Overview

Yossi Breger born 1960, Montreuil sous-bois, France. Lived and worked in Tel Aviv, Israel 1960-2016.   

Breger’s installation aims to follow the process in which pictures accumulate into content, or into abstract yet simple, coherent system that articulates a surrealist and yet understandable story. His standpoint, including his bodily stance, is eminently evident in each and every image he chooses to photograph, manifesting a combination of passion and reflection. In a formal language that is wonderfully precise, Breger’s gaze harmoniously embraces the personal and the public, life and death; it generates a pictorial and cinematic drama that is a superb depiction of a foundational moment in which, by standing in front of a thing, one captures the conceptual, personal, social and political aspects it embodies.


Breger had numerous exhibitions. Among them, he exhibited in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Museum on the Seam (Jerusalem), Ashdod Museum of Art, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Forum des Images (Paris), Israel Museum (Jerusalem). He won the Minister of Culture and Sport Prize for Artists in the Visual Arts. Yossi Berger’s works are featured in the respective collections of the Israel Museum and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Works
  • Yossi Breger, Book 41 - London, 2015
    Book 41 - London, 2015
  • Yossi Breger, Book 57 - London, 2015
    Book 57 - London, 2015
  • Yossi Breger, Black Figure with Dress (Christian Dior), Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, 2013
    Black Figure with Dress (Christian Dior), Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, 2013
  • Yossi Breger, Girl (detail from A Shepherdess, Paulus Moreelse, 1630), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2013
    Girl (detail from A Shepherdess, Paulus Moreelse, 1630), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2013
  • Yossi Breger, Hat Rack (Marcel Duchamp, 1917, 1964), Israel Museum, 2013
    Hat Rack (Marcel Duchamp, 1917, 1964), Israel Museum, 2013
  • Yossi Breger, Just murder, darling, 2012
    Just murder, darling, 2012
  • Yossi Breger, Little House, Nikko > Tokyo, 2012
    Little House, Nikko > Tokyo, 2012
  • Yossi Breger, Traffic lights, Tokyo, 2012
    Traffic lights, Tokyo, 2012
  • Yossi Breger, Dream on residential building, Brussels, 2011
    Dream on residential building, Brussels, 2011
  • Yossi Breger, Studying Woman (Santa Teresa de Ávila, Francisco de Zurbarán, 1641-1658), Sevilla cathedral, 2011
    Studying Woman (Santa Teresa de Ávila, Francisco de Zurbarán, 1641-1658), Sevilla cathedral, 2011
  • Yossi Breger, Does (Taxidermy), Stockholm, 2010
    Does (Taxidermy), Stockholm, 2010
  • Yossi Breger, Doll Face, Rome, 2010
    Doll Face, Rome, 2010
  • Yossi Breger, Girl's Face (Afrodite Accovacciata from the Villa Adriana, Tivoli, 117-138 CE), National Museum of Rome, 2010
    Girl's Face (Afrodite Accovacciata from the Villa Adriana, Tivoli, 117-138 CE), National Museum of Rome, 2010
  • Yossi Breger, Mannequin on its Knees, Rome, 2010
    Mannequin on its Knees, Rome, 2010
  • Yossi Breger, Naked Woman Dancing (Dancer, Carl Eldh, 1929), Stockholm, 2010
    Naked Woman Dancing (Dancer, Carl Eldh, 1929), Stockholm, 2010
  • Yossi Breger, Table, City Hall, Stockholm, 2010
    Table, City Hall, Stockholm, 2010
  • Yossi Breger, Woman (Phaedra) on a Sarcophagus, Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, 2010
    Woman (Phaedra) on a Sarcophagus, Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, 2010
  • Yossi Breger, Bed, Beijing , 2009
    Bed, Beijing , 2009
  • Yossi Breger, Dead Lotus Leaf with Water Drops, Yuan-Ming-Yuan Park, Beijing, 2009
    Dead Lotus Leaf with Water Drops, Yuan-Ming-Yuan Park, Beijing, 2009
  • Yossi Breger, Things on a Table, Gordon Street, Tel Aviv, 2007
    Things on a Table, Gordon Street, Tel Aviv, 2007
  • Yossi Breger, Etude pour un premier amour (11), 1995
    Etude pour un premier amour (11), 1995
  • Yossi Breger, Etude pour un premier amour (29), 1995
    Etude pour un premier amour (29), 1995
  • Yossi Breger, Untitled, 1994
    Untitled, 1994
  • Yossi Breger, Eggshell on Palm
    Eggshell on Palm
  • Yossi Breger, Instead of five (1)
    Instead of five (1)
  • Yossi Breger, Instead of five (2)
    Instead of five (2)
Exhibitions
Press