Beverly Barkat Explained

Beverly Barkat
Birth Place:South Africa
Nationality:Israeli
Known For:Sculpture, painting

Beverly Barkat (born 1966) is an Israeli visual artist.

Biography

Beverly Sakalovsky (later Barkat) was born in 1966 in Johannesburg, South Africa to Louis and Lorna Sakalovsky, both artists themselves.[1] [2] [3] In 1976, the family immigrated to Israel.[4] She finished her studies at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 1990,[5] earning a BFA from the Department of Metalsmithing and Jewellery Design.

Barkat is married to former Jerusalem Mayor and current Minister of the Economy Nir Barkat, with whom she has three daughters.

Art career

In 1995, Barkat worked in glass art in the Czech Republic and was invited to participate in an international glassblowing and sculpting symposium. From 2006 to 2009, Barkat studied painting in Israel Hershberg's Master Class at the Jerusalem Studio School. She took part in the JSS Summer Program in Italy twice, studying and participating in workshops alongside artists Lennart Anderson, Stuart Shils, and Raoul Middleman.[6] Barkat experimented with new materials and architectural spaces. She dedicated herself to architectural projects such as the building and renovation of private homes, as well as communal spaces and libraries in elementary schools to improve the educational climate. In 2009 Barkat opened her own studio in Jerusalem. Her works have been presented internationally, in group and solo exhibitions.[7]

Barkat’s early paintings were largely figurative and in keeping with the traditional Western genres.[8] Around 2009, her paintings took a turn towards formal abstraction, with influences of Cubism and Abstract Expressionism from her formative years becoming more apparent. Although she continued to draw from life, she started to deconstruct the figure and at the same time, capture movement on a two-dimensional surface with dynamic lines. In 2014, her set of paintings were inspired by Japanese calligraphy. She was awarded the Curator's Award at the 28th International Exhibition of Art & Design in Kyoto, Japan.[9] Barkat started experimenting with new techniques, application methods and materials, the most prominent being the use of transparent PVC sheets as support for her paintings. These she paints in a manner reminiscent of action painting. Sally Haftel Naveh, the curator of her 2017 exhibition in Venice, comments on her use of this new material in the exhibition catalogue:

“The PVC sheets that Barkat picks for her paintings differ from other more conventional supports first and foremost in their transparency, so that while each side carries its own self-contained painterly motif, it echoes at the same time the one found overleaf. The work process progresses on both sides simultaneously, in constant symbiosis, free of any predetermined precepts or hierarchies.”[10] The centrepiece of her 2017 site-specific exhibition entitled Evocative Surfaces, supported by Outset Contemporary Art Fund[11] and exhibited at Palazzo Grimani in Venice, were 12 large PVCs hung from the ceiling. Their abstract and colourful surfaces interacted with the light and the architectural surroundings of the stately Venetian edifice.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] In 2018 Barkat held her second institutional exhibition in Italy, at Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi in Rome.[18] [19] [20] [21] The exhibition, titled After the Tribes, was curated by Dr. Giorgia Calo, who explains in the exhibition catalogue:

"After the Tribes is a large abstract, three-dimensional trompe-l’œil that dialogues with the mural paintings of the tree-lined allées and gardens of Villa Ludovisia, painted on the walls of the Salone delle Vedute, where the installation is located. After the Tribes projects the spectator into another dimension, in which space is annulled and viewers find themselves in an imaginary place that evokes a story reaching back across the millennia."[22] After the Tribes was sponsored by Polo Museale del Lazio, Embassy of Israel in Italy and Nomas Foundation.

In 2022, she completed Earth Poetica, a sphere of 13 feet in diameter, made of metal-framed panels filled with plastic waste. The work is currently installed at the Gottesman Family Aquarium in Jerusalem, and will later be exhibited in the lobby of a building in the new World Trade Center overlooking Ground Zero in lower Manhattan.[23]

