Dror karta, yin-yang and alpha male

קרטה בסטודיו שלו. צילומים: שלומי יוסף

“I moved [the studio] from the North to Tel Aviv, because up North everything is simply dead from the perspective of art and culture,” Karta said during a recent interview.Despite his move to Israel’s big city, much of Karta’s work reflects and incorporates objects from life outside Israel’s densely populated urban center. The piece opening the exhibit at Florentine 45, “Blue Blood,” is shaped from an industrial pipe that looks like the traditional horn of plenty, what appears to be part of a wheelbarrow, a small tree, several pieces of luggage and various other items.

“The piece is really about moving, both physically and mentally,” said Karta. “The color white generally represents women, like the classic image of the wedding dress …and [“Blue Blood”] attempts to represent the woman’s move into the new marital home and the desire to rise in the social hierarchy for financial resources to raise children. Just like with animals, the females seek the dominant male, the alpha male, to raise her children. ”

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