Image courtesy of Lea Dolinsky
Interview: Lea Dolinsky
Luca Curci talks with artist Lea Dolinsky during BODIES+CITIES SKIN exhibition in Venice on May 2016. Grown up academically and professionally in Argentina and Israel, Lea Dolinsky is an artist that has carried out different projects of Architecture and Design all around Israel and abroad. Her first reliefs and sculptures dated back to 1974 and from 1979 on she has participated in many exhibitions all around the world, next to personal shows in Israel. Since 1985, she owns a personal studio in Givataim, close to Tel Aviv, where she spends time designing, sculpting, teaching, writing, trying to go ahead with the nowadays innovations in Art.
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Luca Curci – What is the message linked to the artwork you have shown in this exhibition? How is it connected to the theme of the entire festival?
Lea Dolinksy – My videos are really connected to the issue of the Festival. The idea was to create a virtual space for exhibition with my drawings, reliefs and sculptures, IDENTITY. With the superposition of different images of PARIS from 1989, the new buildings on the old ones, or even the contrary, I got a collaged colorful always changing City where all is bubbling inside her.
L.C. – What are you currently working on?
L.D. – I currently work at my studio sculpting, drawing, designing, teaching, and documenting sketches (I have a lot of them and they enable to influence my new Projects). Most of my sculptures are Environmental and Outdoor Sculptures where my architecture background get proper expression.
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L.C. – Are your artworks focused on a specific theme?
L.D. – My work focused life, human beings and the relationship between them, have always inspired me. This inner spirit of my sculptures is the essence of my work.
L.C. – How is being an artist nowadays?
L.D. – Hard to be an artist nowadays. I think that this is a global problem linked to economic crisis all over the world. Artists must teach to hold their workshops and design their projects.
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L.C. – What is the most challenging part about creating your artworks?
L.D. – I always start thinking about the statement of my new projects, that’s interesting me. If I finish this discussion with myself, I can go ahead.
L.C. – What’s the art tip you usually receive? Do visitors’ suggestions enrich yourself and your art?
L.D. – People like to visit my studio, my website, and I am in contact with FB Artist Friends. I get feedback from all of them. Is very important for me to get criticism on the process of creation. I get from them other points of view.
Image courtesy of Lea Dolinsky
Image courtesy of Lea Dolinsky
Image courtesy of Lea Dolinsky
Image courtesy of Lea Dolinsky
Image courtesy of Lea Dolinsky
Image courtesy of Lea Dolinsky
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