The Israeli Artist Nachsholi Barak - Curriculum Vitae
Milestones
Nachsholi Barak's output is versatile. From the series, "Symbols", he has shifted to the series, "It is the Same Blood". Later on he dealt with "Looking in the Mirror", "Aerial Views",
"Desert" and "Near-Far" - essentially political art which challenge a given social, political and existential situation.
Mixed media and newspapers and the emergence of images and letters from beneath the energetic layers of color – all these create the effect of a well-organized drama. His art is characterized by censorial, structural thought on one hand, and a flow of emotions on the other. The mode of expression is constantly renewed, stimulating a deepened interest.
Dr. Dorit Kedar – Curator
1987 - 2011
Most of Nachsholi's works were born out of the joy of creating, with an emphasis on their artistic aspects. Some have political angle expressing the distress of Israel's inhabitants.
One political series “Signs and Letters”, which promotes peace between Israel and the Arabs, participates in a travelling exhibition all over Germany. It started in the year 2000 and continues until today (2011) and will be shown also in Israel and other countries.
In his activities as an Israeli conscientious Artist he also created political series such as "It is the same Blood". In the series, "It is the Same Blood" he first used enlarged newspaper pages to protest against the terror and against the occupation and deprivation of the Palestinian people, and to present his wish for peace. Since than he has used extensively the technique of painting on newspapers glued on canvas or wrapping paper. He uses newspapers as symbol of topical events. On one hand it is perishable and on the other it forms a constructive base on which he creates the
shapes and applies the various layers of mainly industrial paint.
Nachsholi participated also in other important events, which promote peace between Israel and the Arabs.
After the series, "Aerial Views", he dealt extensively with the theme of the "Desert" which has always fascinated him. The series, "Desert Visions" shifts its glance at the life of the Bedouins to the realm of metaphysical imagination. The paintings express strong energetic lines and are almost monochromatic in color. From here, Nachsholi moved quite unintentionally to the subject of "Genesis". The straight line featured in this series as the horizon, reappearing along with the sun's disk. The constructive aspect is very dominant and the colors are restrained. The dominant color is blue in this series.
After "Genesis", Nachsholi has returned to the "Desert", but this time with figures that appear as blurred, fading silhouettes lacking identity, just
Human Beings, but radiating a mysterious atmosphere.
The lacking of identity also symbolizes Nachsholi's antiracial attitude wich means, that every Human Being has precisely the some right for a decent and peaceful life.
From here it was short distance to "Urban Desert", a series evocative of New York's vistas, but with or without the fading figures. In retrospect, "Urban Desert" is also a kind of memorial to the Twin Towers.
The being of the desert gave Nachsholi the inspiration for the huge series “Near-Far”. Blurred figures constitute this series which goes back to the desert and features distant figures approaching on the horizon. The series was inspired by Mauricio Kagel's music "Near – Far". The paintings are almost monochrome.
After the series, "Near – Far I ", in which the straight line of the horizon always features, Nachsholi turned to "Near -Far II". This series is characterized by the absence of the horizon line. The fading figures seem to grow from the earth; mostly dark silhouettes, but sometimes bright.
Than followed the series “Near-Far lll”, which shows very bright fading figures on a very dark background,(like llght erupting out of darkness).
At the same time he has started on a different subject, "Images". These paintings have various, mainly semantic, subjects. Each is treated individually without diminishing the artist’s creative individuality.
Painting and Music
It should be mentioned, that Nachsholi was always attracted by music: (specially Baroque and Contemporary). Music seemed always to be present in the Background of his creations.
One day the artist participated with a project of the Israeli composer Tsvi Avni to create a connection between music and painting. After some time very surprisingly Nachsholi became aware of the fact, that he just painted the music of the contemporary composer Edgard Varese. For the first time in his career it was a complete abstract painting. From there on a huge series was created, containing about 60 paintings. Each one of them dedicated to a different composer. The title is: “Homage to Composers": Part of this series was shown in an international convention, dealing with the connection between Music and Painting, which took place in 2010 at the Hebrew University Jerusalem and at Dondikov House, Rehovot, Israel. This series will be shown in Israel and abroad as an “Audio-Visual Project”.
