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Shmuel
Goldstein
High Entropy. This series of flower paintings draws inspiration from Renaissance aesthetics, yet I paint them in an intentionally unfocused, blurred manner as if the original image has evaporated. The works evoke a sense of transformation, where solid objects seem to transition into gas and gradually disappear. The delicate interplay of color and form captures the ephemeral nature of beauty and the fleeting moments of life and art.
1.Untitiled 2024 Oil on canvas, 60/80 cm. 2.Untitiled 2024 Oil on canvas, 80/100 cm. 3.Untitiled 2024 Oil on canvas, 60/80 cm.
Low Entropy. Painted cotton on a dirty kitchen towel that I used to clean paint from the brushes. The abstract in the background forms spontaneously, randomly, and over time as I work with paint in the studio and clean the brushes on the kitchen towel. This is a state in which the painting, if it were a physical system, is in disorder. When I paint cotton plant branches over the abstract, using a realistic technique, I reduce the amount of disorder (entropy) in the painting so that the abstract suddenly appears as part of the landscape."
Oil on dirty kitchen towel. 36/47 cm (all). 2023-2024..
Bread Bondage. A series of hand-made Challah sculptures, meticulously bound with rope. Each sculpture is unique, shaped through the fusion of two distinct actions: the rising of the bread and the action of tying it. The interplay between these two actions engenders a (synthetic) dialogue, oscillating between restraint and propulsion. The knots challenge boundaries, compelling the bread to expand into various geometric forms while the bread, in turn, endeavors to rupture the confines of its ties.
1.bent challah 2023. Styrofoam coated with das, acrylic paint, a white rope, and sesame. 29/34/13 cm. . 2. eggs 2023. Styrofoam coated with das, acrylic paint, a red rope, and sesame.11.5/10.5/25 cm. 3.Untitled 2023. Styrofoam coated with das, acrylic paint, a red rope, and sesame. 28/21/23 cm. 4.Bread pot 2024. Styrofoam coated with das, acrylic paint, and sesame.25/21/21 cm. 5.Pinched Challah 2023. Styrofoam coated with das, acrylic paint, clothespins, and sesame.19/40/29 cm. 6.Pinched Challah (2) 2024. Styrofoam coated with das, acrylic paint, clothespins, and sesame. 22/34/31 cm. 7. Geometric Bondage (2) 2024. Styrofoam coated with das, acrylic paint, a white rope, and sesame. 24/24/13 cm . 8.Rainbow Challah 2024. Styrofoam coated with das, acrylic paint and sesame. 12/25/25 cm. 9. Cybernetic Challah 2024. used clothes, plaster, das, acrylic paint, holographic paint, and sesame. 29/29/13 cm
Mangroves.This series of large paintings delves into the complexity of mangrove forests in their most tangled form. Each piece presents a dense wilderness, where passage through the thick foliage feels impossible, and the sky remains hidden. Unlike the tranquil scenes of classic landscape art, these paintings showcase a lush, green environment that evokes feelings of concealment and unease.
Vibrant foliage teems with life, yet there is a sense of struggle within the scene. The dense greenery creates an atmosphere of confinement, reflecting the complexities of existence and the challenges of seeking light amidst the overwhelming growth.
1.How can we understand a forest if we can't understand each other 2022 Oil on canvas, 195-110cm. 2.If u move slowly, you will be fine 2021 Oil on canvas, 195-110cm. 3.End of the road 2022 Oil on canvas, 195-110cm.
Untitled. This series of oil paintings captures roses in a way that evokes the essence of an old, faded image or a reflection in water. The delicate blooms blend into the canvas with shades of blue, pink, orange and purple, creating a visual experience that feels like a fragment of a dream or a distant memory. The soft hues and fluid forms give the roses an ethereal quality, as if they exist in a transient space between reality and recollection, explores the nature of memory and the passage of time.
1.Untitiled 2020 Oil on canvas, 31/36 cm. 2.Untitiled 2020 Oil on canvas, 32/40 cm. 3.Untitiled 2020 Oil on canvas, 32/40 cm. 4.Untitiled 2020 Oil on canvas, 32/37 cm. 5.Untitiled 2020 Oil on canvas, 31/26 cm.
Football. Series of one hundred sculptures resembling football. Each piece is constructed from oil paintings on canvas, originally painted by me. After completing each painting, I was disappointed with the result and decided to cut and sew each one of them into football, as if to kick them out of the studio. Through this process, the works have been transformed from flat canvases into three-dimensional forms, presenting a collection that blends the mediums of painting and sculpture.
Football, 24cm diameter, 2018-2024.
Mobqueen. A hybrid fusion of two distinct ideas exploring the twilight zones between binary oppositions. The first is the Möbius strip, a mathematical concept that endlessly oscillates between inside and outside. The second is drag queen culture, where a man dresses as a woman, embodying the fluidity between masculine and feminine.
After constructing the Möbius strip from wood through a process of heating and bending, I added a distinctive element from the world of drag queens: vibrant wigs. The series comprises seven sculptures, each differing in hair color and the unique patterns in which the hair is integrated into the wood.
1.Pink ombra mobqueen, bent wood, silk hair. 50/30/20 cm, 2018. 2.Purple to yellow mobqueen, Bent wood, Silk hair, 30/50/20 c"m, 2019. 3.Brown ombra mobqueen Bent wood, Silk hair, 30/50/20 c"m, 2019. 4.Blond to purple mobqueen, Bent wood, Silk hair, 30/50/20 c"m., 2019. 5.Blue, brown and yellow mobqueen, Bent wood, Silk hair, 30/50/20 c"m. 2018. 6.Black to turquoise mobqueen, bent wood, silk hair. 50/30/20 cm, 2018.
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