Selected exhibitions

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Information Center for Israeli Art. The Israel Museum. 2017-12-29.
  2. Web site: MusEYEum Online Catalogue - Lorna Sakalovsky. MusEYEum, The College of Optometrists. 2017-12-29.
  3. April 1994. Israeli Artists Visit Beth Shalom. Hakol. 3. 2017-12-29. 2017-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20171230060406/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/567af3280e4c11b9bd9d5aa7/t/56a7d9391a520325bac18a03/1453840710766/1994-04-Hakol.pdf. dead.
  4. News: Beverly Barkat - an SA-born girl. Schneider. Moira. December 5, 2008. South African Jewish Report. 2017-12-29. 12, nr. 46. 17. 2017-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20171230074728/http://www.sajr.co.za/docs/default-source/pdf/2008/december/5-december-2008.pdf?sfvrsn=2. dead.
  5. Web site: Beverly Hills, 2008. Levin. Leah. November 20, 2008. Mynet. he. 2017-12-30. 2017-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103342/http://www.mynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3625659,00.html. dead.
  6. Web site: Master Class Gallery . 2009-11-04 . . 2017-08-17.
  7. Book: Haftel Naveh, Sally. Beverly Barkat: Evocative Surfaces. Marsilio Editori. 2017. 978-88-317-2802-7. Italy. 117.
  8. Book: Haftel Naveh, Sally. Beverly Barkat: Evocative Surfaces. Marsilio Editori. 2017. 978-88-317-2802-7. Italy. 21, 22, 24.
  9. Web site: The 29th Kyoto Art Festival and International Exhibition of Art . Viewed from the Outside . 2017-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170924052220/http://www.mzacharias.com/2015/10/22/the-29th-kyoto-art-festival-and-international-exhibition-of-art/ . 2017-09-24 . dead .
  10. Book: Haftel Naveh, Sally. Beverly Barkat: Evocative Surfaces. Marsilio Editori. 2017. 978-88-317-2802-7. Italy. 26.
  11. Web site: Outset - Supported projects. Outset Contemporary Art Fund. 2017-12-30.
  12. Web site: Beverly Barkat, Evocative Surfaces. Braga. Sonia S.. May 31, 2017. Architectural Digest. it. 2017-09-26.
  13. Web site: מי אמר שוונציה שוקעת? (Who said that Venice is sinking?). Gillerman. Dana. May 21, 2017. Yedioth Ahronoth. he. 2017-09-26.
  14. Web site: Evocative Surfaces: mille cromature di emozioni [Evocative Surfaces: A thousand chromatic emotions]]. Camodeca. Domenico. September 11, 2017. Blasting News. it. 2017-09-26.
  15. Web site: Beverly Barkat, Evocative Surfaces. Pagani. Angela. 2017. Giornale Sentire. IT. 2017-10-23.
  16. Web site: Women in Venice. Sirlin. Deanna. 2017. The Art Section. 2017-10-23.
  17. Web site: 57th Venice Biennale Review - Riveting and Bewildering. Cole. Alison. May 17, 2017. The Arts Desk. 2017-10-23.
  18. Web site: The colors of the 12 tribes of Israel. www.ilgiornaledellarte.com. 2019-03-04.
  19. Web site: 'After the Tribes' : Beverly Barkat, much more than the mayor's wife - In Jerusalem - Jerusalem Post. www.jpost.com. 2019-03-04.
  20. Web site: La torre di Beverly. 2018-10-11. AD. it. 2019-03-04.
  21. Web site: History and Identity. Toscano. Franca. Modern Painters. 4 March 2019.
  22. Book: Beverly Barkat: After the Tribes. Marsilio Editori. 2018. 978-88-317-7945-6. 16–23.
  23. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/arts/design/beverly-barkat-artist-israel-plastic.html Israeli Artist Turns Plastic Pollution Into ‘Earth Poetica’
  24. News: Davis . Barry . 19 December 2013 . Gray is the new palette. . 2017-08-17 . subscription.
  25. Book: Screening Layers. Sheffi. Smadar. Barkat. Beverly. Bet ha-omanim ʻa. sh. Yosef Zaritsḳi. 2013. Tel Aviv. he, en. 894696419.
  26. Book: Israel/One. Contemporary artists from Israel. Benetton. Luciano. Aviv. Naomi. Milo. Daniel S.. Ofrat. Gideon. Fabrica. 2014. 9788898764341. Treviso. 84–85.
  27. Web site: https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3715343,00.html. he:בוורלי ברקת רוצה שתשכחו לרגע את בעלה, ראש עיריית ירושלים, ותתחילו להתמקד באמנות שלה . Beverly Barkat wants you to forget her husband, the mayor of Jerusalem, for a moment, and begin to focus on her art. Libsker. Ari. 21 June 2017. Calcalist. he. 2017-09-26.
  28. Web site: Evocative Surfaces – Beverly Barkat . . 2017-08-17 .
  29. Web site: Questione di superfici. Intervista a Beverly Barkat . Surface issues. Interview with Beverly Barkat . Testino. Arianna. May 4, 2017. Artribune. it. 2017-09-26.
  30. Web site: Beverly Barkat: Evocative Surfaces a Palazzo Grimani. Zanti. Igor. 21 July 2017. Espoarte. it. 2017-09-26.
  31. Web site: Beverly Barkat: Evocative Surfaces arriva a Venezia, Palazzo Grimani . Beverly Barkat: Evocative Surfaces arrive to Palazzo Grimani, Venice. Caccavo. Paolo. September 12, 2017. Design Lifestyle. IT. 2017-10-23.
  32. Web site: Venice Biennale 2017: 10 Best Fringe Events. Field. Marcus. May 15, 2017. Independent. 2017-10-25.

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