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are only a piece of a puzzle, that we humans, through science, sun.” This series deals with the combination of processes of
philosophy, and art, are trying to put together to obtain a picture building and destruction of man and of nature. The same grains of
of reality. Therefore, the paintings are created as pieces missing in earth that cover man upon his death are used in life for building
a puzzle. shingles that are wave-like, and for protecting him from the sun,
the cold, and the rain. The manmade shingles also deteriorate
A sand dune is often a representation of reality for me. The over time, returning to the earth and to their original structure. In
constant processes of destruction and creation - of the uppermost addition, this work involves consciousness and human memory,
layer, which is always similar but never identical to itself, and the as they are expressed in Eccles. 1:8. The young and wholesome
aggregation of individual grains of sand to ultimately produce a feet that appear at the top of the dune are not aware of the
huge, silent foundation with only the smallest percentage of history of the dune, nor of the men buried within. To the naive
individuals on the uppermost layer determining the final form - legs everything appears as new, as though all of Creation came
are metaphors for human existence. A single grain of sand into existence along with their birth.
blowing in the wind may at one point fall to the bottom and serve
as part of the foundation, and at another time may land on top Slides 138, 203, and 204 depict the desperate human attempt to
and help determine the final form and statement. touch the sand and to touch movement. In the painting shown in
slide 138 appear the words “Limited am I, I am human”; whereas
Slide 189 represents a series of works that I called “The grains of in slide 203, the background for the hand imprint is sand, in slide
the earth cover and protect me wave by wave, from the burning 204, the background is a computerized presentation of Vladmir

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