rafi peretz raphael perez israélien artiste

The characteristics of naive painting by Israeli painter Raphael Perez concern a naive art that is often characterized in paintings of cities in Israel and around the world. In each city, Raphael chooses the sites, the famous iconic buildings, which also have a particular architectural form, Raphael carefully rebuilds the city to plan the city with lots of vegetation, boulevards full of trees that create shade, tall trees, beds of plants and flowers, in many works there is also the figure of the painter who paints the picture, balloons, kites and everything that creates a naive and joyful atmosphere, in most paintings there are couples of a man and a woman kissing, or paintings of families of a man and a woman and a child, a central motif is kindergarten children lining up while that at the beginning of the line a kindergarten teacher walks with the national flag of the city painted, several girls in red dresses and a kindergarten teacher at the end of the column when everyone is waving the national flags, the scenes are idyllic of daily life, busy glorifying innocence, use of bright colors full of vitality which correspond to the children's point of view. The paintings are very easy to understand and interpret, and simplicity is one of its most striking characteristics. In his paintings, Raphael expresses his heart's desire to know what our world should look like. This vision is expressed in many colors and in an optimistic and positive worldview.

Characteristics of naive art
1. Telling a simple, memorable story about everyday life, usually with humans.
2. Represents the painter's idealization of reality - embellishes reality.
3. Inability to maintain perspective – especially details, even in distant details