Children are Angels

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Herman Gold

After October 7, I painted quite a few works connected to the war. But this piece felt different.

Here, the subject was already present in the object itself — a soldier’s helmet. So my task was not to speak instead of the helmet, but through it. I had to listen to what it already carried.

For me, every message in art is also a dream. And dreams are often very simple: children growing up without fear, flowers growing from the earth, a peaceful sky above us, and peaceful ground beneath our feet.

It was deeply moving to place these dreams on the surface of a helmet that belonged to one of our soldiers — someone who, with his whole being, helps make such simple dreams possible.

Herman Gold

After October 7, I painted quite a few works connected to the war. But this piece felt different.

Here, the subject was already present in the object itself — a soldier’s helmet. So my task was not to speak instead of the helmet, but through it. I had to listen to what it already carried.

For me, every message in art is also a dream. And dreams are often very simple: children growing up without fear, flowers growing from the earth, a peaceful sky above us, and peaceful ground beneath our feet.

It was deeply moving to place these dreams on the surface of a helmet that belonged to one of our soldiers — someone who, with his whole being, helps make such simple dreams possible.