"Who will take care of heaven?" An exhibition by the artist couple Oleg Krotkov (1929-2013) and Ella Binstock
(1929-2003) At the Heichal Shlomo Museum in Jerusalem Curator of the exhibition: Maayan Saria
58 King George St., Jerusalem Festive opening: Wednesday, 11.5.2022 at 19:00 Every Saturday evening, during the family meal of the painters and their daughter, the question arose: "Who will take care of the sky?" Therefore, the role of art is to elevate the person to a higher spiritual level, thus returning him to himself.
According to them, the role of the painter, the artist, is to understand the language of colors through which the universe (God?) Speaks to us, and to translate it to the viewer.
This is the essence of the couple's unique worldview, and the mission they saw in their art.
For 33 years they worked together in the field of monumental art. At the same time, in the painting, each of them created according to his character traits and personal style.
The animals and vitality that speak to us from Krotkov's works come from his technical, professional abilities, and the control of his master.
Even the most mundane objects that appear in his paintings, get a different entity where color dominates everything. His symbolic compositions have a wonderful balance, in which the hidden outweighs the visible.
Ella Binstock paints landscapes, still lifes and compositions. She uses simple and seemingly unsophisticated motifs, but in each of them hides the artist's inner world - a great and sincere love for people and nature.
Binstock is a master of portraits.
In her portraits, beyond the features of the human face, Ella painted part of his soul. Her portraits express how she sees people and the world in general - she painted the good and beautiful in them.
Oleg Krotkov and Ella Binstock were born in Moscow in 1929, immigrated to Israel in 1992 and have lived in the city of Beersheba ever since. They have held many joint exhibitions in Israel, Europe and the United States.
You can view pictures of the painters at the following sites: https://www.antho.net/english/museum/binshtok/index.html http://en.rusmuseum.ru/stroganov-palace/exhibitions/oleg-krotkov-1929-2013/ And on the Facebook pages:
Gallery of Art, Music and Poetry Ela & Oleg Ella & Oleg Art Gallery in B'Shlosha
In 2017, the gallery named after them (Mish'ol Givon 12, Beer-Sheva) was opened, where their paintings are displayed,
And she is the one who initiated the exhibition.
Visiting hours at the exhibition: Sunday-Thursday : 08: 00-20: 00
Translated using Google translate.
