"visiting artist art studio israel mirit Ben-Nun"
Mirit Ben-Nun
ink and acrylic on paper
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These paintings express a personal need to delineate images and fantasies abundant with color and emotional explosion . Signs , lines and the materials appear of their own volition and develop as an external language bridging the eye , the hand and the painted surface . During the making of a painting the power of the shapes emanate from an unconscious and concealed inner dimension . Line by line , painting after painting while repeating shapes and patterns , a creation evolves into new shapes and patterns . With a determination that reaches obsession , Mirit Ben-Nun keeps on returning to her art of meticulous decoration . A strong presence of primitive ornamentation provides the artwork with a tribal facet on one hand and a feminine touch on the other , encompassing embroidery , bead threading and weaving among others . Ben- Nun’s beautifying urge carries within it an archetypal strata , mythic at times , which empowers her authentic expression .
Dr . gidion ofrat and ami steinitz
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