school gate Painting

Shimon Pinto, (1967) Lives and works in Jerusalem 1999-2000 Ben Gurion University: Art History My art respond to the actual situations by seeking and yearning to connect the substance to the spirit, near to far, sustainable to heavenly. Specific environments, with fictional narratives, that expresses the struggle between, the mater, and the spirit. The 'Mikva' paintings (in Judaism - ritual bath), the flip-flop sandals, the sacred symbols, the (biblical) bush, or, an undefined vastness of desert that represents the place of transcendence. The bath is wrapped with a pinkish curtain is a metaphor of a womb, of the spiritual, and rebirth. The donkey (glance at the viewer), from one hand is the donkey of the Messiah on the other, a symbol of hard work, routine, a symbol to the material world. Both, donkey and the Bathtub are simultaneously metaphors to traditional, spiritual, universal world, as well as the material world. Solo Exhibition 2011 Mum Doesn't Let the Donkey Into The House, Office in Tel Aviv, Curator, Rachel Sukman 2004 "Archaic Soul", Shuni Fortress, Tali Hofman and Shimon Pinto 2000 "Archaic Soul", Paintings, Arad Museum, Catalog Museum Arad, Curator: Miri Taragan 1996 "Judean Desert" - painting, Turkish Hamam in Jaffa, Solo exhibit Group Exhibition 2012 "Beit Midrash of Art", graduate exhibition/session 2, Ramat Gan Museum, Curator: Monica Lavie 2011 Blooming, Group exhibition, Netiv Hamazlot Art Space, Old Jaffa, curators, Gilat Nadivi, Vera Pilpoul 2009 New Works, The Museum Forum, Ashdod Museum 2006 Yavne Gallery - Private Collectors exhibit 2005 Artists House - "Young Art" 2004 Ein Hod Gallery, Group exhibition 2003 "new power", Ein Hod Gallery, Group exhibition, Curator: Chavi Finegold 2002 "Message in a Bottle" - Group exhibit, The Museum Company 2001 "Impressions" - Artist House, Jerusalem, Group exhibit, Catalog' "Impressions", Curator: Ilan Visegan 2001 "Bikkurim" - Painting, Ein Hod Gallery, Group exhibition, Curator: Chavi Finegold 2001 "New Friends", Paintings, Artists House, Beer-Sheva, Curator: 2000 Artists/ Sculptors Association of Beer Sheva, Group exhibit, Curator: Chavi Finegold 1999 "Mother's Kitchen" - Video Installation, Kay College Gallery, Beer Sheva, Solo exhibit 1998 "Sculpting on a Small Scale" - Central Gallery, Arad, Group exhibit, Curator: Miri Targan 1997 "Marking 50 to the State of Israel" - Painting and Sculpture, Arad Museum.