https://batshevaross.net Batshevaross Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:53:54 +0000 https://batshevaross.net en https://batshevaross.net/Batsheva-Ross Wed, 20 May 2020 21:26:24 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/Batsheva-Ross https://batshevaross.net/Sublimated-Demonstration-Signs-Wartime-Works-2025 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:53:54 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/Sublimated-Demonstration-Signs-Wartime-Works-2025 Sublimated Demonstration Signs (Wartime Works) <img width="2248" height="1499" width_o="2248" height_o="1499" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02e54675499929f772ccc2f9ce79e51c3a34c320e6ce68becbb7a91373e50201/202505_batsheva--all-signs-together-Silvia-small.jpeg" data-mid="239726282" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02e54675499929f772ccc2f9ce79e51c3a34c320e6ce68becbb7a91373e50201/202505_batsheva--all-signs-together-Silvia-small.jpeg" /> 2025Painting installation including 6 pcs, Size variesLoose paintings of still-life bouquets, drawn until their decay, are turned into protest-like signs, some mounted on wooden sticks and others left unframed. Their fragility becomes a gesture of resistance, while the palette of red, green, white, and black alludes to a charged political context without naming it directly. Sublimated demonstration signs (wartime works), 2025Painting installation, Size varies. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari) <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d2c6c476a0738436b06a81f8183de63551bb736ccdc5206ca1f7dc25cd2ed41/202505_batsheva-sign-6Silvia-small.jpeg" data-mid="239726283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d2c6c476a0738436b06a81f8183de63551bb736ccdc5206ca1f7dc25cd2ed41/202505_batsheva-sign-6Silvia-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a493729f7d8043486094f687aee37d0b519573d64ef4baec7e283dd68362fdf/202505_batsheva-sign-3Silvia-small.jpeg" data-mid="239726280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a493729f7d8043486094f687aee37d0b519573d64ef4baec7e283dd68362fdf/202505_batsheva-sign-3Silvia-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/160a785cad9e14cc67dd053ce46a9c990c29481527f95583a3e09aa38adfefe4/202505_batsheva-sign-1Silvia-small.jpeg" data-mid="239726285" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/160a785cad9e14cc67dd053ce46a9c990c29481527f95583a3e09aa38adfefe4/202505_batsheva-sign-1Silvia-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d10cef1be298521c87f54e9ef1356cde1f532c4abf35fa7eaeecea3a1b472b1c/202505_batsheva-sign4Silvia-small.jpeg" data-mid="239726281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d10cef1be298521c87f54e9ef1356cde1f532c4abf35fa7eaeecea3a1b472b1c/202505_batsheva-sign4Silvia-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d2646e789d96b195d647932151f1e20e05a41897e8d85811dad23a8a6825a6d/202505_batsheva-sign-5Silvia-small.jpeg" data-mid="239726286" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d2646e789d96b195d647932151f1e20e05a41897e8d85811dad23a8a6825a6d/202505_batsheva-sign-5Silvia-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1738" height="2606" width_o="1738" height_o="2606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16cbe9b85a9ac530656160ff7dfb01d693dad87c66c63ac055f38252f1412d09/202505_batsheva-sign-2Silvia-small.jpeg" data-mid="239726284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16cbe9b85a9ac530656160ff7dfb01d693dad87c66c63ac055f38252f1412d09/202505_batsheva-sign-2Silvia-small.jpeg" /> https://batshevaross.net/Dead-Animals-Wartime-works-2024 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:57:20 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/Dead-Animals-Wartime-works-2024 Dead Animals (Wartime Works)2024 Silkscreen and relief series, including 6 pcs <img width="3037" height="2659" width_o="3037" height_o="2659" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d5b27d96be571d513c67e21882f92d8a205d34693bf48cc56e783d65f58471f/BatshevaRoss_Screenprints_web-1-6-Silvia.jpeg" data-mid="239550925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d5b27d96be571d513c67e21882f92d8a205d34693bf48cc56e783d65f58471f/BatshevaRoss_Screenprints_web-1-6-Silvia.jpeg" /> This series takes the form of poetic post-mortem reports, based on snapshots of street pests encountered in daily walks. Printed with methods historically linked to urgent news media, the works echo grief and helplessness in the face of contemporary tragedies. <img width="2240" height="2841" width_o="2240" height_o="2841" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4881a421d6076e57ad8c3c57e9f7ae4fe753bb76b436fbb897932be9e536a072/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_1_web-Fabrice.jpg" data-mid="239551280" border="0" alt="Dead Animals: Snapshots #1, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Dead Animals: Snapshots #1, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4881a421d6076e57ad8c3c57e9f7ae4fe753bb76b436fbb897932be9e536a072/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_1_web-Fabrice.jpg" /> Snapshot #1 Close to where the elevated sidewalk meets a paved road, the body of a pigeon - or is it a different bird?