A man named Itamar Gilboa is in the Israeli art spotlight this spring. His art debut in Israel just finished exhibiting at Jaffa’s Dresdner Gallery. Jaffa is the 6,000 year-old old city of Tel Aviv. A very cool place.
The exhibition entitled, “Chief” deals with a man’s dream of becoming an Israeli Defense Forcs Seargent – and the dream’s failure. It deals with the feelings of a human being exploring an identity dislocation, the “simplicity of emotions” within an existential view of “the ambivalence of life itself.”
Gilboa’s exhibit features video art in which he performs actions on screen, dressed in a Sergeant uniform.
His art focuses on violent and masculine Samurai warriors, displayed in subdued colors. This he believes, makes for an appropriate metaphor of his own mysterious road to self-discovery.
“It is searching your mind and turning it into a reality”.
Gilboa only began his study of art nine years ago, when he moved to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, leaving behind his successful career in Hi-Tech Telecommunications.
Gilboa seeks to discover the minority of lost people who do not necessarily settle so easily, having to progressively settle physically and emotionally over time and step by step. He uses a diverse set of materials, such as wall installations, oil on canvas, mixed media and interior design provide the audience with appoint of comprehension for his art.
According to the artist, it is his own lost dream of a military life which inspires him to explore his complex visions of an Israeli expat living in Amsterdam.
It is this gentle balance that makes his art so vulnerable and versatile: A man confused, searching for meaning, for answers. This Israeli art project becomes a universal subject matter for all.
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