Tamir Chen

Into the Rabbit Stomach

Oil on canvas, wax What is a "Fleshy Painting"? A question that arises from the fascinating tension between the painting's two dimensionality and its materiality. How can a medium whose base is bound in flatness be voluminous, heavyweight? From the moment the fabric unfolds there is flesh, there is a body; A work with living pieces, tissues. The studio is a pulsating animal that hosts me in its stomach every day. The fabric, the image, the paint - these are the kneading materials, the digestive materials of the work. From this comes the thought of a painting as related to sexuality and touch, created out of a gluttonous and bulimic abundance that strives to extract the inherently fleshly quality in it. The act of painting becomes a libidinal act, which from its base arises the question about the relationship between the painting as a body and the body that paints, an act of passion and intimacy.