Dalit Sharon / Dana Lin

Dalit Sharon is an artist living and working in Tel Aviv, a graduate of the Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (1983). She met Dana Lin in Kenafayim ("wings"), an association she founded in Tel Aviv in 2004, offering a place of artistic creation for artists confronting mental health problems.

Dana Lin was born in Ramat Gan in 1978. She studied at the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts. The exhibition features works from two series: "Assembly Work" (2007-08) and "The Album of Protected Words" (2010-11).
- Journey through the Subconscious -
The works are painted in pen, in red, blue, green, and black. The choice of colors is careful and symbolical: red is the color of sensuality and eroticism; blue stands for
communication; green represents the beauty of the inner world, which strives to find a bridge to life itself; black is a color of power-negative, but also positive.
The boat is present in every painting. According to Dana Lin, "When I step on the boat, I am already on my way elsewhere, filled with hope. There has to be a boat in
every painting." The figure of the Egyptian god Anubis also appears in almost every painting. Lin regards him as a spiritual guide, someone who can be trusted. She says:
When I paint, I blur my vision, so that I have at least two modes of observation: one-focused, the other-broader. It is as though I squint when I paint. I see every dot, and all the dots together generate a flux, like a school of fish. I begin with lots of dots, not knowing what is going to happen. All of a sudden, when there is enough energy on the paper, I see something. Then, like a crystal ball which gradually grows clear, I begin to comprehend the painting and it spins itself.
I constantly try to paint the painting that will deliver me, but it never works. It does, however, shift me to the next phase. Instead of ending the suffering, it moves me on to the next suffering. I now realize that the act of painting itself is
partial salvation.