- lies. / The photo is taken from a bit too far away since the painful glimpse I took towards the corpse was concise. I cannot conclude: It could be a pigeon, or it could be any other bird. /// In any case, it was a bird. /// The feathers are sticky and streaked with dark, coagulated blood. / One wing closed next to the chest like a fish fin. / The other wing remote from the bird's body, odd and unnatural - probably due to a broken shoulder bone - although strangely could be gesturing a slightly open motion of a quiver, shaking drops of water caused by a street pipe, let's say, or a sudden rain. /// The legs are shrunk close to the belly, particularly angular like the metal skeleton of a closed umbrella, alluding to the last shred of emotion passing through—livelihoods embodied in the fear of death, gripping this body's final moments. /// Amid the mash of blood-stained feathers, a beak seems to peek out. Is this indeed a beak? It is impossible to know with its current state and my rapid glimpse. I can only guess the location by noticing an area where the blood is significantly condensed and the distance of this area from the talons and the tip of the wings. /// Where is the tail? /// I can't see any triangular feathers at the edge of the body, and the tail is gone. /// A tiny twig now rests in its place. Adjacent to it is a flat cigarette butt. Thereafter, a grey, square stone is placed in a row and then scattered gravel. Then, to the left of all these, a trench filled with cement springs a spontaneous street weed. <img width="2240" height="2841" width_o="2240" height_o="2841" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c87d0d1f63cef533bfa44b6ee825151560ea199c62e076b113579e146578845/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_2_web-Fabrice.jpg" data-mid="239551279" border="0" alt="Dead Animals: Snapshots #2, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Dead Animals: Snapshots #2, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c87d0d1f63cef533bfa44b6ee825151560ea199c62e076b113579e146578845/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_2_web-Fabrice.jpg" /> Snapshot #2 The fresh corpse of a pigeon that seems to have died not long ago lies on the windowsill. /// A tranquil death: / All exterior organs seem in place. / Her wings' feathers are silky, and her belly looks fur-like, soft and round. Not flattened nor mutilated, maintaining the graceful round volumed pump of a living thing.&nbsp;/ It might even have felt warm if I had touched it, but I couldn't; I could barely look at it once I realised it was dead.&nbsp;/// Death indication?&nbsp;/ She's lying on her side with her legs loose under her - And live pigeons do not lie on their sides! I don't think they lie down at all. /// Who knows how this pigeon died? - / Most likely, she didn't die there, on the windowsill — but maybe she did? / It doesn't look like she got run over by a car or a tram, either.&nbsp;/// Beside her lie two thin twigs. /Maybe the bird was on her way to build a nest, or is it a coincidence that they are over there? /// Was she sick and died? Could be… /// Maybe she was run over after all? - Perhaps she was run over, and her body survived unharmed. Only her soul flew away. Something in her internal organs may have stopped working, Perhaps? Maybe the shock of a surprising vehicle caused a deadly heart attack, and then someone placed the body on the windowsill. / ...Who was the man who put her there?&nbsp;/ Was it a woman, instead?&nbsp;/ Or was it a child? A boy? A girl?&nbsp;/ A group of boys? A group of girls?&nbsp;/ A group of children containing boys and girls?