Bar Plivazky ( b. 1998, Israel, Haifa) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Every day I draw from life. I do not demand much, try to stay still. Bacon insisted on painting his figures free of their presence in the room, for he claimed they disturbed him while he painted. This sensation of discomfort and otherness feeds my work, for it is a psychological work. Navigating this Lucian-Freudian approach, it is about setting traps and developing them to capture a fleshy essence. Like the glaring stare of the panther, I practice hunting.

After some brief polite greetings between the naked and its depictor, that is when beautiful hours of silent, primitive, substance expression spark. The life in front of me and I exchange a poignant, muted duet. Expansion- every stroke in the pictorial plane unfurls deserts. Matisse wrote that a drawing is like an acrobatic exercise, and I agree: it is an effort that requires devoted practice and a pre-warm-up, and, in a like manner, it is also done in an erratic, continuous swinging motion.

I love painting. I think about it constantly. This two-dimensional world contains multitudes. Its history is vast, its philosophy amorphous, and its practice a pinnacle of human aspiration.

I mainly draw with pastel and charcoal. I see myself as a draughtswoman who lays out the plans for human anatomy machines. I am the mediator between my feverish impressions and the limning hand. I work with optical color, cross-contour and currently trying to crack The Desiderio Code...

Areas of study I draw from include: Greek mythology, Jewish folklore, Neoplatonism, Classicism, Transhumanism, and the Temple of Nature.

Studio Portrait, 2020

Studio Portrait, 2024