Title: John and Yoko, London, 1968
Year: 2010
Size: 100x80cm
Description: Paintstick on canvas
Value: $6500
About the Artwork:
From: Caricature Development, By: Barbara A. MacAdam, Art News, Nov 2012
“I’m interested in the progress of how culture heroes are created,” explains Shakine, who was born in Israel and divides his time between Tel Aviv and London. His collection of heavily limned caricatures, published by Hirmer, reimagines cultural histories and popular images, bringing his subjects down to his earth. Shakine’s art is mostly speculative. “Who knows why Van Gogh cut his ear off?” he wonders. “Was it because of a love affair, or a fight with Gauguin? Or maybe he painted himself with a bandage so it will look more interesting? “I didn’t have to actually meet my subjects—I Googled them,” Shakine says of his process. “Wikipedia will tell me all. And if they have a blog, a Facebook page, or a site, I will know enough to marry them. So I guess you can say my drawings are made of 50 percent public relations, 40 percent gossip, and 10 percent imagination.”
About the Artist:
From: Caricature Development, By: Barbara A. MacAdam, Art News, Nov 2012
“I’m interested in the progress of how culture heroes are created,” explains Shakine, who was born in Israel and divides his time between Tel Aviv and London. His collection of heavily limned caricatures, published by Hirmer, reimagines cultural histories and popular images, bringing his subjects down to his earth. Shakine’s art is mostly speculative. “Who knows why Van Gogh cut his ear off?” he wonders. “Was it because of a love affair, or a fight with Gauguin? Or maybe he painted himself with a bandage so it will look more interesting? “I didn’t have to actually meet my subjects—I Googled them,” Shakine says of his process. “Wikipedia will tell me all. And if they have a blog, a Facebook page, or a site, I will know enough to marry them. So I guess you can say my drawings are made of 50 percent public relations, 40 percent gossip, and 10 percent imagination.”
About the Artist:
Eran
Shakine is an Isreali contemporary painter and sculptor, and works and lives in
Tel Aviv. He studied at the Wizo Art School in Tel Aviv, Israel and has
exhibited predominantly in Israel, but his exhibitions have reached as far
across the globe as Paris and New York City. His work can be found in museum
collections such as The British Museum, London, Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany,
The Drawing Center, New York, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel
Aviv Herzliya Museum, Israel and the Ein Harod Museum, Israel.
Shakine
depicts subtle images that are rough and abstract in their renderings. His
subjects are more evocative than descriptive, and hint at memories hidden in
the landscape. Flocks of goats traversing indecipherable landscapes, Pools
resembling ancient architecture, and whimsical narratives of John Lennon and
Yoko Ono are all frequent subject matters in Shakine’s twenty-year career.
Shakine
was honored this year and chosen among a multitude of Israeli artists to design
and create the largest sculpture in Israel.
This sculpture was commissioned and will be displayed in the city of
Holon, Israel.
Website: http://www.eran-shakine.com
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