SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 NOON
lowers have shucked the
cloak of Judaism, preferring
to focus on more universal
images and themes. For
that reason, they are man-
aging to appeal to a larger
audience.
"Agam sold to every syna-
gogue in the United States,
but if the American Jewish
public hadn't bought him, I
don't think he would have
been so popular," says one
businessman. "But this
[new] art is not about being
Jewish. We're not selling it
because its Jewish art, and
it's not just selling to Jews."
The emergence of a popu-
lar, decorative school of
Israeli art is more likely
than it may first appear.
With at least two art major
institutes, Bezalel Academy
of Art in Jerusalem and Tel
Aviv's Avni Institute, a cou-
ple of big museums, and
slews of galleries, Israel is a
country that enables artists
to work and learn, even if it
fails to provide a highly sup-
portive base for artistic
achievement. With that in
mind, as well as the industri-
ous, enterprising nature of
many Israelis, it's hardly sur-
prising that some artists are
taking advantage of the bur-
geoning "commercial" art
market that developed in the
1980s by creating work that
is highly accessible, said Ms.
Sampson.
Still, at the same time that
Tarkay and his followers are
putting out work that shows
little Jewish influence, others,
such as Ebgi are continuing
to focus on Biblical stories and
scenes of Jerusalem — and
meeting with success. And
highly respected fine artists
such as Menashe Kadishman,
Pinchas Cohen Gan, and Tsi-
bi Geva are still putting out
work that deals with conflict
and war.
As Ms. Sampson notes,
"You can't pin down what is
Israeli art, it's very eclectic" —
a result, probably, of Israel's
mixed heritage and culture.
While Tarkay's work, and
that of other Israeli artists,
has brought Israel renumer-
ation in terms of money and
recognition, it has also raised
criticism for being too uni-
versal and too decorative.
And indeed, Tarkay admits
that his art has little to do
with Judaism or Israel. "I
could be living in Mexico and
making this kind of art, in the
same style, the same every-
thing." But he is unapologetic
about that aspect of his work.
"Picasso was not French or
Spanish, he was universal,"
he says. "Art, this is some-
thing independent. The time
is over when artists had to
paint for kings and popes." El
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