just before second lockdown, i was at the studio. i know it was coming, still i had to prepare myself to the unexpected. i had a lot of wood leftovers, i was mad about the situation, and i thought i have to turn it up. So i started small sketches about an idea combining reductive art, color theory and mapping. Therefore, i designed a pattern, 2 circles interlocking. reffering to the situation of course and also thinking of sacred geometry drawings. then i started to create(without knowing) a database of my lockdown. I saved readings, news articles, portraits, everything close or far that affected me in a way or another. During this lockdown, there was a lot of frustration and anger growing in Israel(for reasons), there was also BLM (still here), there was closed ones having physical or mental issues, there was demonstrations globally all around the world. That being said, it was hard to scale importance of each every day. so i thought, let's create a color scheme for moments. as if we were looking as a color profile of a picture, i tried to put aside my own affect, and create something distant but getting closer. In my work, as you may have noticed i enjoy using geometry because its the best tool to mesure difference, impact, and facts. I just had finished various works about squares, started some studies about circles, i thought its time to develop it and think to involove time impact and challenge technique. there is never only one way of reading an artwork. To create depth, you need to level up your intentions, and process. Once I had all that in mind and also organized, i was able to work. As a reductive Artist, i organized a home studio that was 1 meter on 1 meter and a half. i wanted to immerge myself in the process fully. i try to report to my scale all rules that i apply to my work. The first 2 works, i was thinking of time management, and over flowing of content in all platforms I was visiting. in other words, we have been submerged by notifications,messages, pictures, stories, news articles and decor to handle the "time in". For someone visual, working in color field, i have to say that it was overwhelming and disappointing. i am always curious and surprised to discover the amount of things or intimacy people are ready to share for attention. well there was a lot. So i had to reset my mindset, and create a personal escape. This is more or less how i usually work. create an artefact to handle a cluster fuck. portion time, divide priorities, list things, create automatism, rules and then circle around it. also according to rules of lockdown, we were only allowed to move in 1 km radius around. I thought the concept of radius was very intersting. If you think about Earth, and planet navigation, you may see in a more interesting way. they all move on radius, not all the same distance, and not in the same directions. Litlle by little, i was finding bridges between circles, lines, and what was happening out. light and space were always on my mind. Each cycle of whatever event bring rythm, and then you can apply this system and generate a painting. Of course, there were some events i wish i never had to create about. it's not about being sad or happy, i never wish to give room for racism or any discrimination. Once i had my mind set up properly, i went back to reductive Art purism. the pattern becomes a surface. i had to think about the different color theories and my own color perception and balance everything to make appropriate choices. i think you can never be to generous with colors, but you can be over using your skills. At the same period, i was also studying some NASA maps about climate, and different locations. As you may have read, we are doing wrong. we are over consuming, we have many issues in terms of sustainability and mostly we are damaging Earth. According to NASA, where you can find a lot of ressources,maps, and sattelite pictures, the colors of certain maps changed because of lockdown sequels, some new colors appeared, and some disappearing. For exemple the light blue on this painting, in temperatures evolution, this is high cold weather. Because of climate change, this scale of temperature is disappearing. we did that. Sometimes it's good to be basic. so i decided to have 1 major color and 2 minors. the idea was to apply same gesture on a bigger/smaller scale for each color until reaching major. This is also someting i have noticed during this lockdown. some kind of trinity of communication. As if people always need confirmation of a fact or a second opinion on things. It's always funny to observe your surrounding as some distant narration and make it abstract. Then i was in the dark place. It happened to all of us. some are still there and some will never come back. it's never pleasant when you have to manage your own emotional bucket. During this period, i think like everyone I reached the godwin point of all my feeling together. Still according, to the different rules, process, i was able to translate it, more or less. Healing. after the first ones, i received and talked with many artists, friends, random people about their perspective, their way of copping with it, and their connection with my Art. Obviously, a bottle of Kool aid cannot fix the situation, neither my paintings. For many people, Art was their relief during lockdown. Whether doing Art, whether supporting artist, whether buying, whether discovering. that made me happy. i was happy to notice a lot of solidarity and support between artists, designers, craft, wood workers, ceramic artists... on a small or big scale, i was happy to see that it has an impact. we have a long road for recovery, but we can make it. Now that i'm back at the studio, I found bigger pieces of wood, looking at it all with a more global vision, i made a new one. i keep on watching maps, observing my surroundings, recording colors, chosing moments. I check on Earth, see the change, record it, and expose it. As an artist I think we all can stand for what we want or believe in our own terms. working on sustainable concept and supporting different communities by different gestures. The process taught me so much about resilience, intentions, and the different tools to reach my goals that I feel the change, and the new perspectives in terms of creativity and system are very satisfying. to be continued.... Earth Spectrum, October 2020, Acrylic and pigments on reclaimed wood. 60X120 cm 23,6 X 47,2 '' #earthspectrum #reductiveart #artprocess #artdurincovid19 #circleart #healing #colorscheme #colortheory #colorfieldpainting #israeliart #mindfullymade #hardedge

