Haifa Theater Gallery:
Igor Tarchovsky / Lee Each landscape carries a souvenir
Curator: Ora Haim
Opening: 16.5.2019

Yoram Mark-Reich

A site worth knowing

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At the entrance to the municipal theater is the exhibition of Igor Tarchowski's paintings. This is his first solo exhibition in Israel and will be on display for about 6 weeks.

The name of the exhibition, "Every Landscape is a Souvenir," corresponds and resonates with Haim Hefer's poem, written for a well-known Russian folk tune. As in the poem, which describes longing for the landscape and memory, so Igor's paintings express his love for nature and the landscapes of the Land of Israel. The exhibition, which will be on display for about a month and a half, is curated by artist Ora Haim, who also initiated the gallery three and a half years ago.

Igor was born in 1957 in Gomel, Belorussia, and immigrated to Israel with his family in the early 1990s. He grew up in a family between two brothers, a big sister and a younger brother. There is a good and good connection between them, and his two brothers are also living in Israel today. His sister Elizabeth Trachovsky writes poetry, and she also lives and breathes art, spirit and soul.

Igor Tarchovsky is a multidisciplinary artist. In Israel he worked as a graphic artist and as a stained glass expert. He has always aspired to practice art and has dreamed of painting. In Russia he participated in several exhibitions, but most of the time he worked for a living. Still, always make sure to work in the art. Today, he is a member of the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association.

From an early age Igor became interested in art, and loved to paint. While a schoolgirl, he took part in art classes after school at the Gumel Palace & Park Ensemble, where he studied with well-known artists in Beloros, including Landsky and Pekacheskin.

He was accepted into art studies at Yaroslavl Art College, in the city of Yaroslavl. During school, he was called to enlist in the Russian army. In the army he worked as an artist, which helped him to meet the difficult conditions of the military service more easily and also gain employment experience. Upon graduation, he completed his studies at Jerusalem Art College and returned to his hometown of Gomel, married and had a daughter. He worked there as an artist in various locations, as an interior designer and producing commercials for business.

Igor: "At every opportunity, I would travel to the giant USSR, to see original paintings by great artists of the past. I