Efrat Merin
www.efratmerin.com
@efratmerin
Statement:
I am an artist working across multiple mediums, mainly painting, drawing and filmmaking. My works make use of the mythical to contest dominant power structures, reversing patriarchal power relations and celebrating female desires through a queer retelling of mythical narratives. I am especially fascinated by origin myths – ideas of primordial chaos and narratives of separation and becoming. Prominent themes are the performativity of the queer body, the fusion of science and magic, and environmental crisis as an existential state.
In many of my paintings and drawings, I work with fine lines to embed miniature elements within larger works, a meticulous method that brings about an oscillation between the critical and the naive. In particular, I like to work with sgraffito – a technique in which parts of the surface are scratched and removed to expose the underneath layer. Revealing rather than adding, this archaeological-like process endows the paintings with a quality of discovery.
www.efratmerin.com
@efratmerin
Statement:
I am an artist working across multiple mediums, mainly painting, drawing and filmmaking. My works make use of the mythical to contest dominant power structures, reversing patriarchal power relations and celebrating female desires through a queer retelling of mythical narratives. I am especially fascinated by origin myths – ideas of primordial chaos and narratives of separation and becoming. Prominent themes are the performativity of the queer body, the fusion of science and magic, and environmental crisis as an existential state.
In many of my paintings and drawings, I work with fine lines to embed miniature elements within larger works, a meticulous method that brings about an oscillation between the critical and the naive. In particular, I like to work with sgraffito – a technique in which parts of the surface are scratched and removed to expose the underneath layer. Revealing rather than adding, this archaeological-like process endows the paintings with a quality of discovery.
We Drink You Nights
150 X 170cm Cold encaustic on poly cotton canvas |
Birth of Venus
155 X 155cm Cold encaustic on poly cotton canvas |