We are selling our small works which all proceeds go to #covid19emergencyrelieffund Many of us artists have our exhibitions and events postponed or cancelled, even unemployed, but generously donate their works for NYC #firstresponders and #medicalworkers. If you want to donate them through artwork, please contact me moritz.jessica@gmail.com or kayo Albert https://kayoshido.art kayo.albert@gmail.com Anatomy of an artist, fig. 13 Print on paper 11.8x8.25 $30 (includes shipping) Anatomy of an artist Anatomy of an artist is a corpse of work that i started 2 years ago, only using black and white, always refers to an organ over or under performing. as we are all home and i don't have access to all my colors and usual materials, i naturally came back to this work. I decided to only focus on line and shape for approximately a month. Usually, most of my projects are based on colors interactions and figures. This time, I decided that as an Artist, since we are exposed as strange species, I could expose a little dissection with my own vision. As an artist, we all have a different perception of the world, colors, lines, and therefore ourselves. I tried my best to draw as a metaphor of my own experience. Renouncing to colors to find the essence of creativity and show the the lines as a statement. I decided to only focus on lines and shapes in order to not waste any effort to figure out the real subject. we are all made of flesh and bones, maybe some more than others. being an artist makes you always extend the reality to relativity and twist the rules or clichés of just Being. Let it Be. Prints available here Paintings In physic, you learn that light (colors )come from darkness. In painting, you learn that colors create darkness. In real life, we are spoiled by colors, design, marketing to not mind about content. Black has a dark idealism but actually it's the most common one. Drawing is the most basic and primitive way of expression, with or without skills. Most of the time,I work with color and interactions but going back to black is actually the best way I have to crate new color harmony. In this moment of lockdown, we are locked in with ourselves, for the best or worst. Our inner happiness and reflection is inside each and everyone of us. It's not about self care or yoga position. Ask yourself what do i want to say, how and for which purpose. Having an understanding of our pattern of behavior and making the transition easier. Each of us have dreams, visions and fears. That doesn't mean that we are locked in with them. As an artist, we feel the urge to fill the blank, being productive and efficient. Not having venue, exhibition or commission is creating a black hole in our habits. Many artists have been very inspired during pledge in history, it will surely change the way we create, curate and interact with the viewer. Inside we have all this potential locked-or not. The way we interact with the art world today is gonna lift new ways to express and reflect on our unstable conditions of being an artist. Yo @timothycopeman ! Drawing is one of the thing that keeps me going on ! Thanks Tim for sharing music, also spreading Art around and talking about wood techniques and stencils. I take my time and enjoy colors and people on different levels, and I wish you well! Yo! @tmdougherty ! It's always funny how situation can be inspiring. Being home with limited colors and lights made me think a lot about what I was doing and what for. Sometimes you paint for a show, a commission but let's be honest most of the time we paint because we just can4t help it. Now that the situation is completely upside down, I was thinking of you, people (all of you) that enjoy art, and people that I sometimes talk to. We share art, tips, music and sometimes jokes. I have been drawing people since -forever. Sometimes they know, sometimes they don4t. I always try to picture them with kindness and sometimes humor. Lately humor is less in my paintings but i am okay. Colors are slowly coming back. And you people, your colors are blurry and out of lines. Colors| Pattern | People I wish you well. By the way ask Mike about Music, really good playlists -Tight right? Love the version of « lost that lonely feeling" Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood i launched an open call to encourage my community to remain creative and stay home. #homeiswheremyartis I was really happy to discover many talented artists from around the world and discover their process, talk about daily life and being able to share it with my community. visit here Tova Eldad, mixed media Artist, Part of my community Kiryat Hamelacha, had a show started just as we entered the quarantine in Israel. So i contacted her, i proposed to do a small interview and translate it that people could visit, learn more about her works, her process. Her show is called בין הזמנים (bewteen times) and is on view at Tel Aviv Artists House. Read here Dasha Ilyashenko, is a friend also a great community manager, thinker and maker. many times i had conversations with Dasha and i wanted people to understand the keys of successful community management and benefit of social media. As we couldn't organize a meeting and sometimes it's better to read before putting verbs into actions so we did a small interview and give some great tips about social media in the Art field. Read Here Bianca Zaltcovitz and i were supposed to meet but because of quarantine, we had to cancel. Nevertheless, we talked about Art, curation, street art and community and i thought that people would be interested in knowing her better and why not collaborate. Many Artists have no idea of how to deal with their Art after it's done, how to build a portfolio, how to use social media, or publish about their work. So we did an interview and shared some directions that locals and internationals could learn more and have perspectives. Read here Understanding that the Art World is changing, and that usual opportunities and galleries wouldnt not be able to support every one, i started to collect open calls, resources, art blog, podcasts and directions for my fellow artists. On the way i was lucky to be selected to some great initiative and projects and also i met great artists that inspire me. Jan Philip Wolters, painter based in Dusseldorf, Germany. We met via instagram, he proposed to do an artist talk via Instagram Live, it was amazing. His process of composing, , dealing with colors, and all the meanings behind paintings were really interesting. we are going to work on a blog post together about process, painting and hard edge. Meanwhile, you can visit his website: https://www.jpwolters.eu/ and follow him on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpw.hmn/ As you might have noticed, i enjoy geometry, and colors. Without noticing as i was painting home, i created new color harmony, digged into different spectrum: earth, bitters, and other stories but i lost my walls. Since we were all inside, i didn't want to put reminders of walls while i was painting, taking pictures. so All my paintings were visiting the garden downstairs, some wall paper test i have done before in lino print, or my favorite chair home, as a visitor. #artduringcovid19 #artcorona #supportlocalart #artistsupport #hardedgepainting #israelicontemporaryart #tlvart #telaviv2020 #covid19 #artblog

