Maor Borochov
Fine Arts BA
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture
My location: Jerusalem, Israel
Maor Borochov
First Name: Maor
Last Name: Borochov
University / College: Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
Course / Program: Fine Arts BA
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture
My Location: Jerusalem, Israel
About
My name is Maor, I'm 25 years old. I completed a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design this year.
In my work, I ask questions about physicality and the human body. Presence and weight against disappearance and disintegration; the connection between human and nature, the domesticated facing the wild, and the natural versus the industrial.
Another main tension in my work is the one between control and surrender, a process that I also navigate in my personal life. I see the studio as a playground where both ends can coexist, creating a space of contemplation where I can move back and forth between them.
I explore these themes through a variety of techniques. I enjoy transitioning between different mediums, with installations of painting, sculpture, performance and video. The transitioning between these different mediums allows me the freedom of movement and playfulness, that are very necessary to me in my work.
For as long as I can remember, I have struggled to accept the fact of our physical existence on Earth. The exhibition was created out of my attempt to explore this idea, and to examine different questions regarding it. A search for a disappearing physicality, the disassembly and reconstruction of the body, the relationship between human and nature, an attempt to connect the domesticated with the wild. The exhibition is about the tension between controlling and letting go. The sculptures are soft and flexible, affected by gravity and slowly falling apart. The same ropes that hold the statues are the same ones that make them collapse, and any attempt to tighten the grip will only speed up the process. The work is about disruptions, miscarriages, attempts that wanted to be, and in the end didn't happen. I am drawn to the rejected and abandoned objects, collecting leftovers from the street and from my home - dried flowers and leaves, cigarette ashes, soil, used coffee. All these materials are collected and poured into the sculptures, giving them another possibility of life.
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