Ruben Talberg
Prism of One
September 28 - October 18, 2006
Reception:
Thursday October 5, 2006 6-8 PM
Press Release
Ruben Talberg employs rich earth tones and fiery spectrums, which lend his paintings a naturalistic and timeless feel. Reminiscent of Willem de Kooning’s abstract work, Talberg’s abstract expressionism employs richly colored oil and tempera as well as occasional punctuating devices such as words, phrases, and, most recently, bold charcoal splatters.
Talberg works in a variety of media that include sculpture and poetry. The phrases he incorporates into his compositions are provocative and mimicked by the colors and shapes in the painting, as when the word “wine” forms a light burgundy smear not unlike a wine stain in the painting “Wine Witch at Blocksberg.”
An ardent opponent of Anti-Semitism whose spiritual interests include Buddhism and Voodoo, Mr. Talberg does not shy away from challenging binaries such as heaven-hell, light-dark, and conscious-subconscious. Yet, despite the portions of Talberg’s paintings that remain unsettled or jarred, each of his works retains balance and coherence overall. Talberg's paintings have been exhibited in Israel and throughout Europe.
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