African Style
Thanks to artist Zoya Cherkassky, the imaginative wilds of Africa have invaded Tel Aviv's Port with her exhibit “African Style”, featuring ceramic plates, mugs, bowls and planters. The unifying theme presents images from the homeland of her husband, Suni, an African man whom Cherkassky, a native of Kiev, met in Israel.
The trajectory of her work is reminiscent of the journey of Paul Gauguin, the French Post-Impressionist artist who traveled to Tahiti, where he fell in love with a native woman. The exotic locale heavily influenced his art, just as it has with Cherkassky’s premiere as a ceramicist in a bold style akin to Picasso.
Cherkassky, a graduate of HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl, and Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, exhibits striking images and text inspired by a visit to meet her husband’s family.
The Vitrine, Hanger 26, Tel Aviv Port