LGBTQ+ LOVE
Michael Liani
2023
Michael Liani embarked on a journey that took him throughout Israel—from north to south—to piece together a collective portrait made up of hundreds of instances of love from throughout the LGBTQ+ continuum. This archive is composed of personal and intimate frames that together form a silent political pride parade, raising questions about individual and collective identity.
The process of gathering, photographing, and documenting the subjects depicted within this book was “democratic,” attempting to touch the full spectrum of Israel’s LGBTQ+ community, and introduce a new gaze filled with pride, acceptance, and love.
- Design: Ian Sternthal
- Texts: Nir Harmat, Yael Rozin
- Translation: Daria Kassovsky, Ian Sternthal, Ruba Simaan
- Copies: 1000
- Pages: 252
- Type of binding: Hardcover
- Dimensions (cm): 17x23
- Printing: A.R. printing Ltd
- Type of printing: Offset
- Publication: Sternthal Books
- Place of publication: Montreal, Quebec
- Book photography: Leafing Magazine
- ISBN: 978-1-988689-11-1
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Micha’el Liani (1987), is a multidisciplinary artist and a graduate of the Minshar School of Art. He holds an MFA with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. His work has received wide recognition and critical acclaim in Israel and internationally.
Liani is the recipient of the Young Artist Award from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Excellence Award from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, the NEXT! Award from Docaviv, among others.
He has exhibited at the UCLA Biennale, the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, a group exhibition at Hansen House in collaboration with the Israel Museum, a solo exhibition at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Fresh Paint Art Fair, and more.
Liani creates from a rich inner gaze, striving in his photography and installations to engage with the human experience from within. His work moves along the axis between center and periphery, gender, and media aesthetics.
