urban streets such as Allenby and Jaffa Road—all are restaged and depicted from a direct, intimate perspective. Itzhaky, a “social painter,” has a unique voice that reflects her generation’s social and political mood.