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SARA TANDET-RON

Lives and works in Amikam Village, Israel
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NATION, 2002 OIL, INSTALLATION 60X200X60 CM. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, 2003 OIL, LACK, VARNISH ON CANVAS 90X110 CM. (EACH)
My works in art touch upon several subjects that have occupied my thoughts artwork. With the help of the rounded shapes emerging out of the process of
in the past few years, but they all connect, this way or other, with the concept non-mingling and with color pigments I create the final composition that supports
of present and absent side by side. Femininity, an area with strong ties to the basic idea of my subject, the work takes shape as a consequence of stopping
the essence of my private life as a woman living in a Mediterranean milieu the process, the non-mingling of the color creates the feeling of opening and
and the forceful drive to investigate, to define and reflect inner thoughts of closing, throbbing and evoking the illusion of 3-dimensional dynamism. This
women, femininity, motherhood and the place of women in society. Ecology, method of work fluctuating between the ability of complete control and the
the subject I got exposed to as a result of living in a community facing warlike situation caused by chance through the non-mingling of the materials is the
circumstances and the irreversible damages of wars; reacting to them and phenomenon which brings forth the artwork.This technique enables me to work
demonstrating against them cause irreversible damages to nature, but most of with a wide range of colors enriching my art. The use of vivid colors such as: red,
all to the ecology of the region and consequently to the whole world. Life and turquoise, yellow, green, different browns and their combinations coming into
death, considering that death is an integral part of life, my endeavor is to seek existence by painting semi-transparent layers of color and mixing them enables
the meaning of life as well as that of death, a personal quest while observing to create an infinite range of subtle shades and forms, a rainbow of finely tuned
the immediate surroundings of life, various cultures and the life cycle of nature. colors. Applying thin coats of color and the transparent varnish enable the basic
The main theme that forms the connecting link among the above-mentioned material to become actively part of the artwork. Its material affects the visual
subjects is the Present and Absent, omnipresent in our existence at the very as well as the textural essence of the work, whether through the canvas, or the
same time. While developing the technique applied in my work I have come transparent texture such as transparencies or perspex, the outcome will always
upon a realm of apparently “unimportant” and dimensionless items that in their be different, and this enables me to create transparent as well as opaque works
being create the “present”, a world that is seemingly invisible, a world we are at the same time, as each one of them is relevant to a different theme. The final
not aware of, but whose impact on our lives equals in every respect the tangible result is a painting with a flat texture and uniform thickness without any grainy
world. The special technique I have developed has a fundamental material in material, therefore they resemble prints or photographs. The transparency of
a horizontal position, I create the background itself by broad brushstrokes in the materials emphasizes the effect of organic microscopic photography, which
diluted oil paints, the drawing emerges as a result of using transparent colorless is the result of the process of non-mingling materials. This technique enables
varnishes (trying to capture the effect of invisibility) poured onto the wet oils, visual formations and creates multi-colored richness characteristic and unique
resulting in a process of non-mingling with the color material. When I stop this in its kind. In the past two years I was also engaged in 3-dimensional artistic
process I create shapes reminiscent of microscopic photography patterns, creation, using different materials, - in this medium I underline the combination
repetitive organic forms. I make use of the laws of physics for purposes of my of the object and the importance of the material and the visual effect.
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