Julie M. Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of paintings by
the artist Eran Shakine.
The Julie M. Gallery will present two bodies of work, both old and new.
From his older works the gallery will be showing a series depicting Eran's signature motif, which he has used for the past few decades - flocks of goats. Goats, drawn with a fragile line contrasted against a thick background of earthly toned colours - the land.
The goat, he describes as often being the only sign of human life visible on rocky cliffs from the deserts of Judea, where Shakine first encountered them during his own military service.
The second series, new works, shows portraits of people from Shakine's present immediate personal surroundings. In contrast to the latter series, the figures in the portraits are drawn with thick lines surrounded by a stark, bare, seemingly fragile, canvas.
This point of change, from the flock to the individual and from a thick and dense background, to cold and empty surroundings, Shakine views as taking place during the second
Don't worry, by the time he will be eighteen, he won't have to go to the army. We will have peace by then.
And then you have another war."
Eran Shakine is an Israeli artist, living and working in
His works are part of the permanent collection of the British Museum,
The latest review in English of his work can be found in the
Eran Shakine's Don't worry, by the time he will be eighteen, he won't have to go to the army. We will have peace by then is on view at the Julie M. Gallery October 29th - December 6th, 2009, Opening reception Thursday October 29, 6-9 PM
For further information: Erica Segal, Director, Julie M. Gallery, 15 Mill Street, Building 37, Suite 103, Toronto, ON, M5A 3R6, Tel. (416) 603-2626, [email protected], www.juliem.com
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