“灵魂的触碰”
约拿丹·达蒙的雕塑
雪莉·梅书拉姆

柔和、清朗的空气围绕着精神圣地萨法德周围的山麓，并使它沉浸在一种神圣的气氛中，是雕塑家约拿丹充满创造性的想象力的生命之源。他的雕塑被附以快速、修长并充满张力的线条，就像音符在他周围起舞。组合起的部分被优美地放置在它们所属的地方。它们打开、延展、汇聚，加厚或削薄并不断变化直到形成最终的样式，当他们呼吸到灵魂的触碰，艺术家充满创造力的灵魂。但即使这样，约拿丹仍旧不满意。他将草稿放到一边，直到很久以后才再次审视。他一次又一次地以批判的目光打量它们，问自己这个三维模型是否足够成熟以达成它们的最终样式并借助青铜，他最善于处理的材料获得生机。在海法铸造厂工作过多年，他已能完全掌握处理这种独特的雕塑介质。

在浏览过艺术家丰富多样的作品后，我们能够感受到他对制作青铜雕塑17道不同工序的精通。雕塑因多彩的锈色（蓝色、翡翠色、绿色、棕色以及金色）而闪闪发光。它们中的一部分通过点彩派技巧创作结合了大量的颜色，例如作品三部曲（1984年），而另外一些作品则呈现出光滑的、鲜艳的锈色。约拿丹选择所需的色度并借助燃烧器和画刷细致入微地处理作品表面，以获得预期的效果。

约拿丹在以色列的精神圣地之一萨法德迷人的氛围中创作他的雕塑。这座拥有正直的拉比们坟墓的独特城市，在80年代曾是繁荣的文化和艺术中心；如今，它是许多宗教人士的家园。并且正如透过约拿丹画廊的窗看到的，至今这座城市仍笼罩在神秘的光晕中。他的画廊坐落在萨法德艺术家聚居区的中心，吸引着来自世界各地的游客。陈列在画廊中的雕塑以精致、优美的线条而著称，这种优雅使游客迷醉。许多人渴望触碰、拥抱它们并吸取其中所蕴含的能量。这些雕塑代表了普世的美、和谐、安静、和平与爱的价值。由此，它们变得如此之流行，并被全球的画廊和收藏家收购也就并不奇怪了。约拿丹的精神紧紧依附于萨法德城市本身、它的文化和历史。他在80年代曾是艺术家聚居区的主席，并为萨法德的繁荣，吸引来自以色列及国外的艺术家、教师、学生和学者做出过巨大贡献。

约拿丹以表现普世文化的符号创作雕塑作品，象征着人类最原始的本质、爱、灵魂的触碰及艺术家的精神。约拿丹的作品是一种“空间中的三维画”，“物体的灵魂之诗”。

约拿丹·达蒙 卡萨布兰卡（1994）

艺术与雕塑学术研究

1967  绘画与雕塑. 图卢兹巴黎高等艺术美术学院
1968  图卢兹绘图和图形艺术学校
1978  海法大学——雕塑大师de Quitt艺术工作室——雕塑家 M. Ziffer
1978-87  罗斯柴尔德艺术学校雕塑教师
1985-95  西加利利学院（Acco）雕塑教师
1984  获以色列画家与雕塑家全国总工会认可
1985  萨法德艺术家聚居区成员
1990  萨法德艺术家聚居区Palais Contesse Lille展览策展人
1992-95  萨法德艺术家聚居区主席

奖项和展览

1970  图卢兹绘画艺术学校一等奖
1976  里昂国际展览一等奖
1978  海法Beit Aba choushi个人展
1979  特拉维夫Beit Sokolov个人展
1980  特拉维夫Rosonfeld画廊个人展
1983  以色列Nahariya博物馆个人展
1985  巴黎Saphir画廊个人展
1985  耶路撒冷Mishkenot Sheananim个人展
1988-2007  纽约Jawitz中心国际艺术博览会
1990  海法法国艺术中心个人展
1996  纽约Nanuet艺术展一等奖展览
1998  纽约Nanuet艺术展特等奖展览
1998  克利夫兰阿格农学校展览
2000  亚特兰大Deljou艺术画廊
2000  克利夫兰阿格农学校
2001  迈阿密椰林会议中心展览
2007  加拿大多伦多世界艺术博览会
2007  克利夫兰
2007  荷兰

事业亮彩

约拿丹·达蒙的作品被来自世界上超过20座城市的私人收藏家收藏，还有许多被画廊购买用于永久收藏。

他也被许多重要机构委托创作雕塑：
大鸟，水泥，门诊中心，海法
战争与和平纪念碑，青铜与石头，萨法德
马，水泥浇铸，Nahariya博物馆
拥抱，青铜雕塑，Tefen博物馆
青铜栏杆，卡梅利亚“Ohel Shem”犹太会堂，海法
大卫（达杜）埃拉扎尔青铜半身像，地区体育中心，Afula Weiss教授，以色列
加拿大参议院前发言人Guy Charbonneau先生
Merv Adelson先生，洛杉矶电视台制片人
青铜雕塑，地区医疗中心，新泽西州波莫纳
纳西尔雕塑中心，达拉斯

