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

Every day I draw from life. I do not demand much, just try to stay still. Bacon insisted on painting his figures free of their presence in the room, for he claimed they disturbed him to paint. This sensation of discomfort and otherness feeds my work, for it is a psychological work. Navigating this Lucian-Freudian approach, it is about setting up traps and developing them in order 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 representer, 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 for its an effort that requires devoted practice and a pre warm out, and in a like manner, it is also done in an erratic continuous swinging motion.

I love Drawing, I think about it all the time. This two-dimensional world is many things, its history is rich, its philosophy is such an existing subject and, fundamentally, the practice of it is a pinnacle of human aspiration. I draw mainly with pastel, charcoal and pencil. I see myself as a draughtswoman who lays out the plans for human anatomy machines. I work with optical color, cross hatching and currently trying to crack The Desiderio Code...

Areas of study I draw from include: Greek mythology, Neoplatonic shit, the bible, Trans humanism and the temple of Nature.

Studio Portrait, 2020

Studio Portrait, 2024