EREZ BEN-OR
INFUSION
This project is the result of a continuing exploration of concerns that include the depiction of time and movement and the figure as a formal compliment to space. These photographs however are different in their organisation than in previous series. As the figure dodges and weaves playfully through the space it becomes infused in the environment. Often the figure is visibly absent however clues remain; footprints in dust, litter and furniture that suggest otherwise.
BELOW THE BREATH
A continued exploration of masculine identity underpins this series work. I am also interested in context, particularly in how interior space can reflex a psychological state and therefore change the intent and meaning of an image. Throughout this process the work of Francesca Woodman and her figures subsumed by the environment continued to provide an influential frame work. The figure in this series of photographs is dismembered, human yet still animal. The body parts are negotiating an uncompromising space, a labyrinth that exists in your dreamlike state. A use of light and colour is essential in enhancing the mood and potency of these images. The overall exploration of mono tonality is used to further enhance the nightmare
BETWEEN SPACE AND THOUGHT
Street life occupies another world, another realm of experience, night to our daytime, a furtive shadow city where different rules and ethics apply...." The work for this series is part of an ongoing exploration of ideas that include psychological states, masculinity, space, time and conversations with myself. I am particularly interested in examing how masculinity is defined by the spaces we inhabit, momentarily or otherwise. Lighting is used to highlight a space that may take on a different meaning or purpose once abandoned and darkened. *Tony Kushner in his introduction to The Waterfront Journals by David Wojnarowicz.
CV
Erez Ben-Or
Education
Honours of Fine Art / National Art School , Sydney, NSW. 2007
Bachelor of Fine Art / National Art School , Sydney, NSW. 2003-6
Diploma of Fine Art / Vitzo French, Tel-Aviv, Israel 1990
Exhibitions
Exhibition Meld Gallery, Crows Nest
The Lovers, Firstdraft 2008
Honours Show, National Art School, Sydney 2007
Willoughby Art Prize, Sydney 2007
Olive Cotton Award - finalist, Murwillumbah, NSW 2007
Head On Portrait Prize, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney 2007
Degree Show, National Art School, Sydney 2006
Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney 2006
MCQ International Student Award - finalist, Sydney 2006
Olive Cotton Award - finalist, Murwillumbah, NSW 2006
Awards
Willoughby Art Prize, First Prize Photography and Digital Media 2007
NAVA Award, National Art School, Sydney 2006
Kayell Photography Prize, National Art School, Sydney 2006
Work History
Business owner / EBO Design, Sydney 2003-7
Senior Web Designer, Aspect Computing, Sydney 1998
Art Director, Globes, Tel-Aviv 1996
Graphic Designer Neographic Interactive Communication, New York