BOAZ TORFSTEIN
United Kingdom
“Inscribing marks into surfaces remains a relevant form of creative practice in this digital age. Drawings and other inscriptive practices are, however, often dismissed; relegated to the status of images or objects of study, rather than representing an understanding of the world in their own right. It is these exact traits of drawing that I am drawn to as an artist. To draw is to look critically at a scene (in the broadest possible sense) and to see what is actually there, then deconstruct it and translate it into a visual representation.”
ARTWORKS
"Drawing In Light l" N°1330
Man with Ice head in black on a messing plate
2019
100 x 50 cm
Ink and spray on brass
"Drawing In Light Il" N°1331
Lady lying on the floor watching the night sky in black on messing plate
2019
100 x 50 cm
Ink and spray on brass
"Drawing In Light lII" N°1332
Man with Ice head in black on a messing plate
2019
100 x 50 cm
Ink and spray on brass
"80 Years Ago" N°1324
Ink drawing of one of the Women’s Baseball League’s leading players.
Using drawing to draw attention to important issues, this work focuses on the huge changes in gender relations during WW2.
2019
95 x 65 cm
Ink on paper
"The simpler Life" N°1327
Ink drawing of the Jerusalem Market at the turn of the previous century. The Simpler Life shows a semi fake yearning to the days past of a slower paced life.
2019
95 x 65 cm
Ink on paper
"Warsaw" N°1328
Ink and wax drawing of war time Warsaw.
2019
60 x 47 Cm
Ink and wax on paper
"Casa Monika" N°1325
Ink drawing of the Jerusalem Market at the turn of the previous century. The Simpler Life shows a semi fake yearning to the days past of a slower paced life.
2019
60 x 47 Cm
Ink on paper
"Urban Composition #1" N°1329
Ink Drawing, cyclist on a trafic light
2019
73 x 105 cm
Ink on paper
2019
73 x 105 cm
Ink on paper
"Old man on the Bus" N°1326
The piece is a part of a series I have been making since 2013 of portraits of London commuters. Through drawing people in mundane situations, the focus shifts back from the hyper-saturated media palimpsest to a simpler more direct look at the people actually around us.
2019
125 x 100 cm
Ink on paper
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