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Tolla Inbar was born in Germany in 1958. After attending school in
Stuttgart, where she concentrated on ceramics and sculpture, she
immigrated to Israel. While passionately pursuing her interests in
making art, and participating in both group and solo exhibitions
throughout Israel and Europe, Tolla earned a B.A. in both psychology and
sociology from Tel Aviv University, an academic pursuit that has greatly
influenced her art. She later returned to Tel Aviv University to study
modern art. Over the years, Tolla’s art has evolved from realistic and
figurative to more expressive and semi-abstract forms. Using the ancient
method of bronze casting, Tolla’s work embodies universal questions
regarding the reasons for living and the complexity of the universe. The
suggestion of movement is strikingly present in these inanimate works.
Tolla believes in an individual path that we all must work through in
order to reach our spiritual goal. The soul, she believes, is a
reflection of the universe and motivates our inner drive. Tolla uses the
metaphor of climbing on to various external props to express this. The
“souls” in these sculpture use stairs, ladders and ropes to fulfill
ambitions and aspirations. Though Tolla is known for concentrating on
the positive side of life, she never ignores the existence of the
negative. Says Tolla, “The beauty of life is that good times outweigh
the bad times. To learn from bad experience, teaches us to enjoy
happiness better and more deeply.”
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