"Poetry doesn't impose itself, it exposes itself."

Paul Celan

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A world where poetry engages in dialogue with painting: this is what Samuel Ackerman aims to convey to those who contemplate his works. With over thirty oils and gouaches exhibited at the Galerie Schwab Beaubourg, it's the world unfolding within Ackerman's art, a world where the different facets of human life are subtly revealed, a world that becomes populated as the artist progresses in his creation. His work oscillates between fascinating complexity and a universe inspired by Malevich. His creativity draws from his roots and is nourished by various influences. He paints landscapes of the Holy Land to Jewish mysticism, but also Parisian landscapes and self-portraits reflecting the torments of our time.

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Born in Ukraine in 1951, Samuel Ackerman has exhibited his works in several museums in Ukraine and Israel.