Paintings by Zahava Lupu

Zahava Lupu's exhibition at the Herzliya Museum of Art, focuses on her works from the years 1990-1992.

Zahava Lupu's abstract compositions call for an inner journey into the deep layers, most of which are hidden between the paper and the coating. Zahava Lupu does not disclose everything and her creativity is based on the tension between the concealed and the apparent. Between an emotional agitation, expressed by the strong black lines, and the harmonic and minor tones expressed by the pastel colours. Here as well, the spectator should not be overcomed by a relaxed and pastoral feeling. The harmonic layers contain a burst of feelings that can be discovered after a closer examination of the texture and the laying of the colour.

In spite of the lyrism expressed by the painting, this is also a fighting painting that raises some difficult question marks. A painting that accompanies the ups and downs of life and expresses man's struggle to define his spiritual targets. At the same time, this painting deals with the pure values of painting in general, and it derives its strength, partly, from the combination of the two . The papers are flooded with a glowing light, the mediterranean light but, at the same time, a strong and universal light that connects the local work of art with artistic creation as a whole.

The works we are presented with, show that since the birth of new trends, following the unique achievement of the impressionism, the abstract has not fully expressed itself yet. May be it is this intelligent abstract area that has to follow the powerful impressionist painting . Anyone who naturally clings to this way of expression, like Zahava Lupu, establishes a particular personal fingerprint. This achievement by itself determines the artist's real stature.

(The Late) Yoav Dagon - Curator Emeritus