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 Baseman Solo Show in Tel Aviv: The Sacrificing of the Cake Gary Baseman's first solo show in Israel, The Sacrificing of the Cake/Ha'alata Shel "Uga" le'Oleh/העלתה של עוגה לעולה opens Thursday, January 8th at 8pm at Urbanix Gallery in Tel Aviv. Baseman's show is not about birthdays or cakes. It is about self examination, observation of the past, correction and change. In a picturesque childish language and a sweetish color palette, Baseman displays a series of new works, acrylic paintings along with color pencil drawings on paper. The exhibition features the image of the dragon "Ooga" (meaning "cake" in Hebrew), slaughtered again and again by feminine nude images of erotic girls or nymphs, radiating sexuality - an allegory to the artist's struggle against his private demons from the past. The narrative of Baseman's work in this show 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". Sacrificing the dragons of the past symbolically entitles Baseman to release himself from the burden represented by his parent's world perception, allowing him to re-mold his individual path.
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