Hi Artists, curators, bloggers and art lovers. In this period of pledge and social distancing, it's important to give yourself perspective, opportunities and inspiration. i tried to reunite for you different subjects to explore according to your taste and wishes: from opportunities in Israel, and international online open calls ,virtual museum tours, art documentaries, social media tips, creative with kids... if you want to add opportunities or any link relevant to support the Art community, please contact kiryathamelacha@gmail.com these are all opportunities without fees, no sponsor, and we want to make art sustainable, feel free to contribute. #stayhome #quarantineandchill #becreative #beinspired i'll update with new opportunities each week. keep calm and be inspired. Jessica Moritz @jeszmo_art @kiryathamelacha Stay home and keep on Loving art and Making Art ****English following Israel opportunities : משרד התרבות והספורט קול קורא להפעלת במה לשידורים דיגיטליים לתמיכה באמנים ולרווחת תושבי ישראל בעתות משבר הקורונה מיקום כל הארץ תאריך פרסום 18.03.2020 יוזמה זו של משרד התרבות והספורט תופעל באמצעות חברת פמי פרימיום, שנבחרה במסגרת מכרז תרבות לפריפריה שתפו: על רקע משבר הקורונה, הפוקד את מדינת ישראל בימים אלה הפוגע בפעילות השוטפת של כלל אזרחי המדינה, משרד התרבות והספורט מצא לנכון להיערך במסגרת הכלים העומדים לרשותו למתן מענה לעולם התרבות. משרד התרבות והספורט יזם ערוץ לסבסודן של במות דיגיטליות, שמהותו ביצועם ושידורם של מופעי תרבות מתוך תחומי התרבות הבאים:תיאטרוןמוסיקה (זמר עברי ומוזיקה קונצרטנטית) מחולספרותאמנות פלסטיתמפגשים עם יוצרי קולנוע.הפלטפורמה להצגתם תעשה בדרך של תיעודם ושידורם של המופעים במגוון ערוצי שידור דיגיטליים ומסחריים. לנוכח משבר הקורונה, פלטפורמה זו נועדה להנגיש תרבות מגוונת בחינם לציבור בכל רחבי הארץ תוך שימת דגש על הפריפריה, כמו גם לתת במה בתשלום לאמנים/ת, ולכל אותם עובדי/ת במה, המלווים אותם בפעילותם השוטפת, כגון: נגנים/ת, אנשי סאונד וכדומה.יוזמה זו של משרד התרבות והספורט תופעל באמצעות חברת פמי פרימיום, שנבחרה במסגרת מכרז תרבות לפריפריה.  מסמכי המכרז להפעלת במה לשידורים דיגיטליים: more infos קול קורא למאיירים ואמני קליגרפיה : במסגרת ששבוע המאיירים תעלה תערוכה מיוחדת בבית יוסף באו : " נולד מחדש" אותה אני אוצרת ומפיקה בטח ישמח אתכם לשמוע כי האמנים המשתתפים יזכו לשכר אומן והחזר עבור עלויות החומרים. תעברו על הקול הקורא ותבדקו אם אתם רואים עצמכם מתאימים לפרוייקט. בהצלחה! http://josephbau.org/index.asp?module=news&item_id=27 קול קורא משהו מטריף מתבשל לו, ואולי יעבור הסבה דיגיטלית אם הקורונה תמשיך לנהל את חיינו (?) בינתיים יוצרים ויוצרות מוזמנים להגיש סרטים קצרים במגוון הז'אנרים. מועד אחרון להגשה 30 לאפריל להגשה ופרטים נוספים: shikunimff@gmail.com Portfolio *תרבות בימי קורונה: בלי לצאת מהבית* - קול קורא: שלחו אלינו מידע על הפעילויות שאתן מציעות בעידן הקורונה ועל הפרויקטים האחרונים שלכם - עולם האמנות והתרבות מציע תפריט עשיר של רעיונות יצירתיים לתקופה המאתגרת שנקלענו אליה. אנחנו בפורטפוליו רוצים לשמוע מכם, ולהעביר את זה הלאה - לקהל הרחב של אוהבי אמנות ותרבות ולכם, הקהל המקצועי. אנו רואים חשיבות עליונה - במיוחד בתקופה זו - להמשיך ולתמוך בקהילת היוצרים המקומית. פורטפוליו מזמין אתכן לספר לנו על השערים הווירטואליים שפתחתן לקהל - גלריות, מוזיאונים, מעצבים, אמנים, אקדמיות ויוצרי תוכן: זה הזמן לשתף לשתף לשתף. ראינו שיש לא מעט יוזמות ברוכות לסיורים וירטואליים בתערוכות שהעליתם, הצעות לתכנים בהרצאות אונליין, סרטים ופודקסטים. שלחו אלינו מידע על הפעילויות שאתם מציעים. אמנים, מעצבים, יוצרים בכל מדיום וחומר - אם זה מצטלם טוב, ואתם יודעים לדבר על זה - יש לנו מקום בשבילכם. שלחו אלינו את הפרויקטים שלכן, ואת החומרים המתאימים נשמח לפרסם בדפי המגזין. פרטים נוספים על איך לשלוח בעמוד ההגשות שלנו: https://www.prtfl.co.il/submissions בנוסף רצינו להזכיר את הניוזלטר של פורטפוליו, שמביא אליכם, פעמיים בשבוע, את כל הכתבות והחדשות שהתפרסמו אצלנו במגזין, ומאפשר לקבל מבט מהיר על כל מה שחשוב ויפה – וקורה עכשיו. להרשמה: https://www.prtfl.co.il/newsletter למידע נוסף ושליחת חומרים: hi@prtfl.co.il La Culture \\ לה קולטור עמוד האינסטה של הפנזין שלנו מתמלא ביצירות מעולות ואתם מוזמנים לעקוב ולהגיש יצירות > 19DIVOC@gmail. com Since everyone is stuck at home. We are sending out a new, International, and intergalactic open call about the phenomenon that is a virus. The idea is to produce a discursive online publication/zine and a memory for the phenomenon that is the COVID-19 aka Coronavirus. The open call is open to everyone and will be featured on the new Instagram page > https://www.instagram.com/zine19divoc And soon also on a new websiteEmail us everything you feel is suitable for the topic > 19divoc@gmail.com [Paintings, illustrations, poetry, typography, collages, Photography, etc'] Join us > instagram.com/zine19divoc We are collecting and curating reactions of artists to COVID-19. פסטיבל ויראלי - קול קורא ליוצרים גפת הקורונה משנה את העולם, מבודדת אותנו וסוגרת אותנו בבתים. כל תחומי החיים שלנו מושפעים מהמצב ומהשינויים שקורים כל רגע והאי-ודאות לגבי ההווה והעתיד מכרסמת לנו בנפש ובמחשבה. עולם האמנות והתרבות על מוסדותיו הפיזיים משותק . בצל האיסור לערוך אירועים גדולים וציבוריים אמניות ואמנים רבים חשים על בשרם את חוסר הבטחון התעסוקתי ביתר שאת. מצד שני זו תקופה חשובה מאין כמותה ליצור, למען האנושות - למען החברה, למען השפיות. מאחר ואנחנו מכונסים בבתים ומתקשרים דרך טכנולוגיות דיגיטליות ורשתות חברתיות, אנחנו מאמינים כי זו העת להפנות את הזרקור לאמנות המופע הדיגיטלי. דדליין להגשה: 27.3 learn more Fresh Paint Art Fair | יריד האמנות צבע טרי מתבודדות? סגורים בסטודיו? זה הזמן המושלם להשתתף בפרויקט הגלויה הסודית! במסגרת הפרויקט, מאות יצירות אמנות מקוריות בגודל גלויה יימכרו בעילום שם ובמחיר אחיד, וכל ההכנסות ייתרמו לקמפוס אריסון לאמנויות, לטובת מלגות לימוד לתלמידים מרקעים מוחלשים. שלחו מייל ל postcard2020@freshpaint.co.il קבלו ערכה ועשו עם הזמן הזה משהו טוב quarantine? Closed in the studio? It's the perfect time to participate in the secret postcard project! As part of the project, hundreds of original, open-size artwork will be sold anonymously and at a uniform cost, and all proceeds will be donated to the Arison Campus for the Arts, for the benefit of student scholarships from disadvantaged backgrounds. Send email to postcard2020@freshpaint.co.il Get a kit and do something good over time קול קורא באווירת הקורונה 😎 פסטיבל "ויראלי" - חול המועד פסח אנו מזמינים אתכם לקחת חלק בפסטיבל חדש שמתקיים אונליין, ויוצגו בו יצירות ומופעים שעושים שימוש מקורי בפלטפורמה. פסטיבל "ויראלי" יתקיים בחול המועד פסח בין התאריכים 9-14 באפריל, יתנהל כולו אונליין ויעשה שימוש בכלים השונים שהאינטרנט והרשתות מספקות - שידורי ווידאו לייב, צ'טים, קבוצות, פרופילים אישיים, משחקים ועוד. דדליין: 27.3.20 כל הפרטים