Dialogues & Anti-logues - 2004/8

The Dialogue series, which has been my major preoccupation for the last two years,
is based on a simple illusionist form of two cartoon faces in confrontation.
Its artistic expansion and development has been certainly inspired on by my studies of
the teachings of the noted philosopher, Martin Buber (the famous I-Thou  /  I-It paradigm) and its application in modern Gestalt psychology. The I-Thou Dialogues show two faces in harmony and balance, while in the I-It paintings (which I call Anti-logues), the second face is diminished or non-existent.
Another important influence stems from my studies of the kabbalah, which deals at length with the “changing faces” of the cherub statues on the Ark of the Covenant and their esoteric ramifications.

MORE INFORMATION ON THE CHERUBS


INFORMATION IN HEBREW



Dialogue #1 - Affection
  
dialogues 01

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)





Dialogue #2 - Empathy  

dialogues 02

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)




Dialogue #3 - Tenderness
 
dialogues 05

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)






Dialogue #4 - Pathos
 
dialogues 06

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue #5 - Sympathy
 
dialogues 08

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)






Dialogue #6 - Transcendental
 
dialogues 06

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue (Anti-logue) #7 - Envy
 
dialogues 07

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue #8 - Love
 
dialogues 08

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue #9 - Unfathomable
 
dialogues 09

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)






Dialogue #10 - Trust
  
dialogues 10

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue (Anti-logue)  #11 - Greed
 
dialogues 10

The I – IT paradigm.
Exploiting & sucking the life force of the other.

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue (Anti-logue)  #12 - Anger
 
dialogues 10

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue (Anti-logue)  #13 - Pride
 
dialogues 10

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)








Dialogue (Anti-logue)  #14 - Gluttony
 
dialogues 10

The I – IT paradigm.
Here the “other” doesn’t exist at all –
only me, me, me and my tummy


mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue (Anti-logue) #16 - Sloth
  
dialogues 16

mixed materials on canvas

30" x 40"  (76 x 102 cm)







Dialogue #17 - Harmony
 
Harmony

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)








Dialogue #18 - Birthing
 
Birthing


Birthing can be considered the primal example
of the I – THOU dialogue paradigm.


mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)







Dialogue #19 - Memory
 
Memory

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)








Dialogue #20 - Inside the Brain
 
Brain


The EEG battle between the good
and evil inclinations in one’s head.

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)








Dialogue #21 - Nuptials
 
Nuptials

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)









Dialogue #22 - See-Saw
 
See-Saw

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)








Dialogue #23 - Schizo
 
Schizo

mixed materials on canvas

40" x 40"  (102 x 102 cm)


 



Antilogue #24 - Paranoia
 
Paranoia

mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)






Antilogue #25 - Eating Each Other Alive
 
Eating

mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)







Antilogue #26 - Vortex
 
Vortex

Hold my hand as we drown together into
the Black Hole of Transcendence

mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)






Dialogue #27 - Marriage
 
Schizo

Portrait of the Artist and his Wife

mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)







Dialogue #28 - Mystery
 
Mystery

mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)








Antilogue #29 - The Snake and Eve
 
Eve & the Snake

The snake as Adam's alter ego

mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)








Dialogue #30 - Amoebic Love
 
Amoebic Love

mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)







Dialogue #31 - A Slip of the Tongue
 
Slip of the Tongue

mixed materials on canvas

28" x 28"  (71 x 71 cm)







Dialogue #32 - Protection
 
Protection

mixed materials on canvas

28" x 28"  (71 x 71 cm)



The last two works can be combined together as a variable diptych
or
what I call a Dialogue between Dialogues.


diptych1





diptych2dip3




Dialogue #33 - The Shechina
 
Triangle

mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)







Antilogue #34 - Pasha
 
Pasha


mixed materials on canvas

37" x 37"  (94 x 94 cm)







Dialogue #35 - Love in Outer Space
 
Outer Space

mixed materials on canvas

33" x 33"  (84 x 84 cm)







Dialogue #36 - Keep Your Guard Up
 
Guard Up

mixed materials on canvas

33" x 33"  (84 x 84 cm)




 

Antilogue # 37 - Getting Visceral
 
Visceral

A Slice of Life

mixed materials on canvas

33" x 33"  (84 x 84 cm)





Dialogue # 38 - Searching for the Light
 
  Light

mixed materials on canvas
33" x 33"  (84 x 84 cm)





Dialogue # 39 - Don't Shout at Me
 
Shout

mixed materials on canvas
33" x 33"  (84 x 84 cm)





Dialogue # 40 - The Eye of Providence
 
Eye

mixed materials on canvas
33" x 33"  (84 x 84 cm)




Invitation to Recent Gallery Exhibition in Manhattan

 
Invitation - front view


For a deeper explanation on the Cherubs.



 
All paintings are gallery wrapped on stretcher (no staples shown) and can be  hung without external frame), within a limited series or "family" of similar (but never exactly the same) variations and can be considered an original.
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