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.”

"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
2019
95 x 65 cm
Ink on paper
"The simpler Life" N°1327
2019
95 x 65 cm
Ink on paper
"Warsaw" N°1328
2019
60 x 47 Cm
Ink and wax on paper
"Casa Monika" N°1325
2019
60 x 47 Cm
Ink on paper
"Urban Composition #1" N°1329
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