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Yaron Dotan
In Between
Acrylic paint and ink on canvas. 60" x 48". 2018. Website: www.yarondotan.com/ California, USA VO by Mari Weiss |
ABOUT THE ARTWORK:
I once read that smiles have ancient animal origins. They are saying - look at my teeth, I could bite you, but I won't. Over time smiles have evolved to express happiness and laughter, but I suspect that the old ferocity is still there. To create this effect, I used a black and white distortion to both showcase and hide an animalistic subtext that lies curled up in between the two laughing figures.
These paintings are made using acrylic and India ink. They are composed using pulsations and rhythms taken from optical imagery and design. I build gradations of tone onto a rhythmic framework to delineate an image that is constantly being interrupted and abstracted.
Through this work I want to present ‘seeing’ without seeing, to explore the vast distances that separate even the most intimate of connections.
I have only ever seen out of one eye, and don't see three dimensionally the way others take for granted. I started making these images with the aid of a neurobiologist who specializes in optics and am using this drawing style to explore questions I have about how the eye works, how this affects perception, and what knowledge is.
These paintings are made using acrylic and India ink. They are composed using pulsations and rhythms taken from optical imagery and design. I build gradations of tone onto a rhythmic framework to delineate an image that is constantly being interrupted and abstracted.
Through this work I want to present ‘seeing’ without seeing, to explore the vast distances that separate even the most intimate of connections.
I have only ever seen out of one eye, and don't see three dimensionally the way others take for granted. I started making these images with the aid of a neurobiologist who specializes in optics and am using this drawing style to explore questions I have about how the eye works, how this affects perception, and what knowledge is.
BIO:
Yaron Dotan is a Los Angeles-based artist who works in a variety of media and styles to produce optical drawings, narrative paintings, portraiture and video art. He holds an MFA from Tufts University, an MS Ed. from St. John’s University, and a BA in English Literature from Queens College.
Having only ever seen out of one eye, Dotan has used what would otherwise be a hindrance to heighten his creativity. Through a body of optical paintings that combine realistic imagery with rhythmic lines inspired by optical design, he poses questions about the nature of perception, illusion, invisibility, and certainty.
Yaron Dotan is a Los Angeles-based artist who works in a variety of media and styles to produce optical drawings, narrative paintings, portraiture and video art. He holds an MFA from Tufts University, an MS Ed. from St. John’s University, and a BA in English Literature from Queens College.
Having only ever seen out of one eye, Dotan has used what would otherwise be a hindrance to heighten his creativity. Through a body of optical paintings that combine realistic imagery with rhythmic lines inspired by optical design, he poses questions about the nature of perception, illusion, invisibility, and certainty.
DESCRIPTION:
In Between
A brightly colored painting frames a black and white painting. The color painting has red and purplish clouds with dark silhouettes of palm trees and long grass. Two women with heads tilted back and closed eyes face one another and laugh. The woman on the left has blonde hair, a gray top and jeans. The one on the right has dark hair, a green top and jeans. Their faces are realistic to the chin. Between them is a rectangular painting in black and white horizontal or vertical stripes. In arms extended with elbows bent, they hold a snarling, upside-down wolf. Its four feet have sharp claws and its fangs are bared. Above the wolf’s belly are rectangles that recede into the distance.
-description by Teri Grossman
A brightly colored painting frames a black and white painting. The color painting has red and purplish clouds with dark silhouettes of palm trees and long grass. Two women with heads tilted back and closed eyes face one another and laugh. The woman on the left has blonde hair, a gray top and jeans. The one on the right has dark hair, a green top and jeans. Their faces are realistic to the chin. Between them is a rectangular painting in black and white horizontal or vertical stripes. In arms extended with elbows bent, they hold a snarling, upside-down wolf. Its four feet have sharp claws and its fangs are bared. Above the wolf’s belly are rectangles that recede into the distance.
-description by Teri Grossman
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