Naife Painter Naif Artist Naive Painters Artists Painting By Raphael Perez

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Medium:

Acrylic Painting

Size - (USA):

250 W x 140 H x 0 D (cm)

Size - (metric):

98.4 W x 55.1 H x 0.0 D (inches)

Theme:

Landscape

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

612603

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Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

A full interview with the Israeli painter Raphael Perez Hebrew name Rafi Peretz about the ideas behind the naive painting, resume, personal biography and curriculum vitaeQuestion Raphael Perez Tell us about your work process as a naive painterAnswer I choose the most iconic and famous buildings in every city and town that are architecturally interesting and have a special shape and place the iconic buildings on boulevards full of trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers. Question How do you give depth in your naive paintingsAnswer To give depth to the painting, I build the painting with layers of vegetation, after those low famous buildings, followed by a tall avenue of trees, and behind them towers and skyscrapers, in the sky I sometimes put innocent signs of balloons, kites. A recurring motif in some of my paintings is the figure of the painter who is in the center of the boulevard and paints the entire scene unfolding in front of him, also there are two kindergarten teachers who are walking with the kindergarten children with the state flags that I paint, and loving couples hugging and kissing and family paintings of mother, father and child walking in harmony on the boulevard. Question Raphael Perez, what characterizes your naive paintingAnswer Most naive paintings have the same characteristicsDefinition as it appears in Wikipedia• Tells a simple story to absorb from everyday life, usually with humans.• The representation of the painters idealization to reality - the mapping of reality.• Failure to maintain perspective - especially details even in distant details.• Extensive use of repeating patterns - many details.• Warm and bright colors.• Sometimes the emphasis is on outlines.• Most of the characters are flat, lack volume• No interest in texture, expression, correct proportions• No interest in anatomy.• There is not much use of light and shade, the colors create a three-dimensional effect. I find these definitions to be valid for all my naive paintingsQuestion Raphael Perez, why do you choose the city of Tel AvivAnswer I was born in Jerusalem, the capital city which I love very much and also paint,I love the special Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv, the ornamental buildings that were built a century ago in the 1920s and 1930s, the beautiful boulevards, towers and modern skyscrapers give you the feeling of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis and there are quite a few low and tall buildings that are architecturally fascinating in their form the special oneAlso, the move to Tel Aviv, which is the capital of culture, freedom, and secularism, allowed me to live my life as I chose, to live in a relationship with a man, Jerusalem, which is a traditional city, it is more complicated to live a homosexual life, also, the art world takes place mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, and it is possible that from a professional point of view, this allows I can support myself better in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel. Question Raphael Perez, are the paintings of the city of Tel Aviv different from the paintings of the city of JerusalemAnswer Most of the paintings of Jerusalem have an emphasis on the color yellow, gold, the color of the old city walls, the subjects I painted in Jerusalem are mainly a type of idealization of a peaceful life between Jews and Arabs and paintings that deal with the Jewish religious world, a number of paintings depict all shades of the currents of Judaism todayIn contrast, the Tel Aviv paintings are more colorful, with skyscrapers, the sea, balloons and more secular motifsQuestion Raphael Perez, tell me about which buildings and their architects you usually choose in your drawings of citiesAnswer My favorite buildings are those that have a special shape that anyone can recognize and are the symbols of the city and you will give several examplesIn the city of Tel Aviv, my favorite buildings are the opera building with its unusual geometric shape, the Yisrotel tower with its special head, the Hail Bo Shalom tower that for years was the symbol of the tallest building in Tel Aviv, the Levin house that looks like a Japanese pagoda, the burgundy-colored Nordeau hotel with the special dome at the end of the building, A pair of Alon towers with the special structure of the sea, Bauhaus buildings typical of Tel Aviv with the special balconies and the special staircase, the Yaakov Agam fountain in Dizengoff square appears in a large part of the paintings, many towers that are in the stock exchange complex, the Aviv towers and other tall buildings on Ayalon, in some of the paintings I took plans An outline of future buildings that need to be built in the city and I drew them even before they were built in reality,In the paintings of Jerusalem, I mainly chose the area of the Old City and East Jerusalem, a painting of the walls of the Old City, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the El Akchea Mosque, the Tower of David, most of the famous churches in the city, the right hand of Moses, in most of the paintings the Jew is wearing a blue shirt with a red male cord I was in the youth movement and the Arab with a galabia, and in the paintings of the religious public then, Jews with black suits and white shirts, tallitas, kippahs, special hats, synagogues and moreI also created three paintings of the city of Haifa and one painting of SafedIn the Haifa paintings I drew the university, the Technion, the famous Egged Tower, the Sail Tower, well-known hotels, of course the Bahai Gardens and the Bahai Temple, Haifa Port and the boats and other famous buildings in the cityQuestion Raphael Perez, have you created series of other cities from around the worldAnswer I created series of New York City with all the iconic and famous buildings such as the Guggenheim Museum, the famous skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building

Keywords:   Original Painting, Landscape Painting

Materials:   Acrylic Paintings