"Holyland" / Abstract Structures
Naamah Berkovitz, 2014
Naamah berkovitz, born in ein hod Israel. Lives and works in Tel aviv.
Graduate of the master-class figurative painting school " Hatahana" tel aviv 2007-2010.
A guest artist in "Espronceda" , Barcelona artist in residence program September and October 2014.
Berkovitz, a figurative painter, has been working for a month in the studio of Encontrarte, creating a series of works in oil sticks and pencils on paper.
'Holyland' is a group of works revolving around the topic of construction sites and it's derivatives. The name 'Holyland' refers to a big architectural site in the hills of Jerusalem. A controversial project in the Israeli landscape. The topic of the building and destruction over times in the Israel landscape is a well known and charged argument.
In the works exhibited at Encontrarte, Berkovitz refers to architectural formations on their way to becoming buildings. Throughout the process of painting, Berkovitz is repeatedly constructing and deconstructing her images, decontextualizing them in an abstract matter. In the end this process leads to a result of distilled impressions of architectural structures.
"Souls which are looking for a body to house in, in order to be amended."
( "Jeremiah's Inn", Benjamin Tammuz)