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Shaul Tzemach

The rich forms and plethora of images in Shaul Tzemach's works produce an allegorical parallel to cosmic principles and to the secrets of the universe - offering a microcosmic parable for the reciprocal relations between various details that come together to form a chaotic, heterogeneous and fragile tapestry. His works reflect a dialogue with mythological, philosophical and metaphysical themes and with scientific theories and multicultural perceptions. The Legend of Species and Phenomena, for instance, features a lacelike pattern of animal images: the central part of the composition contains mammals, reptiles, amphibians and insects; its upper part contains birds, and its lower part includes marine creatures and corals. The work Concretion is composed of intertwined forms and images - a cube, the root of a tree, galaxies and molecular structures - as a metaphor for contemporary reality and for the simultaneous existence of different elements. In a similar manner, the circles that appear in Interference Exercise depict atom particles, molecular connections and a network of nerve cells as they are seen thorugh an electronic microscope. Tzemach's works thus echo a "chaotic consciousness" - a term he uses as a metaphor for the complex and multilayered quality of what he calls "the world's nerve center."

Born in Tel Aviv, 1971; lives and works in Tel Aviv