...a fresh and thrilling spirit. A breath-taking synthesis of rich colorism,imagination and vitality...
Zehava Yaakovy, "The Voice of Jerusalem", 17.05.1983
 ...There is something dazzling in the light of his paintings. It's like looking directly at the sun... He takes from the distant Past as well as from the Present. But actually he belongs to no time... He is what I once have called a meta-time artist.
Gidon Efrat, ''The Voice of Jerusalem'', 21.05.1982
...Okun's multi-layered technique expresses truthfully the heavy weight of his themes. Contrary to the classical nude of Ingres, Rubens or Greek sculpture, Okun's nude is not perfected, smooth or inviting. It's destorted, scratched, damaged. In spite of Okun's claims to Renaissance influences (present in the postures and technique), the figures in his paintings remind of Lucien Freud or Francis Bacon. The bodies are stout, plump, material. The body as flesh and sanctuary of the secular... Okun is a real diamond.
Gilad Meltzer, "Yediot Ahronot", 24.09.99




[HOME] [PAINTING] [DRAWING] [THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKS] [CRITIQUE] [E-MAIL]

Listed in The Israel Art Guide.