Art Gallery
Miriam Hod
Making art since 1982
Miriam’s fiber art is a tool and language that she developed into a unique and fascinating style. Miriam’s works contain movement, color, light, resonance and word. These are the metaphoric expression tools to identify the artist.
Miriam draws her artwork from the surrounding nature, from childhood, family and historical memories, which are sometimes expressed in the frames of her works, and are chosen carefully. The material in its various shades and performances is processed, and sometimes it seems to be invented in surprising and moving compositions. Harmony of colors, fabrics and fibers which Hod creates in techniques she has developed and continues to develop, combined with gemstones, jewelry and lighting fixtures, are correspond with the light, walls and space in which the works are displayed.
For the viewer, the flow and resonance in Hod’s works take on an additional dimension while observing the work from a distance and close to experience the small details that make up them – in order to experience the meticulous works, fine detail, subtle nuances of the complexity of the sewing lines, it is necessary to physically approach the work itself, and thus the observer is found to be in a kind of intimacy and closeness to the .work
Hod is exhibiting temporary exhibitions at the Beit Shalom Gallery in Metula, alongside permanent works that are exhibited at the boutique hotel and restaurant she built with her husband, Haim Hod-Fine, in an ancient courtyard in Metulla dated 120 years ago. The two old houses of the Hod-Fein family, built in the center of Harishonim Street in Metulla by the entrance of the Ayun water fall nature reserve, were preserved and renovated with their original stones, inspiring and background to the works, as well as empowering them and presenting them over the changing space of time and nature.
Exhibitions
“The Meaning of the Mirrors”
“Embroidery history”
“The memory of withdrawal”
“Making a song for the road”
“Light and openings”
“Texture and Formation”
“The God of Simple Words”
Will be updated soon.
The study of mirrors, reflections and light and environmental probes in works that place the eastern "Hamsa" in their center.
The works combine mirrors and various types of metals, such as crushed copper, cast silver and air-conditioning networks
A new performance and expression.
The viewer of the works sees himself through angles, parts, entanglements through layers of threads, fabrics, embroidery, and manner
Which makes it part of the work in its color and movement through it.
Exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of Metulla, which displays works of art that combine embroidery, painting and historical photographs from the founding of the Museum
The Colony.
Ancient stones, old glasses, a samovar to boil water are some of the elements that embroider embroidery in the works. The Galilean stone
The old house in the "Beit Shalom" gallery, built on the 120-year-old family home, is the inspiration for the creative process. The works
Oh were seen against the stone walls.
A little about the history of the family in Metula:
In 1886, Baron Edmond de Rothschild bought the lands of Metula from Effendi, who lived in Tire and helped the settlers who came
Israel had the first Aliya to establish the colony.
At the end of the summer of 1895, Haimke's grandfather, Rabbi Chaim Moshe Fein, a new immigrant from Russia, arrived at Yesod HaMa'ala.
He fell in love
Bioched, a member of the privileged Eisenberg family and after vigorous courtship, they married. Due to the rains that year, they were forced
To wait a full winter and only in the spring of 1896 were able to cross the Hula swamp and reach the settlement of the new Baron in Metula. couple
11 children were born, later to be among the founders of Nahalal, Nahalat Yehuda, Givat Ada, Binyamina, Degania Aleph, Kfar Ata and Kibbutz Yifat.
The tenth son, Shalom Fein, is the only one left in Metula, and his name is called Beit Shalom. Together with his wife Shura, who arrived
In 1936, they raised wheat, sorghum, chickpeas, and planted olives and figs - agriculture without water, and in conditions of life
Extremely difficult to cope with wars and struggles for survival.
The family home had always been hospitable, and Metula was a resort
And a tourist kite in the early days of the colony.
Haim, the son of Shura and Shalom Fine, and Miriam, his wife, continue the family enterprise. They renovated the house
The old cowshed, and the yard where their first parents housed the cows and animals in the farm. The cylindrical stone walls
The original were saved and instead of Miriam and Haim they set up a boutique hotel, restaurant and art gallery, on Harishonim Street, the street
The main ancient of Metula.
Marking the 120th anniversary of Metulla
The exhibition took part in the opening of the poets' festival
The annual "Beit Shalom" Art Gallery
Metula, June 2016
On the fifteenth anniversary of the IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon (May 24, 2000), Miriam presented an exhibition of works combining embroidery
With newspaper clippings, photographs and articles taken by Topline for Channel 2, the IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon, and the struggle
The name of the exhibition was chosen because of the memories accompanying Miriam and her partner, Haim Hod,
Who took part in the rescue of SLA refugees after the IDF left Lebanon, helped them, and even hosted their family for more than two years
Massima of Basima, the children's caregiver of the Hod family.
