Ilana Yaron Presents her Backgammon Box

Embracing the Future

The work "Reconciliation" is a collage on a backgammon board. This symbolizes hope, rooted in the past, progressing into the present and aspiring to the future.

The past is represented by stones brought from an extermination camp in Poland – Auschwitz. The present is represented by figures in black and white and by straw taken from the land. The palms of the hands are outstretched for reconciliation while the sleeves of the baby clothes embracing the backgammon board express the hope for universal reconciliation. All the representations are fastened to the board by painful colored pins.

Ilana Yaron

Born in Poland
Lives and works in Tel Aviv

Education:

Master of Science and manager of a research laboratory in Ichilov Hospital.
Studied art in the Paul Colin School of Higher Learning for Art - Paris.
Part time art studies - Bezalel Academy of Arts - Jerusalem.
Course in Art Treasures under the auspices of the Kibbutz Artists Workshop
Certificate/Diploma in "Art Evaluation" from Shorashim.
Art History studies in the Tel Aviv Museum.

Exhibitions:

2004, 2005, 2006 - Group exhibits at Beit Sharett in Givatayim.
2007 – Solo exhibition entitled "Exposure" in Beit Sharett in Givatayim.
2008 - Group exhibition entitled "Blue and White" at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, U.S.A.
2008 - Group exhibition entitled "Vision and Reality" in Hanita Art Museum Israel
2008 - Group exhibit entitled "From Exile to Independence" in" Beith Hatanach"
Participation in the Israeli Artists Book celebrating the 60^th anniversary of the State of Israel, (Le Livre des Artistes Israeliens).

Paintings in private collections in Israel and the US.