About the artist:

David Azuz, who was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1942, has the enviable life of an artist living in one of the most beautiful capitals of Europe, Paris. He has lived in Paris since 1958 and returns to Tel Aviv each summer. David Azuz has developed a style rich in color. His paintings are masterfully drawn and full of curiosity for the simple details of life. Azuz's subjects in bistros and markets, whether they be in Rome, Paris, Tel Aviv or elsewhere, express the solitude of the individual. They become symbolic of the universal citizen and are deeply moving in their pathos and search for themselves. In order to capture the ambiance of the markets and bistros, Azuz gets up at dawn to paint from lite. He usually works late at night in the Paris cafes in search of those characteristic attitudes of the bartenders and patrons, which tend to blossom at this time of the evening, for instance, young couples in love, hiding their romance in the corner of a bistro or old ladies getting a little warmth from the anisette they sip slowly to make time go a long way. It is a world claustrophobic and vacant and, at the same time, certainly full of contradictions. In such a world, it is comforting to meet an artist who has not indulged in fashion by abstracting the patterns of life, but. on the contrary, has used his knowledge of classical drawing and, above all, his passionate temperament to communicate to us the simple gestures of life which most have forgotten to do for a long time. Contemporary art has been described as decadent. If it is indeed so, perhaps an artist of the calibre of David Azuz can help point the way out. ONE-MAN SHOWS 1959katz Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel 1960Nora Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel 1961Kunstzall't Center, Den Haag, Holland 1962Tiroche's Gallery, Old City, Jaffa, Israel Rina Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel 1963Gallery Wirth, Berlin, Germany 1966Maison de Ia Culture, Paris, France 1967Galerie Abel Rambert (Rosenberg), Paris, France 1968Galerie Abel Rambert (Rosenberg), Paris, France 1971Gallery Bernstein, Elmshorn, Germany 1972Galerie Abel Rambert (Rosenberg), Paris, France Archer Gallery, London, England 1973Engel Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel 1974Galerie Abel Rambert (Rosenberg), Paris, France Gallery Mer-kup, Mexico City, Mexico 1975Limited Edition Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1976Limited Edition Gallery, Los Angeles, California Galerie L'Arlequin, Paris 1978 Cardo Matignon, Paris 1978Gallery Cardo Matignon (Charles Nisenbaum), Paris, France 1979Gallerie Daniel Binn, Metz, France Rosenbaum Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, USA 1980Soufer Gallery, New York, New York, USA 1981Soufer Gallery, New York, New York, USA Gallerie du Perron, Geneva, Switzerland 1982Soufer Gallery, New York, New York, USA 1983Galerie René Drouet, Paris, France 1984Soufer Gallery, New York, New York, USA 1986Soufer Gallery, New York, New York, USA 1989Amalyal Arbel Gallery (Retrospective – oils, pastels – 1968 – 1975) Tel Aviv, Israel Soufer Gallery, New York, New York, USA 1992Galerie Albion, Cannes, France GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1958Art of Tomorrow Museum of Modern Arts, Haifa, Israel 1959Exhibition Modern Art in Israel Artists House of Jerusalem Haifa, Tel Aviv, Israel Man and Humanity in Israel Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel 19601st Biennale 1960, Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel 1961Gallery Jean Tiroche, Jaffa, Israel 1963Gallery Wirth, Berlin, Germany 1964Gallery Wirth, Berlin, Germany Gallery Wiener, New York, l965Galery Wirth, Berlin, Germany Galerie Du Fleuve, Paris, France 1966Gallery Wirth, Berlin, Germany Art Festival "66", Combined Synagogues of Great Neck, New York USA Galerie Carpentier, Paris, France 1967Galerie Saint-Peres, Paris, France La Jola Museum of Art, Louis and Charlotte Begman Collection, La Jolla, California, USA 1970Exposition Hotel Royal Monceau, Paris, France 1971Galerie Abel Rambert (Rosenberg),Paris, France l972Galerie Abel Rambert (Rosenberg), Paris France 1973Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel Galerie Abel Rambert (Rosenberg), Paris, France Ohanna Gallery, London, England 1974Romi Gallery, Rome, Italy Exposition Hotel George V, Paris, France Adasa Klaskin Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel 1977Expositions Artistes Indépendants (Perspectives Israeliennes), Paris, France 1978Galerie Eupalinos, Clermont-Ferrand, France Skirall Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA 1980Art Expo - New York, New York USA 1981Art Expo - New York, New York USA 1982Forum-Exposition, section d’Arras de la Licra, France 1983Art Expo - New York, New York USA 1988Galerie Haik, Paris, France 1989Galerie Turenne, Troyes, France