Elad Amsalem (1991), painter, Tel Aviv.
Graduate of the Department of Multidisciplinary Art, Shenkar.
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I paint with oil and pastel colors, on canvas and wood. My act of painting is intuitive and doesn't rely on an outer object. I paint from my imagination, my memory, my knowledge – not creating a vision already proclaimed, but allowing myself to understand "the bigger picture" as I go.
The past few years the concept of "space" has been leading my artwork and projects: The act of building an imaginary space and bringing it to life – connecting it to a specific place – a gallery, a hallway, a living room or even a corner in a bedroom. In the different spaces that come to life, a specific situation can have many possibilities or multiple points of view, while the connections between the different fragments in the painting are not always consistent.
I find that Painting different spaces make me more focused and accurate with where and how I display my art, and on what kind of atmosphere I aim to gain. I see the space as part of the art – a way to create an interactive and more specific experience of body and mind that stays with the viewers beyond the initial encounter.
The transition of the painting from the studio - the private whom where it is first created – and its renaissance in a specific space bare to the public's eye, enables it to be an instrument of many different possibilities.
Painting is a second language – an additional way of expression that challenges my creativity excites and frustrates me at the same time and enables me to define myself as an artist.
