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Over three separate periods, from 1985 to 2001, the artist’s works have developed in
form, content and essence towards expressivity, and have been exhibited in three
concluding exhibitions.
The five years between 2001-2005, were characterized by moderating response and
intensification of emotions in the artist’s inner world; the cyclamen flower and envelop
were almost totally consumed. The abstract picture was confined, becoming a metaphoric
landscape image of Jerusalem and its surrounding scenery. The colors in his earlier works
which, with intense finger and hand daubs, struggled for a place among the abstract and
figurative components began to complement one another.
Black, grey and gold became dominant and formed rich works of art with layers of
darker, more mature and more established colors – controlled by melancholy and quiet
beauty – with white, misty light and dark red usually emerging from beyond and from the
depth of the painting.
Two new, very significant, components appear in recent paintings, especially those
painted between 2004 and 2005. The first is the image of a lone figure in the vivid light
and mist within the picture. The second component, coming from outside the painting
and linked to it as a relief made of metal or other flat material, is a head containing the
image of a child-adult which is entirely an open mouth, lamenting, crying and filled with
yearning –is this the image of the artist ?
Despite the fact that the paintings are dark, dominated by black, grey and gold, they
radiate beauty and at first glance are reminiscent of Renaissance style paintings.
Yossi Arish - Works of art
By Zachariah Sadeh (Toddy)
Zachariah Sadeh (Toddy)