בטופס: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSe0FZO8Pp9G3oas0J…/viewform בהצלחה 😊 קול קורא לפרס ע"ש חיים שיף לאמנות פיגורטיבית וריאליסטית shiffprize2020@tamuseum.com קול קורא לפרס מוזס לציור 2020 מטעם בית האמנים בירושלים Jerusalem Artists' House שימו לב: מיועד לציירים עד גיל 35 דדליין: 5.4.20 כל הפרטים באתר בית האמנים:https://bit.ly/2vZ68mn International Opportunities Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is an annual international art prize that celebrates diversity and excellence in the representational visual arts, supporting all static mediums including Traditional Art media, Digital Art media and Photographic media, in all styles from realism and hyperrealism, to pop surrealism and lowbrow. The art prize recognises the most skilled, creative and unique contemporary artists within their category, as well as one extraordinary overall winner. learn more here international online exhibition: The Open Wide Open Call provides opportunities for artists to share their works in progress on the YouTube Channel - Open Wide. The aim is to find a room for artists to meet each other with the help of electronic communication, share ideas and experiences in a period when it's not possible to meet each other physically. We are looking for submissions from artists, composers, photographers and collectives etc. addressing the overall theme WORK IN PROGRESS. Up to 30 projects are selected for presentation on the channel. click here to participate CALL FOR ARTISTS! Please share! My friends, in light of the numerous gallery closures and cancelled exhibitions, not to mention so many artists are left jobless during this time, Envision Arts is providing a FREE opportunity for everyone to apply! View prospectus at www.envisionartshow.com/art-in-isolation Art In Isolation will be a contemporary and fine art online exhibition depicting works of art created during quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subjective and non-subjective works are acceptable. The exhibition will be on virtual display between April 1 – June 1, 2020. Due to the wide-spread closures of businesses, there is NO application fee to submit. Please enter coupon code COVID19 during check out. Deadline to submit work is March 29, 2020 at 11:59 PM CST. CALL FOR ARTISTS! Minimalism will be a contemporary and fine art online exhibition depicting works of art that exemplify the minimalism art movement. Subjective and non-subjective works are acceptable. The gallery will be on virtual display between April 1 – April 30, 2020. View the prospectus and apply online at www.envisionartshow.com/minimalism Eligible media include, but are not limited to: drawing, painting, photography, mixed media, oil/chalk pastels, block/ink print, hanging sculpture or assemblage, digital art, collage, metal work, hanging fiber/textile art, wood work and contemporary craft. Open internationally. Cold Bench AIRO is back! join us at our digital residency this easter. stay healthy and bake some art together 💪🇪🇺🌍 [quarantine period 14 days] more info and apply on: https://www.coldbench.com/airo https://www.wooloo.org/open-call/entry/413000 piXel is a online pop-up exhibition connecting people through the arts during COVID-19 COVID-19 is officially declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization and many countries are taking strict measures to quarantine people to try and prevent further spreading of the virus. As a result many cultural events around the world have been cancelled or postponed till further notice. However, as we stay home to protect each other our morality needs to keep strong. Thus, are digital screens have become our access to the outside world for connection, for work, for information and entertainment. This is not something new as these options existed before the pandemic however the sense of lockdown and physical disconnection, is real for many of us. Hence why we need to find ways to create a sense of continuity and hopefulness by creating a series of online events, where people can connect and find topics for discussion other than the COVID-19. PIXEL is exploring the idea of creating a pop-up online gallery space in which it will exhibit one artist for 3 days and replacing them with a new one, creating a rolling interest to the platform to discover new artist and have the opportunity to be connected with work of art from the comfort of your home. The open call is open to all creative disciplines; graduates, students and professionals from all around the world are welcome to submit! Requirements: + One piece of work: image or film + Artist name + Year made + Short description 150 words max (Optional) + Website, instagram or facebook (Optional) + Country of origin + Contact details (Optional) The call has no deadline and artwork will be displayed as we receive it. First artist will be published on 24th March 2020 All work and enquiries should be emailed at: contact@piXel-exhibition.com Please note that we are accepting submissions! The website will be launched on the 24th March 2020 with the first artists! Dear artists in the broadest sense of the word, On the internet they are currently circulating dozens of open calls stimulating the artistic reaction against the Covid-19 virus. As recent creators of "The Nomadic Art Gallery", in New Zealand, we are amazed by the innovative campaigns that have already been launched. Since the aim of our unconventional mobile gallery is to bring art to the people through different thematic exhibitions and artistic interventions, we also make an appeal to share your digital initiatives and videographic work. Having organized 4 exhibitions, at various events such as the Hamilton Garden Arts Festival and Pride Parade in Wellington, and having been on several New Zealand radio stations, we would like to use our traveling art gallery as a symbol of "freedom" during those lonely times worldwide. As the virus continues to disrupt the daily lives of people across the globe, forcing many to isolate themselves, we are giving the opportunity to send personal and artistic messages of what it means to be free now that you are locked down. Those messages would, in turn, be diffused in New Zealand, where such a national “lock-down” measure has not yet been put into place but could be enforced anytime. It would be a way of reflecting on our "freedom" as individuals. It is only when our freedom is taken from us that we realize how precious it is and how it can be confined/defined creatively. To be able to develop this, we would need as many artists, ONLY FROM LOCKED DOWNED ZONES, as possible to send us their artistic messages, through video. Videos of one minute maximum where you explain, in words, pictures, movement, etc., to us what you miss the most about your “freedom" and accentuate