&nbsp;/ A group of coed adults? /// The passing shadow,&nbsp;/ momentarily resting on the window ledge, / glazes blue on the cold stone, the pigeon's black wings, and the wooden window frame. Then, contrary sun's rays reflections glisten along the sides of the window's planks and on the claws of the dead bird / And also on the soft belly fur. <img width="2240" height="2841" width_o="2240" height_o="2841" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f9d148568bf7a28e292a60db60ed3d366026b7331b1e72298139cf1227ee9e5/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_3_web-Fabrice.jpg" data-mid="239551278" border="0" alt="Dead Animals: Snapshots #3, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Dead Animals: Snapshots #3, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f9d148568bf7a28e292a60db60ed3d366026b7331b1e72298139cf1227ee9e5/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_3_web-Fabrice.jpg" /> Snapshot #3 On a neat sidewalk paved with bricks made of tiny pebbles, the concrete demarcation between the tiles is perfectly straight, and a diagonal shadow falls on the pavement; something small disrupts the order of the straight lines. / It’s a sort of a stain. However, it is difficult to discern the nature of this stain. /// Slowly, the vision becomes more explicit in my mind, and when the thing I am looking at crystallises into an identity in front of my eyes, I am shaken. /// This is not a flower flattened between the leaves of a book.&nbsp;/ It is not a leaf and a stem whose colours have faded.&nbsp;/ This stem is a tail, and the leaf is the corpse of a trampled mouse.&nbsp;/ The pink spots around it are blood stains faded from the sun on the gravel.&nbsp;/ The tail is clearly visible, and so are the delicate feet on the side of the pelvis.&nbsp;/ But the head has wholly lost shape. Now, it is a grey crescent with shards of pinkish inner pulpy mash underneath - A mixture of muscles, blood and bones of brain, teeth and palms - smeared on the neat gravel stones. <img width="2240" height="2841" width_o="2240" height_o="2841" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8da3a318d49b852260a3ae58e20c27c9d087d1f42aeba63c57920d029713c6c4/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_4_web-Fabrice.jpg" data-mid="239551277" border="0" alt="Dead Animals: Snapshots #4, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Dead Animals: Snapshots #4, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8da3a318d49b852260a3ae58e20c27c9d087d1f42aeba63c57920d029713c6c4/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_4_web-Fabrice.jpg" /> Snapshot #4 A gruesome death on the edge of a long, straight electric railway. / It's the remains of a pigeon smashed into pieces, scattered on the ground like diffused clouds. /// The evidence indicates less about her life and more about the moment of death: / A tram travelled from right to left while this pigeon stood on the edge of the metal track; she did not manage to escape for unknown reasons and was crushed to death under the tram. /// Now, her body is spread with one impasto stroke from right to left: /// Spots dot the asphalt next to the track, gradually coalescing into one central black stain. The stain becomes red again, thicker and more voluminous - into minced meat with noticeable remnants of straight white lines. These were the feathers. /// At the centre of this event is a raging sea, conflicting waves of entrails' red and white-greyish once soft feathers, going here and there, a battlefield. /// At the right edge of the remains, the body is signed with the bird's right wing spreading out, maintained in its entirety. /// No evidence of a head. /// An orange fall leaf lay flattened close to the pigeon like an extra organ, probably brushed over with the same stroke of a tram. /// Several other tangled feathers are stuck to the road a few centimetres away from the body, most likely linked to this once-living entity. <img width="1427" height="1805" width_o="1427" height_o="1805" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd41765d865f01fe55018b4c6e2d3d8d98a1c5a732b3486a95783a2255577234/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_5_web-silvia.jpeg" data-mid="239551276" border="0" alt="Dead Animals: Snapshots #5, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="Dead Animals: Snapshots #5, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd41765d865f01fe55018b4c6e2d3d8d98a1c5a732b3486a95783a2255577234/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_5_web-silvia.jpeg" /> Snapshot #5 Ugh! / A dead rat! / An ugly creature when alive, but even more repulsive when dead. /// This fur's softness is not attractive to touch - how can one explain the reluctance? / These tiny limbs are impossible to adore - how can you explain the reluctance? /// But here unveils a battle scene: The rat has lost. /// The body - covered in matted fur, still fleshy and muscular in its