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Artist Exhibitions:
• One Person Shows:
o 2005 Ramat Gan Eshkol for
Sciences and Arts. “Smiles and
Suprizes”
o 2004 BoxHeart Gallery,
Pittsburgh, PA “Magna Mater”
o 2002 Painters and Sculptors
Association - Tel-Aviv,
Israel
o 12/2001-2/2002 Wilfrid
Israel Art Museum - Kibbutz
Hazorea - Israel (Catalog)
o 2001 The Castra Gallery...
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Artist Reviews:
"Synthetic Realism
Ilana Raviv is a citizen of
the world who prefers to be
interested rather than being
interesting ...
She perceives the real
relationship to art, by
knowing what it is... Her work
stems from a cup that runnith
over filled by art from the
source which is art in...
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Artist Statement for Ilana Raviv
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Synthetic Realism expresses a metaphor different from reality. The works create synthetic life on canvas, forming diverse flat shapes in contrasts which are not naturalistic, academic or sentimental. Shapes which recreate themselves while rendering a different interpretation to reality. These works emerge from the present experience without drawing from the past, devoid of opinion, preparation or previous training. They are the product of an entry into the unknown with freedom devoid of fear.
The works are woven into rhymes and tied up in a geometry of poetic expression. The formation of the work is not cognizant. The works stem from a process of alert concentration, attention to detail and an interest in the subject. It is a kind of giving which creates harmony and wholeness and its essence is "being there". This invites an element of surprise and an unexpected freshness which adds another dimension to the works. The work is not abstract, the vivid interest is in the existing concrete subject and in the formative complex containing its whole, clear of information or any hint or message of any kind.
The work emanates from itself with a strong presence. Each line dictates another and each shape creates a new shape. It is built on the anatomy of art and not on the anatomy of the subject. These elements are derived from the works of maestros like Titian, Veronese, El Greco, Frans Hals, Velasques, Cezanne, Picasso, Matisse, De Kooning, as well as contemporary American artist Knox Martin.
The essence of the work revolves around discovery itself and not on illustration or description. It is art that does not age and is beyond time and fashion.
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