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Artist Statement:
Artist statement – Ted Barr
Painting the celestial sky
brings to mind questions of
the origins of life. Thoughts
of conception, pregnancy and
birth evoke similar wonderment
of the initial moments of
life. At the moment of human
conception is the convergence
of sperm and ovum. In the
celestial realm the...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibitions
09/2001 old jaffa, Israel
curator s.
zafrir
04/2006 tel aviv fighters
house, Israel curator
s. kleinman
01/2007 neeman towers, tel
aviv, Israel curator
y. naor
05/2007 sokolov press house,
tel aviv, Israel curator m.
krimolovsky
09/2007 el al globus gate to
the world project
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Artist Galleries:
old jaffa museum
geological museum r-h
janice charach gallery detroit
pelegallery detroit
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Ted Barr Biography:
| Biographical information for Ted Barr can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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53
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
jewish |
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
deep space astronomy, black holes
human existence, pictures inspired by inner body photography, Krishnamurti teachings |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Art - (1910 - )
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
caspar friedriech
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| Favorite Work of Art |
form and antiform by jessica muller
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
As early as my memory goes I have raised my eyes to the stars and wonder about the mysteries of creation. The sensations and memories from my childhood influenced me to further inquiries pondering the reasons of human existence. Until now, my art work is motivated by constant awe towards the magnificent creation that surrounds us; its constant swiveling, the turbulence of colors, the never ending motion and commotion of the stars and galaxies. Steering forces in my endeavor to depict the brightness of the galactic elements contrast to the mysterious darkness of Deep Space. To substantiate I decided to use a unique material that could link the dissimilar realms; tar, this ancient reminder of life on the planet, became my primary material in transposing galactic images to canvas. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
because i was born curious and all my life tried to express myself in different ways, started as a writer then added colors and forms to create my paintings |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Theodor Barr was born in Constance near the black sea and grew at Tel Aviv, Israel. Barr s first painting guide was s. zafrir, an old Israeli master, that since 1995 provided him with the basics of drawing. Theodor Barr is a self made artist with broad education in areas such as astronomy, mathematics, literature and history, so far two of his books where published, one of them is 'Frau Gruber camp', that appeared in 2006, a thrilling allegory about German history. Barr wrote about twenty articles that were published in the Israeli media. His current pictures are motivated from the deep space photos, sent to earth by the Hubble telescope, on big canvases 150x110 or 120x120 cm he mixes rare combination of tar, acrylic, oil and lacquer in order to capture the dark and glimmering essence of the deepest space and the most fantastic galaxies, planets,, white dwarfs and red giants. The technique used by Barr is multi layers mixtures of dark cold tar and bright acrylic colors, on them oil and lacquer that gives the impression of bizarre unique individual world. It is impossible to compare Barr works to any known painter; Barr developed, especially in his latest tar based pictures, a private language, with multiple esoteric meaning.
Exhibitions
09/2001 old jaffa, Israel curator s. zafrir
04/2006 tel aviv fighters house, Israel curator s. kleinman
01/2007 neeman towers, tel aviv, Israel curator y. naor
05/2007 sokolov press house, tel aviv, Israel curator m. krimolovsky
10/07 old jaffa museum, curator naama meirovitz
12/07 contemporary Istanbul art fair via nyarts Beijing gallery
01/08 geological museum r-h, curator rachel sasporta
05/08 science center Hertzliya, curator
varda genosar
06/08 janice charach gallery, curator danielle Peleg
12/08 fusion arts museum. new york, curator d. Polak
05/09 valle real Guadalajara, curator m. Wereka
05/09 icogallery new york. curator s. brumans
06/09 Venice biennial. curator t. nyego
08/09 ted barr technique workshop San Miguel DE Allende Mexico
09/09 cinchiano biennial terme Italy
06/2010 curator for homage to Frieda Kahlo, De Barr gallery
06/2010 workshop and exhibit, Hayward, Ca, curator L. Jacob
10/2010 Opera house, Israel, curator U. Rosenwein
10/2010 workshop delivery and exhibition at Beit Oren, Israel, curator E. Feller |
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