These paintings in a way represent the closing of a circle and resurrection of the coloration, which had become so restricted over the years. Currently the artist continues with the subject: ”Seeing the Sounds”.
The Israeli Artist Nachsholi works has recently achieved a new peak of activity, partly due to the demands of frequent exhibitions in Israel and abroad.
Exhibitions
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Selected One-Person Exhibitions |
2011 - Felicia Blumental Center, Tel-Aviv
2010 - Dondikov House, Rehovot - Israel
2010 - Bank Main Wuerzburg - Germany
2009 - Cultural Center Regensburg - Germany
2009 - Dundikov House, Rehovot - Israel
2009 - Artist's House, Rehovot - Israel
2008 - Museum Wollhalle, Gustrow-Germany
2008 - Kloster Hegne - Germany
2008 - Project Youth against Drugs etc. - Israel
2007 - Municipal Gallery, Potsdam - Germany
2007 - Dundikov House, Rehovot - Israel
2007 - Bank 'Herne' - Germany
2006 - Museum Beth Hatenach, Tel-Aviv - Israel
2006 - Cultural Center, Mannheim - Germany
2006 - Burghof Museum, Lorrach - Germany
2005 - Municipal Gallery, Ashdod - Israel
2005 - Municipal Gallery, Erfurt - Germany
2004 - Municipal Gallery, Leipzig - Germany
2004 - Wittenberg Palace - Germany
2003 - Cultural Center, Speyer - Germany
2003 - Dundikov House, Rehovot - Israel
2003 - Municipal Gallery, Schwerin - Germany
2002 - Municipal Gallery, Frankfurt - Germany
2002 - Peace Project, Bar David Museum - Israel
2002 - W.Kempf House, Wiesbaden - Germany
2002 - Klingspor Museum, Offenbach - Germany
2002 - Artosphera, Rehovot - Israel
2001 - Peace Gallery, Giv'at-Haviva - Israel
2001 - Municipal Gallery, Ravensburg - Geramany
2000 - Bruchsal Palace, Bruchsal - Germany
2000 - Artosphera, Rehovot - Israel
2000 - Municipal Gallery, Konstanz - Germany
2000 - Municipal Gallery, Pforzheim - Germany
2000 - Municipal Gallery, Walldorf - Germany
1998 - Cultural Center, Rishon-Lezion - Israel
1997 - Municipal Gallery, Heidelberg - Germany
1996 - The Wine Cellar, Rishon-Letzion - Israel
1996 - Municipal Gallery, Rehovot - Israel
1992 - Navon Art Gallery, Jerusalem
1991 - Efrat Gallery, Tel-Aviv - Israel
1986 - Artists House, Jerusalem - Israel
1983 - "Omanut La'am" - Israel
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2010 - Dondikov House,Rehovot - Israel
2008 - Mabat Gallery - Tel-Aviv
2007 - Alternativ Gallery, Jafo-Israel
2006 - Dundikov House, Rehovot - Israel
2005 - Meirov Culture Center, Holon - Israel
2004 - Momus Gallery -Atlanta, U.S.A.
2003 - Preforming Arts Center - Rishon letsion
2002 - Yad-Lebanim Gallery, Nes-Tsiona - Israel
2002 - The Israeli Opera House
2001 - Galerie Christine Colas - Paris
2001 - Hash'felah Museum - Israel
2000 - Ossijek Galery - Croatia
1999 - Pec's Gallery - Hungary
1998 - Concertino Gallery - Hirchhorn - Germany
1997 - City Hall Gallery - Rehovot - Israel
1996 - Marc Chagall Artists House - Haifa
1996 - "Hagefen" Cultural Center, Haifa - Israel
1994 - Artists House - Tel-Aviv
1993 - Engel Gallery - Tel-Aviv
1992 - Artists House - Jerusalem
1991 - Suzanne Dellal Cultural Center, Tel-Aviv
1990 - Amalia Arbel Art Gallery - Israel
1988 - Eilat Gallery - L.A., U.S.A.
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