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ISRAEL BROYTMAN
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ARTIST STATEMENT
“Physical objects are complexes of sensations. An individual object in painting is an essence. A particular subject matter represents ultimate reality. Objects are in quantitative relationship with their backgrounds, where they exist.
Old objects are living memories, meaningful definitions of time and reality, and existence can be understood consciously through a vanished past. Kant’s concept of a ”thing in itself” is a psychophysical or metaphysical reality of an object.
On the formal side of the painting, the equivalence to time passing can be seen as authentic blotches or patinas on an object’s surface. Furthermore, the background characteristically contains a gallery of faces – disappearing or looming as contemporaries of all those memorabilia.
All works are exploring time not as a physical quantity, but as an esthetic parameter and depict the sublime motion of human nature.”
– Israel Broytman
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Moscow, 1939. Israel Broytman graduated from the Moscow Institute of Art in 1960. In 1966 he moved to St. Petersburg (Russia’s cultural capital) where he continued his artistic career. His early works focused on traditional Russian life.
In 1980 he moved to Canada, where his works became increasingly more metaphysical and universal. Broytman’s unique style was developed through his use of traditional techniques and newer innovative concepts and subjects.
Initially his works were figurative and focused on images of women. Later his works focused on portraits of everyday objects. His paintings express feelings and memories from his past; stark and lonely objects are surrounded by life and warmth.
EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2003 | Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2000 | Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1999 | Gallery 7, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1998 | Pearl Gallery, Burlington, Ontario |
| 1995 | Gallery 7, Toronto, Ontario Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1993 | Schieder & Associates Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1990 | Mega Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1988 | Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, USA |
| 1987 | Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Gallery Hittite, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1985 | Weller’s Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1984 | Beth Tzedec Museum, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1982 | Alliance Francaise Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1981 | Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2008 | Magic Door Gallery, Sunderland, Ontario “Krasota – Five Russian Masters” |
| 2007 | La Parete Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2006 | La Parete Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2005 | Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2004 | Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2002 | Art Expo, New York |
| 2001 | Art Expo, New York |
| 2000 | Art 21, Las Vegas Spring Fair, Birmingham, UK Art Expo, New York Monique Gallery, New York |
| 1999 | Spring Fair, Birmingham, UK Art Expo, New York |
| 1998 | Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York Art Expo, New York Images, Amsterdam, Holland |
| 1997 | Art Americas, Florida Klim Art Galleries, Toronto, Ontario Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York |
| 1996 | Art Expo, New York |
| 1995 | Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany Art Multiple Messe, Dusseldorf, Germany Art Expo, New York Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 1994 | Art Asia, Hong Kong Art Expo, New York Ambiente Messe, Frankfurt, Germany Art Expo, Los Angeles |
| 1993 | Art Expo, New York Art Expo, Las Vegas Art Miami, Miami, USA |
| 1992 | Art Expo, New York |
| 1991 | Tokyo International Art Show, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1989 | Gallery Lory, South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA – The Art of Contemporary Russia |
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