When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition runs from 20.06.2026 to 20.09.2026 at the Art Collection Jena. The listed date is 12.09.2026 at 10:00 am.

How much is the admission?

Regular admission is 5 euros, reduced 3 euros.

Where can the exhibition be seen?

At the Art Collection Jena, Markt 7, 07743 Jena.

Are there educational offers?

Yes, the Art Collection Jena offers tours and art education programs for the exhibition.

Is the exhibition suitable for families?

Yes, there is a children's program for the exhibition that combines image exploration and playful discovery.

What are the opening hours for visiting?

The Art Collection Jena is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, closed on Mondays.

Zohar Fraiman transforms digital desire into vibrant painting and clever images

Name: ZOHAR FRAIMAN. Players in paradise
Start: 2026-09-12T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-20T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Kunstsammlung Jena

Between Pop Culture and Art History: Zohar Fraiman in Jena

The Art Collection Jena presents ZOHAR FRAIMAN. Players in paradise, an exhibition that combines painting, drawing, and installation into a dense visual space. Zohar Fraiman explores today's female experience, the logic of social media, and the joy of staging in her works. Art historical references, pop aesthetics, and Disney fantasies converge here in a visual language that is simultaneously playful, critical, and highly relevant.

A Visual World of Overlapping and Presence

Fraiman's painting unfolds as an aesthetic experience full of colors, figures, and references. Classic image formats are interwoven with motifs from Instagram, Tinder, TikTok, series, and Hollywood. This results in compositions where self-image and external image, desire and reality, glamour and irritation lie closely together. Her mostly female protagonists move through spaces that seem both familiar and artificial.

Between Botticelli, Balthus, and Screen Culture

The artist works with art historical allusions without tipping into mere illustration. In her images, Renaissance references, modern body images, and the visual language of digital platforms meet. This is exactly where the exhibition derives its tension: Fraiman translates the culture of self-staging into a painting that sharpens the gaze and makes the pace of our present visible.

The Art Collection Jena as a Place for Contemporary Art

The Art Collection Jena sees itself as a house for contemporary art and art historical discussion. With its changing exhibition program, collections from the 20th and 21st centuries, and accompanying educational offerings, it provides an ideal framework for Fraiman's work. Tours, projects, and art education open the exhibition to in-depth visual exploration and cultural education.

For Families, Groups, and Curious Individual Visitors

The exhibition is aimed not only at art professionals but also at anyone who desires an intense art experience. The combination of image analysis, media criticism, and narrative imagination is particularly appealing. Those who take their time discover always new layers in Fraiman's works: from humorous details to sharp observations of social role models.

Conclusion

ZOHAR FRAIMAN. Players in paradise promises an exhibition full of visual stimuli, clever references, and diagnostic power regarding the times. Anyone wishing to experience current painting with depth should definitely visit this presentation in Jena live and engage in an extraordinary contemplation of the works.