Masha Rubin 1973 Born in St Petersburg, Russia Lives and works in
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Masha Rubin 1973 Born in St Petersburg, Russia Lives and works in
Masha Rubin 1973 Born in St Petersburg, Russia Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel Education 2003 Alma Hebrew College, Tel Aviv, Israel 2000 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel Selected Solo Exhibition 2011 3 for 10, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon (with Marina Pomiansky and Berger) 2002 Masha Rubin, Photosynthesis Gallery, Tel Aviv Selected Group Exhibitions 2010 Golden ghetto, AFA Gallery Santiago, Chile Grobman, Kishon Gallery, Tel Aviv New additions to the collection of museum, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Young Art, Ramat Gan Museum, Ramat Gan 2008 Jaffa's Art, The Jaffa Museum, Jaffa Snapshot, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Ramle Goyim, New Gallery, Jerusalem 2004 Photo Bridge, The Israeli Museum of Photography, Tel Hay Photo Bridge, The Moscow Museum of Photography, Moscow Cosmopolite, Abraham Baron Art Gallery, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva 2002 Group Exhibition, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv Group Exhibition, Plonit Gallery, Tel Aviv 2001 Group Exhibition, Co-Art Gallery, Jerusalem 2000 Graduation Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design 1999 Group Exhibition, Kosovo Foundation, Tel Aviv 1992 Group Exhibition, Journalist's House, St. Petersburg Group Exhibition, Marble Palace, St. Petersburg Projects 2011 2009 Award 2010 Contact Venus Effect, Loushy Art & Projects, Tel Aviv Knitting Fate, Loushy Art & Projects, Tel Aviv The Minister of Immigrant absorption.Named Yuri Shtern, in visual art. mashashu@yahoo.com www.masharubin.info +972549430101 Irina I present a new photo series, which I have been working on for the last two years. This series consists of staged photos that try to construct a new feminine history, sometimes through a mystical fairy tale or a legend. All of them are united by the idea of self-preseption and self-expression of the modern women. I'm talking about the continuity of tradition, routine, as about the multifaceted nature of women : ideal woman, a mother, a enchantress and sometimes a witch or “beast”. All my works are built on one principle; they include 4 steps, which I borrowed from the mystical Jewish tradition. PARDES – a garden with fruit trees (literal translation) Pshat — primitive, the simplest level — visualization. Remez-hint - energy . Drash - duty — thought. Sod - the secret - the soul, feelings. Note: The above transcript is my personal understanding of the concept of PARDES, and not an official commentary. My work has always incorporated the numerical and its meaning, the number and the word ... The underlying notion is that nothing that happens by chance, that everything has a meaning. My photos can be seen as a product of my ongoing dialogue with women, friends, ancestors, goddesses, as, lastly, with my own self. Venus Effect, 2011, Archival pigment print on paper. 136 x 176 cm Edition of 5 The project “ Venus Effect” was triggered by the work "The mirror of Venus" by the artist Sir. Edward Jones; Her new interpretation of the well known mythos presents the contemporary meaning of the complete femininity. The composition, choice of multi age women, the feminine intimacy between the naked figures and the short hair model of Venus build a discussion about the difference between what is seen and what is shown. My agenda about the historical feminine power is clear when disregarding the hierarchy between the multi age naked women, setting a red hair mother and daughter at the center and freeing Venus to establish her appearance. Knitting Fate, 2009, c-print, 120 x 150 cm Edition of 5 The image of knitting or spinning as a quintessential mystical act is found in many cultural myths alluding to the female world. Knitting is a metaphor for the woman's ideal role, a source of creation outlining the thread of life and the line of fate. According to this perception, women weave the fate of their loved ones, preserve their lives and dictate their natures. While knitting, the woman draws into herself, engaging in the intimate creation of every detail and every loop, integrating the objects of her passion and yearning into yarn. Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper provides me with a background for spinning the worlds of fateful knitting. At the dramatic moment when Christ reaffirms to his disciples that there is a traitor in their midst, he loses his defenses, exposes his fate, and the thread of his life is cut short. In Knitting Fate, the myth of the male world, swathed in drama, hostility, and strife, is metamorphosed into an ideal scene where thirteen women knit protection, life, and love. The women's postures correspond with those of the disciples in the original painting, together constituting a harmonious reality. As opposed to the table which represents the need to tie the participants together while concealing their interrelations, in my work the intimacy between the knitters is exposed in order to reinforce an overt encounter underlain by a latent secret. Another myth addressed in the work is the story of the Moirae, the three Fates of Greek mythology, who controlled the destiny of every mortal and spun his fate. In Knitting Fate, the myth's latent aspects are reflected in the women's roles, oscillating between poles of creation, destruction, chaos, and infinity, poles which are knitted to form a point of equilibrium in the composition. 46 x 70cm ,Archival pigment print on paper (2011) 46 x 70cm ,Archival pigment print on paper (2011) 60 x 60 cm, Archival pigment print on paper (2011) 100 x 100 cm, Archival pigment print on paper (2011) 46 x 70cm ,Archival pigment print on paper (2011) 60 x 60 cm, c print (2010) Another project I would like to present is my “personal diary”, Since my first year in Israel (1994)I have been photographing the same group of friends. The project is very intimate; I respect the feelings, rights and the free choice of my friend's. I'm one of them. I present the friends with respect and love. I am continuing with my project, even though my-self and my surroundings have change Selected Works:1995-2011 60 x 60 cm, c print (2005) 60 x 60 cm, c print (2009) 60 x 60 cm, c print (2009) 60 x 60 cm, c print (2002) 60 x 60 cm, c print (1998) 60 x 60 cm, c print (1996) 60 x 60 cm, c print (2006) 60 x 60 cm, c print (2004)