it as a mental state . These videos will be shown throughout three randomly chosen locations in New Zealand, in our Nomadic Art Gallery, where viewers will physically have the opportunity, one by one, to hear and see these stories. The whole exhibit and its reactions will also be streamed live for those, for obvious reasons, not able to come. Send us your videos before the 22nd of March to the following email address, as mp4 files, with the subject line "Lockdown": nomads@thenomadicartgallery.com Open call for artists who are currently working on the topic of "social distancing" and therefore creating social distancing art. This a very fresh term and we have no idea what will come out of it. Still, humans always have the drive to express themselves, no matter what situation they find themselves in. We're thinking about topics like loneliness, boredom, laziness, "Lagerkoller" (german term for the urgent need to go out and leave the house). Feel free to chose your own infectious topic. If you are interested send us your contributions to: arrivalroom@gmail.com Send us jpegs, pngs, mp3, videos, links et all.. (formats have to be web proofed) We will present your work on our SODA-Festival online platform. Later this year your artwork will be displayed in our gallery, after the end of general shutdown. Arrival Room is a non-profit organization which is located in south-west Germany. We are a socio-cultural platform for migrants art and projects from all over the world. Right now we are suffering from Coronavirus shutdown in Germany and want to do something about it. We'd love to see contributions from all over the world! Bye, Eugene www.facebook.com/arrivalroom OPEN CALL: FUKT MAGAZINE #19 – Story Lines Deadline 15th of April 2020 We’re looking for outstanding artistic positions to our 2020 edition: FUKT – Story Lines. After launching 18 successful issues, we’re now in the search for drawings focussing on stories, sequences and narration. We want to engage with the theme in multiple ways – the drawings can be abstract or realistic, sequential, conceptual, experimental, text based or purely visual. Rather than the classical comic format we are looking for drawing based work that approaches “story telling” as such in multiple ways. Is there a touching, interesting, moving or exciting story behind the work that pulls us in? Or does the work in itself has a narrative? Maybe it tells a story through the way its done, or how it looks? how complex or simple can a drawing be to tell a story? do sequences have to be linear? We’re particularly interested in work that challenges the theme and surprises us. If that sounds like you, then we would love to see your work. Email your images and project descriptions to opencall@fukt.de Submissions should be sent as a PDF or JPEGS (no more than 5 megabytes), feel free to include links to websites or projects. Please write a few lines about how your works relate to the theme. You can read more about FUKT here: https://www.fuktmagazine.com/ We are looking forward to your submission and please spread the word! CORINTH EXPOSED INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2020 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SUBJECT: INNER BEAUTY Submission Deadline: Tuesday 31 March 2020 at 16:00 UTC. more infos here OPEN CALL: IN 24-HOURS #In24Hours #TheWallSpace THE WALL SPACE, FALKIRK, SCOTLAND | APRIL 1ST // JUNE 1ST An exhibition curated by Ayshia Taskin in association with [SHIFT:ibpcpa] ABOUT The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is one of the most terrible contemporary disasters to befall humanity on a global scale. People around the world are suffering. Either through being infected with the virus and require intense medical treatment or are in lockdown in their homes. Although this is a daunting moment in human history, art, culture and humanity mustn't be abandoned! Preserving a connection to the humanities is the main reason 'In 24-Hours' originated. This exhibition is an open call for video, performance art, digital image, sound art, paintings, poetry, photography or any work that can be shown digitally, online or live-streamed through the [SHIFT:ibpcpa] platform. The exhibition, 'In 24-Hours' aims to build a resilient, creative community during such harrowing times. And to keep hope and motivation afloat through the showing of exciting pieces of work from a global group of artists. It is FREE to submit work to this exhibition. FORMAT A work of art from a different artist exhibited for 24-hours. The opening days are Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and everything will be presented online due to current and upcoming community lockdowns. Artists from any country are welcome to submit work. The exhibition will take place three days a week and aims to show the work of as many artists as possible within the timeframe between April - June Please email contact@ayshia.co.uk Artivive AUGMENT FAMOUS ARTWORKS AND BE PART OF AN EXHIBITION! Great news! The Museums from Paris gave full access to over 150,000 artworks for the world to use for free. We want to take this opportunity and make something amazing together.Have you ever dreamed of being part of an art revolution? Together, we can change the way art is created and consumed. We’re organizing an open call to bring these masterpieces into augmented reality.And we at Artivive want you to be part of it. learn more here Arrival Room is a non-profit organization which is located in south-west Germany. We are a socio-cultural platform for migrants art and projects from all over the world. Right now we are suffering from Coronavirus shutdown in Germany and want to do something about it. We'd love to see contributions from all over the world! We have an open call for artists who are currently working on the topic of "social distancing" and therefore creating social distancing art. This a very fresh term and we have no idea what will come out of it. Still, humans always have the drive to express themselves, no matter what situation they find themselves in. We're thinking about topics like loneliness, boredom, laziness, "Lagerkoller" (german term for the urgent need to go out and leave the house). Feel free to chose your own infectious topic. If you are interested send us your contributions to: arrivalroom@gmail.com Send us jpegs, pngs, mp3, videos, links et all.. (formats have to be web proofed) @OpencallArtists In light of galleries and art spaces closing their doors I have created Open Call Artists (@ opencallartists) on instagram, and online gallery that features weekly artist residencies.Please if you are interested submit our work to the email opencallartists@gmail.com Printmakers.016 Online submission of printmaking works, no fees and no age limit. Open to all