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Artist Exhibitions:
Sep. 2005 - groop exhibition,
Alternative gallery, Jaffa,
Israel
Dec. 2005 - groop ex., Neve
Rasco Art Center, Ramat
HaSharon, Israel
Dec. 26, 2006 - solo
exhibition - "Tzavta" Theatre,
Tel Aviv, Israel...
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Artist Statement for Dalia Rubin
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Art has chosen me. Ever since I was a child it became my way of life. Artistic expressions accompanied every period in my life: Jewelry, drawings and others - but painting was always there. The main sources for my paintings are images and visions that flash in front of my eyes for a fraction of a second, usually just when I am awaking from sleep. Most of them are swept away from my memory and I can't sketch them all. If I only had a "dream camera" to save them…
The same curiosity that characterized the little girl I used to be is still with me today, and it tastes the world, touches it, feels it, smells it, and listens to its sounds. But most of the work is done by the eyes. Most of the elements in my paintings come from ceaseless observation - usually unconscious - of the world around me: from planets and landscapes to people, leaves, crystals or sand grains. These elements find their way to the canvas as subjects or as textures.
To a great extent I am a "serial painter". I use these themes again and again, while applying different translations, interpretations or techniques. I paint while listening to music and singing along, or while talking to other people. This enables me to divert my attention from the painting itself and to allow sub conscious flow unhindered by logic thought. This flow dictates the painting, and as a matter of fact my body is just a tool for the painting to materialize. My creation is very basic, somewhat naive, and maybe even primitive. There is no academic processing of symbols, measured compositions, nor an attempt to convey a verbal message using graphic means. What you see is what there is. I myself don't always know "what did the artist want to say". I often find myself looking at my own paintings, surprised to find in them things I was not aware of. Thus, for example with my "ancient connections" series of paintings: first came the paintings and only later came the understanding that I tried to establish through them a dialogue with the ancient cave painters, through the ages, one painter to another.
When empty canvases and images find each other - comes the time to work. In many cases I am guided by a sketch I made from one of the images I mentioned earlier. But sometimes I start painting one element without knowing how the rest of the painting will look like. Only later I find the right image and I paint it around that particular element. Usually I sign a painting when I am generally satisfied, even if there is still finishing and refining work to be done.
A painting is a two dimensional medium, mostly used to express three dimensional images - mainly in realistic paintings. I too used it in such a way for a long time. However, it often happens that i prefer to use use this medium to create depthless two dimensional expressions. What might look as a contradiction - but not in my eyes - is my strong attraction to use materials with different textures such as sand, fibers, modeling gels and construction materials. Thus people can not only see my paintings - they can - and encouraged to - touch them, too. This is my way to share my inner world with others.
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