Varda Breger, Hedgehog on edge, mixed media on paper
Asphalt and Aquarelle
Varda Breger
Curator: Dafna Olami
25 Jun — 31 July, 2005
Painting
Varda Breger’s works deal with the conquering of nature by man, and the painful relations in human society. The lack of balance between progress and nature, resulting from man’s failure to conserve and distribute the resources on the planet amongst its inhabitants, is manifested in the disappearing variety of life especially the extinction of wildlife. Lately many of her works are dedicated to the inferior and hopeless state of women in western and eastern society. Asphalt & Aquarelle, the conqueror and the trampled, are embodied in the technique of the paintings. Vibrating opposing tensions between the transparent flowing aquarelle language, against the opaque and intensity that only acrylic color can supply.