demise, curved back like a slingshot ready to attack. / The limbs seem to want to hit the air. / The thick tail continues the curve of the body, threatening to sting at any moment. /// A black hole at the centre of the chest as if the heart was dislodged, or perhaps as if hit by an enemy's deliberate dagger. /// The crashed head is now in an undefinable black-grey-pink mash. / If this mash had been unlinked from the body, one could not have guessed what it was when it was; it could have been a gnawed chewing gum, a worn piece of a shoe sole, or a persimmon's top leaf. <img width="1408" height="1822" width_o="1408" height_o="1822" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14edc71cbe884bef0b4b784ac5806c3c3b6abdca3d53f6c67055d757f156563d/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_6_web-silvia.jpeg" data-mid="239551275" border="0" alt="Dead Animals: Snapshots #6, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="Dead Animals: Snapshots #6, 2024 Silkscreen and relief print on Magnani paper 81 x 67 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14edc71cbe884bef0b4b784ac5806c3c3b6abdca3d53f6c67055d757f156563d/BatshevaRoss_Screenprint_6_web-silvia.jpeg" /> Snapshot #6 A dove of peace on the side of the road. /// ...To tell the truth, it's not really a dove of peace but a white pigeon with a brownish chest lying dead on her back next to a crushed cigarette butt. / She doesn't hold an olive branch at the edge of her beak; instead, her head rests on a damp fall leaf. /// Despite this brutal truth, / her closed eye - a pink slit extending the line of the sealed beak, / and her pink claws calmly crossed under her / - broadcasted stoicism. /The left wing spreads generously while the right is slightly more closed / - forming a gesture of elegancy. /// Raindrops on her round grey belly curve into small water balls, refusing to seep into the insides of this cohesive being, as if rejecting the recognition that this being has just begun a process of decomposing into nothingness. https://batshevaross.net/Ula-s-Hands-2024 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:52:33 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/Ula-s-Hands-2024 Ula’s Hands 2024 Silkscreen (CMYK) on Silk Pure white Japanese paper 100 x 66 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre&nbsp; <img width="4418" height="6626" width_o="4418" height_o="6626" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7264992664a8b57a6ebecafd3426f0ef26b6a511f0497731da5765c699dd2f15/2023-Ula-s-hands-Fabrice-small.jpeg" data-mid="238377874" border="0" alt="Ula&rsquo;s Hands 2024 Silkscreen (CMYK) on Silk Pure white Japanese paper 100 x 66 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Ula’s Hands 2024 Silkscreen (CMYK) on Silk Pure white Japanese paper 100 x 66 cm. Printed at Masereel Centre (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7264992664a8b57a6ebecafd3426f0ef26b6a511f0497731da5765c699dd2f15/2023-Ula-s-hands-Fabrice-small.jpeg" /> A close-up of hands scrolling on a smartphone, with wine glasses faintly visible in the background and the wooden table dominating the frame. Printed using CMYK silkscreen, the work creates an analogue clash with its digital subject, the glow of the screen rendered through the absence of ink and a halo of blue. https://batshevaross.net/Sober-Flowers-Seeking-Statistics-Self-Portraits-2024 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:29:14 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/Sober-Flowers-Seeking-Statistics-Self-Portraits-2024 Sober Flowers Seeking Statistics &amp; Self-Portraits &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(Wartime works) 2024Charcoal on paper drawing series (12 works). <img width="2198" height="2987" width_o="2198" height_o="2987" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/292461daa47a07161da0549dfb740a13088b0aaeb5a85a8919127ccd6a831c67/Sober-Flowers-seeking-statistics--7.jpg" data-mid="238377696" border="0" alt="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #5, 2024 Charcoal on paper 42 x 59,4 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #5, 2024 Charcoal on paper 42 x 59,4 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/292461daa47a07161da0549dfb740a13088b0aaeb5a85a8919127ccd6a831c67/Sober-Flowers-seeking-statistics--7.jpg" /> <img width="2211" height="3024" width_o="2211" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1440907502dad07d2301ce3976114b0cf53bd7d73012f67f120f16dc147d31b/wartimes---headphones-seeking-statistics-.jpg" data-mid="238377693" border="0" alt="Headphones, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Headphones, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1440907502dad07d2301ce3976114b0cf53bd7d73012f67f120f16dc147d31b/wartimes---headphones-seeking-statistics-.jpg" /> <img