SCULPTURES FROM THE HOLY LAND
JONATHAN DARMON EXHIBITION BEIJING, CHINA

EXHIBITION DATES: Oct. 01 TO Nov. 30, 2010
OPENING VERNISSAGE: Oct.17, 2010, Sun. 3:00pm to 6:00pm (speech at four)
VENUE: XYZ Gallery, D05 OF 798 Art Center Beijing (798 middle second street)
CURATOR: Catherine Cheng & Avishay Gottdiener
Contact: 010 8459 9299/13701104223, www.xyzartgallery.com

"The Touch of Spirit"
The Sculptures of Jonathan Darmon
Written by Shirly Meshulam

The soft, bright air which enwraps the mountains surrounding the spiritual city of Zefat and steeps it in a heavenly atmosphere is the life source of sculptor Jonathan Darmon’s creative imagination. His sculptures are drawn in quick, long and dynamic lines, like musical notes dancing in the space around him. Forms arte assembled and delicately placed where they belong. They open, stretch, gather, become thicker and thinner and constantly change until reaching their final shape, when they breath the touch of the spirit, of the artist’s creative spirit. But even then, Darmon is still not satisfied. He puts the sketches he has made to one side and only looks at them again after a long time. He considers them again and again with a critical eye, asking himself if the three-dimensional models are mature enough to attain their final form and come to life in bronze, the material with which he loves to deal. Having worked for many years in the foundry of Haifa, Darmon has gained total control in handling this unique sculpture medium.

A glance at the rich variety of the artist’s works shows us his mastery of the seventeenth different processes needed to produce bronze sculptures. The sculptures shine in patinas of rich colors (blue, jade, green, brown and gold), some are in a pointillist technique combining a great number of colors, as in the Trilogy and others are in a smooth and even chromatic patina. Darmon chooses the required shade and treats the surface meticulously with his burner and his paint-brush in order to achieve the desired effect.

Darmon creates his sculptures in the enchanting atmosphere of Zefat, one of the most spiritual places in Israel. This unique city, with its tombs of righteous rabbis, was in the eighties a blooming artistic and cultural center; today it is home to many religious people, and is still wrapped in a mysterious veil made of light reflected through the windows of Darmon’s gallery. The gallery lies in the center of Zefat’s artists’ colony, an attraction for tourists from all over the world. The sculptures displayed in the gallery are characterized by their fine, elegant lines, and a gracefulness which captivates visitors, many of who want to touch and embrace them to absorb their energy. These sculptures represent values of universal beauty, of harmony, serenity, peace and love. It is therefore not surprising that they have become so popular, are purchased by several galleries and found in many private collections all over the world. Jonathan Darmon’s spirit is very closely attached to the city of Zefat, to its culture and history. He acted in the eighties as the chairman of the artists’ colony and largely contributed to its blossoming, making it an attraction for artist, teachers, students and intellectuals from Israel and from abroad.

Darmon creates his sculptures in forms suggesting universal cultural signs which symbolize the most primary human essence, love, and the touch of spirit, the spirit of the artist. Darmon’s sculpture of is a kind of ‘three-dimensional painting in space,’ ‘the spirit poetry of matter.’

BIO OF JONATHAN DARMON. Casablanca (1944)

ART AND SCULPTURE STUDIES.

1967 Draw and Sculpture. Ecole des Beaux Arts de Toulouse
1968 Ecole de dessin et Arts graphiques Toulouse
1978 University of Haifa - Art Studio of Master Sculpter de Quitt - Sculpter M. Ziffer
1978-87 Teacher of Sculpture in Rotchild Art school
1985-95 Teacher of Sculpture in Western Galilee college (Acco)
1984 Agree from National Union peinter and sculpter from Israel
1985 Membre of Artist Colony of Safad
1990 Curator of Exhibition for Artits Colony Safad in Palais Contesse Lille.
1992-95 Cherman of Artist Colony Safad

PRIZES AND EXHIBITIONS:

1970 First prize Ecole de dessin et arts graphiques de Toulouse
1976 First prize International Exhibition Lyon
1978 One man show Beit Aba Choushi Haifa
1979 One man show Beit Sokolov Tel Aviv
1980 One man show Rosenfeld Gallery Tel Aviv
1983 One man show Nahariya Museun Israel
1985 One man show Saphir Gallery Paris
1985 One man show Mishkenot Sheananim Jerusalem
1988-2007 International Art Expo Jawitz Center New York
1990 One man show French Cultural Center Haifa
1996 First prize Exhibition Nanuet Art Show New York
1998 Grand prize Exhibition Nanuet Art Show New York
1998 Exhibition Agnon School Cleveland
2000 Deljou Art Gallery Atlanta
2000 Agnon school Cleveland
2001 Exhibition Convention Center Coconut Grove Miami
2007 Art Expo Toronto Canada
2007 Cleveland
2007 Holland