Printmaking artists worldwide! max 2 entries, high resolution Send your work images on the email printmakers.016india@gmail.com Final date- 31st march 2020 Video makers: browse and submit your short, art video, or movie online via these different platforms (filling one time only your project and then submit to all) Film Freeway click here Short Film Depot here One Small Postcard Can Make a Difference! To participate, please email your name and address to insidesmall@outlook.com CALL FOR ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS - Inside Small Art Exhibits Postcard Exchange! INFO: https://www.insidesmall.com/call-for-artists Israel Galleries, Museums and Resources enjoying online art collection (galleries and museums) Galleries in Tel Aviv: Hanina: here Binyamin Gallery: here Benyamini Contemporary ceramics center: here Maya Gallery virtual Gallery tour via Degorla Uta Patinkin - The Card Players, Galia Pasternak -The Painting Teacher,Shira Gepstien- Moshkovich (Artist Wall): available here Raw Art : here and current project Shuttle with Maya Perry available here Zemack contemporary Art gallery virtual tour: watch here Rosenfeld contemporary virtual visit: available here Litvak Contemporary : here Enjoy more Art galleries thanks to incredible technology and work from Degorla: here Museum and cultural center Israel: מוזיאון ארץ-ישראל, תל-אביב אתר עקבו אחרי חשבון האינסטגרם של המוזיאון:https://www.instagram.com/eretzisraelmuseum/ :בית התפוצות//Beit Hatfutsot Staying Indoors? Visit Beit Hatfutsot From Home כעת כשאתם בבית עם הילדים, מוזיאון העם היהודי בבית התפוצות מרכז עבורכם מספר פעילויות כיפיות שאפשר לעשות יחד, גם ללמוד על הדרך, ובעיקר להיות יחד ולחזק זו את זה ואת הקשר המשפחתי: here מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות// Tel Aviv Museum of Art online visit and resources: נשארים מחוברים #מוזיאוןתלאביבלאמנותמהבית אנחנו אמנם סגורים זמנית, אבל ריכזנו עבורכם מספר תכנים לקטנים ולגדולים שיכולים לעזור ולהעביר את הזמן בבית. סיור וירטואלי בתערוכה "יונתן ויניצקי: היקום: http://bit.ly/TheCosmos3D תוכני וידאו נבחרים מתערוכות ואירועים במוזיאון: https://bit.ly/TAMAVideo מדריכים קוליים אונליין עם מידע על יצירות נבחרות של המוזיאון: http://bit.ly/TAMA_AudioGuide דפי יצירה והעשרה לכל המשפחה: http://bit.ly/TAMA_KidsCraft בתקופה הקרובה נמשיך לעדכן בשוטף תכנים חדשים, מזמינים אתכם להמשיך לעקוב אחרינו באמצעות אתר האינטרנט שלנו והרשתות החברתיות. Design Museum Holon מוזיאון העיצוב חולון עקבו אחרי חשבון האינסטגרם של המוזיאון:https://www.instagram.com/designmuseumholon מוזיאון פתח תקוה לאמנות - Petach Tikva Museum of Art https://www.instagram.com/ptmuseum/:עקבו אחרי חשבון האינסטגרם של המוזיאון you can find also some informations in our Blog about Israeli Artists and galleries מוזיאון הרצליה לאמנות עכשווית - Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art :עקבו אחרי חשבון האינסטגרם של המוזיאון: https://www.instagram.com/herzliyamuseum/ International resources Explore these 11 museums from around the world: The british museum, Guggenheim Museum, New York, Musée d’Orsay, Paris ... more infos here Guggenheim Museum Releases Over 200 Modern Art Books Online for Free access here Get free Adobe creative cloud for 2 months, and start doing digital art : here Art History Classes You Can Take Online (for Free) via Artsy Learn more Basel Online : here Milan Cinematheque online : here Paris Opera: Giselle ,Les Indes galantes here Royal Opera House free online broadcast : here The Albertina museum of Vienna, Experience the artworks of the Albertina at Home, using Augmented reality //with artivive more infos here Online exhibitions of Frida Kahlo Faces of Frida, via google arts and culture learn more Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use enjoy here Google arts and culture propose different visit and resources available in many languages learn more here 10 Binge-Worthy Art Podcasts in the Age of Coronavirus via The New York Times learn more The Jealous Curator, aka Danielle Krysa: Artist, curator, Blogger, really nice to read and listen to her podcast and her instagram feed. online here and on instagram here She also initiated a cool challenge during COvid-19 on instagram: #30DayArtQuarantine DIY curators let loose on huge online collection of British art click here to learn more Online Art class by Imaginarium Studio : https://tinyurl.com/tr4rveq https://youtu.be/acVWfBPXwOA Creative Morning online CreativeMornings is the world’s largest face-to-face creative community Learn more about Yaara Sachs , Artist, curator of Pop UP museum Tel Aviv: here Enjoy the Joy of Slow by Amit Noyfeld Amit Noyfeld is the founder and editor of the Slow movement website (slow.org.il) and author of History of Speed: A philosophical and practical guide to slowing down. Watch as he inspires us to integrate slow into our lives. here many talks available in many languages Inspiration "Social Distancing" in Art 15 Artworks That Perfectly Capture the Dissipation and Ennui of ‘Social Distancing’ click here via Artnet Aritsts resources online via Creative Capital looking for support, learning new skills, grants, or medical support : click here if you are a free-lance and if you are looking for: General preparedness resources, online platforms, health and mental support, temporary/remote job opportunities and more click here New York Metropolitan Opera Show Show > https://bit.ly/2WrlmeK Access to the interactive virtual museum "The origins of life" > https://bit.ly/2wkfybZ Virtual access to various museums and galleries in France and abroad > https://bit.ly/2Wq3Fw3 and https://bit.ly/3de5guD and https://bit.ly/2Uhqsrd Free-access cinema classics > https://bit.ly/2IXVYoO and https://bit.ly/33u8UMx and https://bit.ly/2Uju2kl Virtual tour of the sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum > https://bit.ly/391XZee Neil Young live concerts > https://bit.ly/2IZkO7C Broadcast of Paris Opera shows > https://bit.ly/2vvBpgf Different sites, media and TV channels make their contents available for free > https://bit.ly/3a0bexe Arte Concert shows every day at noon a full concert on her Facebook page > https://cutt.ly/LtlBEWV More than 200 documentaries, live, and videos dedicated to free-access electronic music on YouTube > https://cutt.ly/ptlBVTN 14 Paris museums give free digital access to 150 works > https://cutt.ly/atl3v1D A nice drawing game to do with friends, roommates or family, requiring only paper and pencil > https://cutt.ly/Otl85Hm Berlin Philharmonic gives unlimited access to all its concerts > https://cutt.ly/5tl863f Berlin clubs launch streaming platform to keep dancing at home > https://cutt.ly/HtxtMOQ The French film library makes more than 1400 archives available > https://cutt.ly/ctxkpBW Simple photography lessons on TikTok > https://cutt.ly/AtcrvMh Seven virtual tours of museums and science-related projects accessible to all > https://cutt.ly/utcrChZ The French Ministry of Culture launches a page to list all cultural events accessible from home > https://cutt.ly/Atcr4IS The publishing house Dargaud and Le Ferret du Nord offer free-access comic books and ebooks > https://cutt.ly/Mtctwz6 Watching art movies, documentaries Recommandations on Netflix: Abstract,Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life. Starring: Olafur Eliasson, Neri Oxman, Ruth E. Cart available here Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet in this breathtaking documentary. Starring:Cai Guo-Qiang available here Velvet Buzzsaw A feared critic, an icy gallery owner and an ambitious assistant snap up a recently deceased artist's stash of paintings -- with dire consequences. Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton Available here Access to Imago, Netflix of documentaries about ecological transition > https://bit.ly/3b5Poso On Youtube i started this playlist about Art available here Online Solutions to promote and sell your work Thinking about online solutions for selling your work: What Actually Works When It Comes to Selling Art Online? Successful Early Adopters Share 5 of Their Business Secrets via Artnet: read here Using social media as a platform of support and opportunity to sell via the project : Artists Are Pledging to Support One Another During the Health Crisis by Buying Each Other’s Work Through Instagram: read here initiated by Matthew Burrows #artistsupportpledge other project via Instagram #ARTISTSINQUARANTINE An Instagram exhibition created by @giadapellicari involving artists living in 'confined red areas' due to the #coronavirus emergency in Italy here Using platforms such as Saatchi, Artsy, Creative Debut, Ello, Society6, ... All depends of your content and market. Instagram is a great platform to discover and connect with your community. pay attention to your caption, your content and define yourself goals look at other artists page, support, interact and why not collaborate Here 's a post to have some professional tips about Instagram to promote your work via Art business here Learning new skills: Ted lectures, but now also education and resourc click here to learn more Teach also via via Webinar: learn more here or via Zoom, available here Domestika (thanks to mementoanalysis) #stayathome free e-learning We’re learning a lot about the positive impact that an online community can have in the unique situation that we are facing today. Staying at home is the safest option for us all, and in support of this, we’d like to offer you a selection of our courses for free. Let’s stay safe and keep learning together. available here Art with kids: Coloring books by Israeli Artists: כמה מחברינו היקרים והמוכשרים הכינו לכן.ם ומשפחתיכן.ם דפי צביעה סופר שיק! ריכזנו לכן.ם כמה: בועז סידס UNTAY: https://www.untayart.com/colorbook אודליה שמעוני: https://www.facebook.com/odelia.shimoni/posts/10157188937433473 שירה גלעדי: https://www.facebook.com/shira0611/posts/10222767120589763 חבורת הטושים: https://www.facebook.com/tuscheim/posts/1213635392179387 נועה קלנר: http://tiny.cc/8k3nlz בן אלחדף: https://www.facebook.com/ben.alhadeff/posts/10218695910220354 since Toilet paper is the new trend why not making Art with your kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqb_RuuWVWI UNESCO publishes a tool guide to help students and teachers adapt to school at home > https://cutt.ly/dtl4w5b Children's film festival for children stranded at home > https://cutt.ly/ytl4rw6 these are all opportunities without fees, no sponsor, and we want to make art sustainable, feel free to contribute. #stayhome #quarantineandchill #becreative #beinspired i'll update with new opportunities each week. keep calm and be inspired. 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Twist Installation​ 100X 100 X 10 MDF and acrylic 2019 installation: Twist, based on standing on 1 square meter Through my journey of building a new approach of colors, I also investigate the space (architecture) relation. what we consider as painting usually is a square, or regular shape such as a canvas and hang on the wall, so we have a vertical relation. I wanted to see from different angles such as body position, limited gesture, and human-size space-related. As a person, we relate to space by dimensions, habits and body gravity. it implies to be conscious about your ability, restrictions, and will. In that position, I asked myself what kind of gesture or steps if I may say, I would do in a limited space. how do I relate to it, what kind of shape it reveals and what informations I can learn from that? so the work started on the floor, in my studio, I took a piece of MDF (5mm one meter square ) and I try to stand still on it. i didn’t succeed in standing still a long time. Also, I noticed that my body position was shuffling into three different positions that revealed a pattern of behavior. after collecting these observation about gesture and position, I started to draw on paper some sketches about the different positions and movement. I cannot say there is a way in or out. the main focus was on staying in the square and the different ways I was managing my personal space. first observation: gravity and weight encouraged me to step one foot on the side to lighten the position. second observation: my natural attitude is to bounce without my feet moving and change my gravity usual connection. third observation: moving is necessary, one step up, or on the side and come back, almost as a waltz (minimal step use) After sketching some lines, basic shapes, I decided to include pattern as a step to show the surface involved and take off the surface that wasn't. usually, most artists and also curators think about how to fill the space. It means filling a canvas, dispatch the work all over the space, create some kind of harmony or even symmetry in the composition or exhibition. in this case, I realized that I don’t need to be equal, or fill anything and that the space that was not use was not needed. Therefore, I gutted all the unnecessary pieces unused on the 1 square meter MDF. Then I had to think about the colors. As there were 3 different observations I chose a pattern that was related to all observations and each color were meant to work as an answer to each other and combine a new palette for this work. then because of the color filling difference between all of them, I realized it should be on the same spectrum and not work only on RGB relations. so I create a new palette based on Blue. as I created two extensions to these installations, shadows made it obvious to work with one field colors. stepping in and out, and revealing a 3D shape that makes you realize the difference between what you call painting and what you see.