width="2216" height="3024" width_o="2216" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2c3070e8b13cf63cc965ebf02553c1ae4defc16b79997f25e7677fe0c6b539c/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_6_web.jpg" data-mid="238377708" border="0" alt="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #1, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #1, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2c3070e8b13cf63cc965ebf02553c1ae4defc16b79997f25e7677fe0c6b539c/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_6_web.jpg" /> <img width="2210" height="3029" width_o="2210" height_o="3029" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e0dc3dd73b87f7aaa48178f77a66c2e84079e4a7245a8af9ae80fe3a0c425ee/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_3_web.jpg" data-mid="238377718" border="0" alt="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #4, 2024 Houtskool op papier 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentatie: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #4, 2024 Houtskool op papier 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentatie: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e0dc3dd73b87f7aaa48178f77a66c2e84079e4a7245a8af9ae80fe3a0c425ee/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_3_web.jpg" /> <img width="1188" height="1611" width_o="1188" height_o="1611" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5fd74518ee2f4014ad63f9c6b412e5a8b1e33d9abb71c3a93411f1d02d639fb/Self-portrait--3Sivlia-cropped-small.jpeg" data-mid="238377732" border="0" alt="Self portrait #3, 2024 Charcoal on paper 42 x 59.4 cm (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="Self portrait #3, 2024 Charcoal on paper 42 x 59.4 cm (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5fd74518ee2f4014ad63f9c6b412e5a8b1e33d9abb71c3a93411f1d02d639fb/Self-portrait--3Sivlia-cropped-small.jpeg" /> <img width="813" height="1102" width_o="813" height_o="1102" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc58e070ee41c4d4c52522e3d442c1c2e2e5ac57e04a25b85d889696f69a6bee/Sober-Flowers-seeking-statistics--10-Silvia.JPG" data-mid="238377750" border="0" alt="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #7, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #7, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/813/i/bc58e070ee41c4d4c52522e3d442c1c2e2e5ac57e04a25b85d889696f69a6bee/Sober-Flowers-seeking-statistics--10-Silvia.JPG" /> <img width="3674" height="5125" width_o="3674" height_o="5125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/338b2ec947d74b5fbd613e4e5743904f3a9c2b05843f2a0929119c6d71ddc621/Sober-Flowers-seeking-statistics--11-Silvia-small.jpeg" data-mid="238377767" border="0" alt="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #6, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #6, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/338b2ec947d74b5fbd613e4e5743904f3a9c2b05843f2a0929119c6d71ddc621/Sober-Flowers-seeking-statistics--11-Silvia-small.jpeg" /> <img width="4113" height="5356" width_o="4113" height_o="5356" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fe2980388bfab57362485f3f2d06b4ddd9ffe42d9eee8abb46d1e0e35fe7812/Self-Portrait--4-silvia-cropped.jpg" data-mid="238377787" border="0" alt="Self portrait #4, 2024 Charcoal on paper 42 x 59.4 cm (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="Self portrait #4, 2024 Charcoal on paper 42 x 59.4 cm (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fe2980388bfab57362485f3f2d06b4ddd9ffe42d9eee8abb46d1e0e35fe7812/Self-Portrait--4-silvia-cropped.jpg" /> <img width="2200" height="2913" width_o="2200" height_o="2913" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34892ba2c0a852825529ad68f90918b0620cf6a8494e400e6bfe38c8a5ef7e2e/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_4_web.jpg" data-mid="238377714" border="0" alt="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #2, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #2, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34892ba2c0a852825529ad68f90918b0620cf6a8494e400e6bfe38c8a5ef7e2e/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_4_web.jpg" /> <img width="2208" height="3026" width_o="2208" height_o="3026" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ede4686e8489496345a63699599a669df1b0fe308e34000bf49e4bc87fde8c70/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_2_web.jpg" data-mid="238377720" border="0" alt="Self