During the years she worked at Assima in the home of the Hod family, deep ties of friendship were established between Miriam and Basima and her family,
Lebanese Christians. Before the withdrawal from Lebanon, Bassima told Miriam about what was going on across the border. A daughter of a survivor family
It was clear to Miriam that she would do all in her power to assist them if necessary.
After long struggles and interviews in all the media, Hod received the approval of the then Prime Minister Ehud Barak to coordinate
I will find a list of SLA families interested in moving to Israel after the withdrawal.
On the day of the withdrawal, the Hod couple coordinated with Bassima a meeting place on the border, near the village of Ghajar, where they would enter the country
And her family, and Haim went to take them to Beit Shalom. In order not to attract attention, he traveled with the agricultural van and with a tractor
And a wagon to bring them. The operation succeeded.
For two years, Bassima and her family lived with the Hod family, with financial assistance and support from local businesses in the north. Continued
Bassima's family moved to the Tel Hai hostel and when Bassima's husband fell ill they decided to return to Lebanon
Let him die at his family home. This was his last wish - to die on Lebanese soil. Two of Basima's sons are still
Live in Israel and are in close contact with Miriam Hod.
On the fifteenth anniversary of the IDF withdrawal from Lebanon
The exhibition took part in the opening of the poets' festival
The annual "Beit Shalom" Art Gallery
Metula, June 2015.
Five works of art embroidered in various depths and layers of fabric, sometimes with the frame,
And exploring perspective. The series combines songs of Eretz Israel and Noah, leaving the album - a book "Song for the Road"
When the lyrics are woven as part of each work. The book is written by Ofer Gavish in writing and Adar Adar
In the photograph.
An integral part of the work process, which takes about one year for each job, involves creating materials: painting
Fabrics, yarns, wool and other materials. Miriam uses painting techniques in various techniques,
With brush, ironing, and with the help of the right materials and textures, unique gems, light and openings are incorporated.
Work on the exhibition took more than two years.
An exhibition inspired by the album "A Song of the Road by Ofer
Gavish - Editing and Adi Eldar - Photography
She participated in the opening of the annual poets' festival
The "Beit Shalom" Art Gallery
Metula, June 2012
Using oriental lighting fixtures, gems, frames and metal twists in various shows. As central elements that are woven with threads and fabric through which light passes. The light searches and penetrates
Material and openings and reveals spectacular geometric formations.
The exhibition took part in the opening of the festival
The annual poets at the "Beit Shalom" Art Gallery
Metula, June 2011 The Interpretation of Lights
The exhibition took part in the opening of the Annual Poets' Festival in the art gallery "Beit Shalom" Metula, June 2014
Embroidery )in Hebrew; Rikma) - from the root RKM - the Hebrew words for embroidery, tissue, texture and formation – bring to mind artistic contexts: Handicrafts (sewing of shapes and ornaments in colored threads, in various thicknesses, on fabric, with additional materials, beads, objects or precious stones) planning, thought, fabric (social, cultural, linguistic) - and body (animal or plant). The four works in this series are a celebration of nature; of falling leaves, cherry blossom and the flowering of nectarines in Metula, and an endless field of flowers at the foot of Mount Hermon. Here, too, as in other pieces, the experience of the piece for the viewer is in remote and close observation, in carpets and inlays, spinning yarns, prints and color that coalesce into a texture of unique material and form.
An exhibition inspired by the poetry of the poet Yossi Gamzu. Participated in the opening of the annual poets' festival in the "Beit Shalom" Art Gallery, Metula, May 2017.
The exhibition features 12 colorful and rich artworks inspired by the poems of the poet and Israel Prize laureate Prof. Yossi Gamzu. The name of the exhibition "The God of Simple Words" is taken from one of Gamzu's poems, and the other pieces are inspired by his poems – A Parting on the Beach, The Other Jerusalem, The Armored Corps Made History, The Wall, 'Where are the girls’, ‘Just a weekday’, 'The small hours of the night,' 'Tonight, to the promenade,' 'This is Jaffa,' and 'Lilach wants to pick the moon.' Miriam has always loved Gamzu’s poems. A few years ago, during the poets' festival, the poet Gamzu approached Miriam, said that he had finished writing a poem, ready to be composed, about Metula and the Tanur Waterfall, and asked if she would be willing to embroider the poem for him. The request touched Miriam, and she embroidered the words of the poem, while using a century-old historical photograph of the Tanur cascade from the museum in Metula.
This initial connection between the poems of the esteemed poet, whose poems and songs are the inalienable assets of Hebrew songwriting, and the works of Miriam, created a heart-opening exhibition that is fascinating in its composition and content