So I started this serie on January. I didn’t write or explained anything about it because I wanted people to enjoy based on their own appreciation and background. Now that I got feedback, and I observed people and I changed some of my usual attitude and social media habits. No details about work, no hashtags, no instructions, no do or don’t. I wanted everyone to have a genuine reaction and personal interaction without getting any lead or instructions and work on your own perception. So, I have noticed that people want exposure,no matter what, and react in two different ways: Wether they project their own feelings and current state of mind. Wether they follow the previous or general reaction. About the story behind the project: All the characters used for this project are pictures of fans from concert from the 60’s,70’s (Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones...) So most of the characters are happy, in euphoria, because they are celebrating. About the pattern, I have been using the magnolia pattern for one year in 90% of my work, in different ways, sketches, Lino print, painting, mural... and still blooming. Did you know that magnolia existed before bees? Do you understand what it implies? About pattern in general If I say pattern of behavior? Does it speak to you ? About colors, i worked on primary colors spectrum to of course overlay layers and create the color spectrum established by Newton. Colors always lead to new perspective of perception and interaction. The use of layers implies space consideration and interaction. The viewer may not be aware of all the many theories about colors. I use layers and other techniques to reveal new approach of colors. therefore you are able to understand the color spectrum and how light prism work. And since more than 15 years I use geometry and different study about architecture and impossible geometry. Structure, even the dis-functional ones are the baselines of every composition. Even if you don’t see it clearly. As artists,we are building artefact for your imagination. This is our job. Since I realized that people are more interested to have an audience than to create quality content, I started to paint their own fans. Meaning that if you are in front of this paintings, you have your crowd. You are the subject. Not the painting. As an artist we create because this is our job, it s also our nature. You can fight it, you just face it. One more thing, women in the art world are less represented, exposed, paid than men. https://nmwa.org/advocate/get-facts some numbers// facts referenced by National Museum of women in the arts: Nearly half (45.8%) of visual artists in the United States are women; on average, they earn 74¢ for every dollar made by male artists. (National Endowment for the Arts) Women working across arts professions make almost $20,000 less per year than men. (Artsy) Women in the arts are found not to experience the “motherhood penalty” which in other industries results in a loss or stagnant income after children. But men in the arts do experience the “marriage premium,”—an increase in pay for married men of roughly $7,200 per year that neither women nor single men experience. Men working in the arts also receive an income bump when they become fathers. (Artsy) ArtReview’s 2018 Power 100 list of the “most influential people in the contemporary art world” was 40% women—though this is an improvement from 2017 (38%) and 2016 (32%). (Art Review) .... (click on the link:https://nmwa.org/advocate/get-facts to learn more about women in arts ) So if you didn’t know, that also one of the reason why I paint women. Because every time my work is shown in an exhibition, published, or has interactions it will put one more woman in this world. #israelcontemporaryart #pattern #colortheory #escher #geometricart #jessicamoritz #impossiblerectangle #telavivart #israeliart #artivive #generativeart #geometricart #AR #artivism #womenartist #artfact #tlvart

Through this mural i wanted to consider wall as a playground. interactivity is very important in my work. i wanted to display israeli vibes with colors and history. So i remix the sheshbesh game, mixed it with some of personal history, as usual.The colors needed to be matching the vibes of the memory o had about this game and tel aviv. So i made some research and all colors came very naturally. Furthermore, living in Israel is accepting an heritage of mixed culture and also cultural appropriation from our origins. Using such symbols as “Ein Ra” , sheshbesh,color code referring to Israeli flag implies to be conscious of our heritage, history and interactions. prints available: here #sheshbesh #israeliart #telavivart #tlvart #muralpainting #middleeast #israel #colortheory #cultureappropriation #artlife #tlvmural #jessicamoritz

every time you watch a white wall and think about what to create and what to leave blank. It's almost as watching the sky. you cannot exactly explain what is happening, or how but it's here, in front of you. As usual, I worked on the structure of the space, according to my color charts. I tried to match the colors with additions and subtractions. clouds are build by condensation with water, air... I could explain everything here, but I think a physician can explain better. This piece is about their architecture. it's abstract and it's not. also while I was doing the color chart, I thought of working by adding or subtract from each other, side by side, and of course the RGB reaction. Also, I think it’s time to talk about climat issue in art. As a person,as an artist,as a member of community, we are all concerned by the different impacts of climate change. We are responsible for the different consequences that next generation will have to deal with. We might look at the sky with a naive approach about imagination and spirituality.but the different gradients of colors reveal the different chemicals that we over use and destroy our environment. #sustainability #mural #muralpainting #installationart #israeliart #telaviv #telavivart #weatherchange #cloud #physicart #ecology #jessicamoritz

Living and working in Israel made me realize how important our workspace is and our environment (people, country, politics, relations, family ) In order to balance this situation, I thought about a piece that could bring some peace into it, some silence, peaceful and constructive. Then I wanted this sculpture to travel with me, to be able to put it whenever needed or wanted. And I installed it whenever I could and interact with people, artists, mothers, workers, children, tourist.... This volume is an intent to create an new to perceive volume or scupture in our creative field. We do build shapes and installation to make a point, But i believe we rarely think about the space as a simple use of it. The white cube has the same needs as we do, doesn't it? so let's imagine we could put some punctuation and rythm into all that. As an installation, I want to fill an entire room with commas. Some will be hanging on the wall,coming out of walls. The goal is to make people realize the importance of personal space,boundaries and limit. In the same time i wish to also make people conscious about our issues as citizen and human in concrete abstract geography. #israeliart #installationart #jessicamoritz #jeszmoart #scultpture #contemporarysculpture #telavivart #tlvart #visualpoetry #artandlanguage #middleeast #fibonacci #geometricart

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I always wonder when i look other artists’ work, what do they create first: the line or the color? As i work with different palettes, according to the medium i’m using. I always Start with colors. For exemple, when i paint on canvas, i create my « juices »*, try them on paper first. I put them on white background, alone, together, crossing. They need to meet the Light. Like a set, they have to play with each other. When the palette begins, colors can be tested 8 to 10 times before using them in juice or real layer. Each color needs a perfect balance, if it’s better, or mute, it’s for reasons. As colors have different history and relation(s) with everyone, the research is based on : previous research done by Pastoureau, Newton, Matisse, Werner…and many others my own research and memory of colors cultural use of colors (marketing, ad, packaging) For each piece, a new palette is created. I also tried to work by serie, but most of the time, the figure implies a change of colors. According to Pantone’s, the colors have a code that after i can save and register in my database to use in my digital or manual work. Even if, for most of the people, colors are not related to them the same way they are for me, i try to connect the dots with them and make them relate to it. Creating a new palette also implies the relation to Light(s). Colors are always created under daily light, never artificial. But then they have to pass the test of White light, basic Neon tube Light, and finally RGB light. Then i get different matching point according to every test. At that point, i have to chose the right amount of layers involved and make them work. It already happened that one layer was filling too much of a surface and cancelled another. Or that one color was too weak to work on a single line. The ambition of this technique is to build visual that stands alone and can interact with space, viewer in their own terms. *juice: mix of strong acrylic color based watered down to use them in transparency. #palette #pantone #colotheory #curator #contemporaryartist #emergingartist #creative #newton #pastoureau #memory #complementarycolors #research #art

Starting a new project always implies relations and connections from colors to shape, to viewer. I begin to sketch, imagine layers, work on the palette. It’s like thinking from scratch that it can be made all over. It means that if a piece is 20 X30 cm(inches) it must have the same strength and potential as if it was 3 meters by 4. weakness must be a choice, lightness, and absence are admitted but not by omission. Failure is part of the process. Lines are not always strong, colors have different balance and patterns establish new relation. i always try to see everything as whole installation. The vision must be full and without compromise. There is no room for blank or random gesture. the display of each piece alone or together need to be a statement as much as vision for me or the viewer. Layers work like rhythm, There is a partition to follow, the melody reflect on the white cube and the viewer is the blank page to impress. Figuration is not mandatory, working on 2D is the narrative field, working in 3D or digital is including the viewer in the composition, therefore, you don’t need to use figuration. the next works are gonna be involving more layers, to interact more precisely with the viewer. #painting #palette #pattern #figurativeart #jessicamoritz #contemporaryart #curator #israeliart #color #colortheory