portrait #1, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Self portrait #1, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ede4686e8489496345a63699599a669df1b0fe308e34000bf49e4bc87fde8c70/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_2_web.jpg" /> <img width="1147" height="1529" width_o="1147" height_o="1529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a2e56d8eacb272ee76283257a051f8b1306779c1d146511eab8605a6c9a6fb7/Self-portrait--2Silvia-cropped-small.jpeg" data-mid="238377724" border="0" alt="Self portrait #2, 2024 Charcoal on paper 42 x 59.4 cm (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="Self portrait #2, 2024 Charcoal on paper 42 x 59.4 cm (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a2e56d8eacb272ee76283257a051f8b1306779c1d146511eab8605a6c9a6fb7/Self-portrait--2Silvia-cropped-small.jpeg" /> <img width="2198" height="2993" width_o="2198" height_o="2993" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/326bef83bfb27adef2a1987427a38c2504771903672481e44adbe22b790e12dc/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_9_web.jpg" data-mid="238377700" border="0" alt="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #3, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Sober Flowers seeking for Statistics #3, 2024 Charcoal on paper 21 x 29,7 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/326bef83bfb27adef2a1987427a38c2504771903672481e44adbe22b790e12dc/2024_06_BatshevaRoss_Drawing_9_web.jpg" /> A practice of drawing flower bouquets until their decay, combined with portraits and personal objects. These intimate studies probe the act of witnessing decline. https://batshevaross.net/Road-Tripping-and-Other-Paintings-2021-2023 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:57:09 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/Road-Tripping-and-Other-Paintings-2021-2023 Road Tripping and Other Paintings&nbsp; / 2021–2023 Oil on canvas <img width="5075" height="3387" width_o="5075" height_o="3387" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9aca1cbc981b183c54089dd5b1bad901aff0d76df3add45a407947130dcd4184/--Drive-Breaking-the-forth-wall--small.jpg" data-mid="238373239" border="0" alt="Drive(breaking the fourth wall), 2021, Oil on canvas, 190 x 300 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="Drive(breaking the fourth wall), 2021, Oil on canvas, 190 x 300 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9aca1cbc981b183c54089dd5b1bad901aff0d76df3add45a407947130dcd4184/--Drive-Breaking-the-forth-wall--small.jpg" /> <img width="2317" height="1738" width_o="2317" height_o="1738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a3eb0310c4244815b24a5472d96532267876d8c3c0240a86b866867989d6152/Against-Nature-small.jpg" data-mid="238373241" border="0" alt="Against Nature 2023, Oil on canvas, 190 x 300 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)." data-caption="Against Nature 2023, Oil on canvas, 190 x 300 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a3eb0310c4244815b24a5472d96532267876d8c3c0240a86b866867989d6152/Against-Nature-small.jpg" /> <img width="2317" height="1738" width_o="2317" height_o="1738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f198b70e90d3ebc21a2ee0e5afe7bc1f1025c65e34b69354916225f7dafda923/mundane-superpowers.jpg" data-mid="238373248" border="0" alt="Mundane Superpowers 2023 Oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Mundane Superpowers 2023 Oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f198b70e90d3ebc21a2ee0e5afe7bc1f1025c65e34b69354916225f7dafda923/mundane-superpowers.jpg" /> <img width="2317" height="1738" width_o="2317" height_o="1738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f99c97e62156ed43bada5293e9ff799cadb3def81b453dd0f9f0199aee538b0/A-sign-not-meant-for-us-small.jpg" data-mid="238373249" border="0" alt="A sign not meant for us 2022, Oil on canvas, 190 x 300 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="A sign not meant for us 2022, Oil on canvas, 190 x 300 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f99c97e62156ed43bada5293e9ff799cadb3def81b453dd0f9f0199aee538b0/A-sign-not-meant-for-us-small.jpg" /> <img width="3655" height="5267" width_o="3655" height_o="5267" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b5e3e5c9d498da3fea32194608055c06fafe1d66919c2d78e39540e809e5cc3/-You-can-t---small.jpg" data-mid="238373240" border="0" alt="You Can&rsquo;t 2021 Oil on canvas, 150 x 190 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" data-caption="You Can’t 2021 Oil on canvas, 