Doron Solomons

Born	1969 London, England
Nationality	Israeli
Field	Video artist
Training	Art Teachers' Training College, Ramat Hasharon

Doron Solomons is an Israeli video artist.

Biography

Doron Solomons, video artist, born 1969, London. Lives and works in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Doron Solomons’ artistic practice since 2000 has been inextricably connected to his experience as a professional news editor, the materials to which he is exposed in this capacity, and the ethical problems posed.^[1]

Education

• 1994-1991 Art Teachers' Training College, Ramat Hasharon

Education

• Kalisher School of Art, Tel Aviv
• Art Teachers' Training College, Ramat Hasharon

Awards and Prizes

• 1998 2004 The Minister of Education, Cultre and Sport Prize, The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
• 2006 The Hadassah and Rafael Klatchkin Prize, Artic 9, The Sharett Foundation, America Israel Cultural Foundation

Artwork

• The Long Arm of the Law (2002) ^[2]
• Inventory (2001) - Doron Solomons reviews his life with regard to the material inventory of all his belongings. Beginning with his wife to counting all the cassette tapes and things in his life, Solomons reflects on materialism on a whole and the proprietary relationship between an man and a woman.^[3], ^[4]
• Group Picture with a War (2005) – commissioned by the In Flanders Fields Museum to create a work from their collection of films dating back to World War I, Solomons unsurprisingly chose all the “behind-the-scenes” depictions, gaps, and intervals between battles: the men in the trenches, sleeping, treating the wounded.^[1]
• Tonight’s Headlines(2006) – in this work we find the newest version of the “eloquent silence” series running through Solomons’ oeuvre. The work starts out like an ordinary night edition of the news on Israeli Channel 2, but when the time comes for the anchors to announce the headlines, they stare at the camera, without uttering a word. They keep the gestures and body language characteristic of the media just as much as the spoken language itself.^[1]
• Shopping Day (2006), Solomons directly addresses the language of advertising and branding industries and its limited filmic lexicon. Using his editorial skill and editing language, he manages to subvert the message and create a drama of a daily and minor tragedy showing not only himself, but also this visual language, as pathetic.^[1]
• Good night (2008) - A father reads his son a bed time story but falls asleep. The sons covers, and in the end smothers, the father. The work refers to the reality of sons that bury their father and considers the local harsh reality of fathers burying their sons.^[5]

Articles

• From Haifa to London and back Haaretz - Guide, October 22, 2010
• The Old Objectivity, Haaretz - Gallery, August 13, 2010

References

General

• "Doron Solomons". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/default.asp?artist=275370. Retrieved October 2011. 

Specific

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Doron Solomons". Exhibitions News & Events. The Center for Contemporary Art. http://cca.org.il/?p=598&lang=en. Retrieved October 4, 2011. 
2. ^ "The Magician: The long arm of the Law" (video). Haifa Museum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CYHdbPfCIA. Retrieved October 4, 2011. 
3. ^ Doron Solomons collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved October 2011
4. ^ (Hebrew) "The Inventory of Doron Solomons". YNet. February 8, 2010. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3845588,00.html. Retrieved October 4, 2010. 
5. ^ (Hebrew) Mix-Art Festival”, Rishon Le-Zion park 2008

External links

• Art of Doron Solomons at Europeana. Retrieved October 2011
• Doron Solomons collection at the Israel Museum. Retrieved October 2011
• Doron Solomons at the Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery

Persondata
Name	Solomons, Doron
Alternative names
Short description	Video artist
Date of birth	1969
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death
Place of death