Bear Jews

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Fredric Snitzer Gallery

2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127

Category: Galleries

Region: Midtown/Wynwood/Design District

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More About

• Zack Balber
• Pittsburgh
• Bislamach Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces
• Science and Technology
• Prisons

When we first encountered Zack Balber's work, he was exhibiting photos of hookers at the Spinello Gallery. He'd arranged to split sales with their pimps after paying the streetwalkers $10 for a "date" to pose for him. "Tamim," his first solo show at Fredric Snitzer Gallery, opens on October 5. Balber's subjects do not look like the squeaky-clean Bear Jews typically drafted for the Bislamach Brigade of the Israeli Defense Forces. In fact, a portrait depicts a notorious E-thug who mocked Miami-Dade cops on YouTube, making national news and earning him time in the slammer. The 27-year-old Balber spoke to us about his own Bear Jew brotherhood, how attending school in Pittsburgh made him forsake his heritage, and the spiritual reawakening inspired by his project.
Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m. Starts: Oct. 7. Continues through Nov. 5, 2011