Orit Goldman

I conjure up my thoughts with a huge ladle,
Splashing dirt, wiping clean. Splashing dirt, purification.
Identity, substance, dismantling and assembling
Forming the platform for deformation.
Strength, flinging and lashing, expression, juxtaposed against poetry.
Two extremes.
Walking a thin red line devoid of a safety net.
A central image juxtaposed against Rorschach blots.
Disciplined, while kicking and going wild too.
Getting a kick out of being a vandal.
Flooding mulled over thoughts and abysses

Civil injustice, spiritual elevation, human relationships, social justice
And a wide-ranging palette of emotions and feelings.
I bring myself to the work table. I lay my guts down
Aesthetics, revulsion - both with the power to mesmerize me.
Acrylic pigments and industrial emulsions respond quickly,
As do my stomach and head,
Not necessarily in that order.
For my work I mostly use plywood. I am in love with its rawness,
Respect its textures.
The last few years I use unstreched canvas. Large formats. love the wrinkles.
Soft pencils and graphite sit integrally in the palm of my hand.
I start with darkness; optimism grows into being in the course of my work
Sometimes stabbing the plywood, sometimes cradling it.
Obser...

Orit Goldman c.v
http://www.oritgoldman.co.il
oritgoldman.goldman57@gmail.com
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel

1978 - 1981 Graduated from Avni Institute of Art and Design
1981 - 1983 Etching apprenticeship under Tuvia Beeri
1985 - 1988 Graduated from Central Saint MartinS college OF ARTS, LONDON,UK
1998 - 1999 Graduated from A.C.C, Copywriting College
2005 - 2006 Graduated from Performance Art Workshop at the Performance Art
Platform,Tamar Raban, Tel Aviv

Group Exhibitions:

1983 - "Open Gallery" sponsored by the Foundation for the Development of Old Jaffa
1984 - Selected Etching Artists, Kanagawa, Japan
1986 - Selected Etching Artists, Kanagawa, Japan
1987 - Ben-Uri Gallery, London, England
1987 - Royal Festival Hall, London, England
1988 - "Views for Jerusalem", Camden, London, England
2003 - "Body" Artura Gallery, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
2011 - Old Bus Station, Tel Aviv
2012 - Bat Yam industrial area, 800/9
2014 - Cutlog, Manhattan,The Israeli Pavilion, New York.
2014 - The Israeli Pavilion, Minchen, Germany
2014 - "Format", Art space, Tel Aviv
2014 - "The Ninth Voyager", Art space, Tel Aviv
2015 - ...