Monthly Archives: April 2013

Carte: Fahri Balliu – Panteonul negru

Posted on April 30, 2013 by admin

Lumea pe care o descrie Fahri Balliu in Panteonul negru (editura VREMEA, 2009, traducerea lui Mircea Dobrescu) este bine cunoscuta celor care au trait perioada comunista in Romania, sau macar au citit carti precum Lumea secreta a nomenclaturii a lui … Continue reading →

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Danger: Mediocrity!

Posted on April 28, 2013 by admin

This posting comes instead of two reviews I would usually write about two performances I saw a week one from the other in Tel Aviv. One is a theater play ‘Az BePrag’ (‘Then in Prague’) by Hilel Mitelpunkt at the … Continue reading →

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“Truthful Fiction” – Dina Bova’s Exhibition in Kfar Shmaryahu

Posted on April 27, 2013 by admin

I need to thank Mark Zuckerberg for my first encounters with Dina Bova. Via his wonderful and awful (whatever meaning you chose) Facebook I met a young Israeli artist who uses this social media in order to make known to … Continue reading →

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Ravi Coltrane in Tel Aviv

Posted on April 26, 2013 by admin

I keep wondering what a burden and a responsibility is for an artist to carry the name of a famous father. It’s a great responsibility, it also may be a heavy burden, as people looking or listening to his art … Continue reading →

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Carte: Laszlo Alexandru – Muzeul figurilor de ceara

Posted on April 17, 2013 by admin

Il cunosteam pe Laszlo Alexandru din referinte internetice si mai ales ca redactor al Web site-ului (numit si revista electronica, termen fata de care am o oarecare retinere) ‘E-Leonardo’ a carui aparitie din pacate s-a hotarit sa o intrerupa in … Continue reading →

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Dali’s “Aliyah, The Rebirth of Israel”

Posted on April 15, 2013 by admin

For the Israel Independence Day this year I chose to present a cycle of works who have entered already the thesaurus of the Israeli and Zionist artistic mythology. Many of the visitors of the recent exhibition of the works of … Continue reading →

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Love Story (Film: Amour – Michael Haneke, 2012)

Posted on April 13, 2013 by admin

Every age has it’s love films. A long time ago, during my late my teens I resonated together with the millions of young folks at my age in between the age of the hippies and the age of the yuppies … Continue reading →

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Adieu, Monsieur Chabrol! (Film: Bellamy – Claude Chabrol, 2009)

Posted on April 12, 2013 by admin

Bellamy (or Inspector Bellamy) is the final film in the career that spreads over half a century of director Claude Chabrol, a career started within the cinematic revolution of the French Nouvelle Vague at the end of the 50s in which Chabrol … Continue reading →

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purest trash (Film: Death Proof – Quentin Tarantino, 2007)

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

Death Proof may be the most typical Quentin Tarantino product since Pulp Fiction. Those who love Tarantino will love the film and love him more, those who hate him will have at least one more item to add to the … Continue reading →

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sunset of the high-class (Film: Io sono l’amore – Tilda Swinton, 2009)

Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin

Io sono l’amore starts with an impressionist-like picture of a city in winter, reminding a painting by Renoir. Yet, we’ll soon realize that we are not at the end of the 19th century but rather 100 years later. The next … Continue reading →

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