Post by sleepboy on Dec 27, 2008 21:21:11 GMT -8
An interesting body of work.
"He presents in his works the image of the dragon "Uga" (meaning "cake" in Hebrew), slaughtered again and again by feminine nude images, a sort of erotic girls or nymphs, radiating sexuality - an allegory to the artist's struggle against his private demons from the past. It is about self examination, observation of the past, correction and change. The narrative of Baseman's painting indicates in an almost hidden way, his struggle to release himself from the heritage of his parents, east European Holocaust survivors that raised him according to the "American Dream". The dragon's slaughtering, symbolically entitles Baseman to release himself from the burden represented by his parent's world perception, allowing him to re-mold his individual path."
