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Preteen artist sells art for good cause The fifth grader started working with artist Valentina DuBasky in 2010 when he was 8. DuBasky has shown her Budding artist Oron Tal, 11, will exhibit his first solo show art in 150 exhibitions nationally and internationally. She is during the LIC Arts Open. Tal, a fifth grader at the Solomon also the founder and executive director of Art-in-a-Box, an Schechter School of Queens, is bubbly, talkative, sure head- international nonprofit. ed — he knows what he wants and can create a painting in Tal works with paint, clay and pencil — though his work about 20 minutes to an hour — and a bit fidgety. on Saturday will showcase his paintings and ink pieces He comes from an artistic family; his father creates called nib work. His artwork is cute, playful and brightly carved wooden sculptures and his siscolored. The young artist draws from ter works as a fashion designer. his experiences, said his mother, The exhibition titled “11: PaintMarcia Tal. Last year the family took ings and Drawings, 2010-2012,” will a trip to Paris, where Tal gleaned be held in the M55 Gallery on Saturinspiration for a few paintings of When: May 20, noon to 6 p.m. day from noon to 6 p.m. cafes and Parisians. One of his paintTal will donate proceeds from the ings depicts a fashionable talk show Where: M55 Gallery sale of his framed artwork, priced host with a crying guest. 44-02 23 St., LIC from $100 to $200, to Beit Issie “People in talk shows are always Tickets: Free; paintings are for sale Shapiro, a nonprofit organization in crying,” Tal said. M55art.org, (718) 729-2988 Israel focusing on new therapies for He paints the things he likes such children and adults with disabilities. as his brother’s friend’s chinchilla, The Tals, who live in Hollis Hills, visited the nonprofit last Babka; his dog, Tiger; and colorful people, outrageous summer. fashion and the pop star who embodies both those things, “I like to help out,” Tal said. Lady Gaga. Additionally he often likes to imagine his sub“Oron’s act of tzedakah [charity] is not only very mean- ject matter. ingful in the Jewish tradition, but also illustrates the grow“I make people up,” Tal said. “You can do whatever ing awareness and increase in youth philanthropy,” exec- you want with their faces.” utive director of The American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro, He’s learning how to deal with little mistakes. The paintIrma Friedman said. ing shown here was destined for the trash, said his mother,
by Josey Bartlett qboro Editor
11: Paintings and Drawings
Page 45 QUEENS CHRONICLE, Thursday, May 17, 2012
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Oron Tal, 11, shows off one of the many paintings featured PHOTO BY JOSEY BARTLETT in Saturday’s show. but with a little prodding from DuBasky, Tal turned an ink blot gone awry into a lock of hair on the far side of the subject’s face. Q “Mistakes can turn into masterpieces,” Tal said.
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