150 x 190 cm. (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b5e3e5c9d498da3fea32194608055c06fafe1d66919c2d78e39540e809e5cc3/-You-can-t---small.jpg" /> <img width="3247" height="2165" width_o="3247" height_o="2165" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dcdac70bb1a5c223576c41d1b8fbb8b89bba5441e18a838ad43414582a63fb50/SNCB-infinity-mirror-web.jpg" data-mid="238373251" border="0" alt="SNCB Infinity Mirror, 2023 Oil on Canvas 100 x 140 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="SNCB Infinity Mirror, 2023 Oil on Canvas 100 x 140 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dcdac70bb1a5c223576c41d1b8fbb8b89bba5441e18a838ad43414582a63fb50/SNCB-infinity-mirror-web.jpg" /> <img width="2317" height="1738" width_o="2317" height_o="1738" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50eedc78e9554b73126d71b8d107959853a60821b86ad8196d47597fda81698d/Ventriloquising-with-my-cat.jpg" data-mid="238373245" border="0" alt="Ventriloquising with my cat, 2023 Oil on canvas 100 x 140 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" data-caption="Ventriloquising with my cat, 2023 Oil on canvas 100 x 140 cm. (Documentation: Fabrice Schneider)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50eedc78e9554b73126d71b8d107959853a60821b86ad8196d47597fda81698d/Ventriloquising-with-my-cat.jpg" /> Drawn from a photographic archive of people, pets, and places encountered in daily life and travel, these works mix figurative and abstract gestures. Using dry brush, impasto, and patches of colour, they create a vocabulary that contrasts camera-like objectivity with subjective, emotional experience. The series is also an exploration of working on large-scale canvases that produce a cinematic effect and, through their size, hold a sculptural presence in space. <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7aef0aecce7e2659154cd645ce50b1eba9386a8c0ace9ed9ed772c5e8bdae9a/paintings-in-my-studio-2022.jpg" data-mid="238373250" border="0" alt=" &lsquo;Road Tripping and Other Paintings&rsquo; Open studios at Level Five. Brussels, 2023." data-caption=" ‘Road Tripping and Other Paintings’ Open studios at Level Five. Brussels, 2023." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7aef0aecce7e2659154cd645ce50b1eba9386a8c0ace9ed9ed772c5e8bdae9a/paintings-in-my-studio-2022.jpg" /> https://batshevaross.net/La-Galerie-Louise-2015-2021 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:38:59 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/La-Galerie-Louise-2015-2021 <img width="2475" height="1725" width_o="2475" height_o="1725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e952cedbf467e91ebb4df79644e83b518b5c06e88144c227b38c00f513903bc5/gl09--fix-.jpg" data-mid="104513191" border="0" alt="Photo: Diana Duta" data-caption="Photo: Diana Duta" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e952cedbf467e91ebb4df79644e83b518b5c06e88144c227b38c00f513903bc5/gl09--fix-.jpg" /> La Galerie Louise An artist statement, a novella, a confession 2015-2020 Written by Batsheva Ross Read by Ella du Burca Editors: Perri Mackenzie Liz Allan Sound editor:Marco Lampis La Galerie Louise - an audiobook based on a novella I began writing back in 2015. The full novella includes seven chapters and an epilogue. It was a period in which I was agonising over writing artist applications. As part of these standardised applications you are asked to write an ‘Artist statement’ - a short segment of who you are, what you do, and what’s your approach as an artist. Yet I was in one of those artistic crisis moments, a state of limbo in my practice, I didn't know how to describe my artistic work and where I was going with it. I was really unsure of myself. I felt I was facing an artistic crisis in my practice. I distracted myself by writing a memoir about my side job as an aggressive sales clerk for cosmetics. This side job wasn't something I was particularly proud of. Although it demanded my intellectual talents and skills, it also required applying some devious personality traits that, at times, felt morally questionable to me. Moreover, it gave me the feeling of getting off track from my own art practice by being too invested in something so detached from the art world. I felt the necessity of defending myself, and the memoir served simultaneously as a written confession. However, while taking up this task, while feeling the necessity of defending myself, I was led to a position of seeing the complicated reality of my daily life as a compassionate marriage between two worlds. Or to put it more mildly: it led me to a more creative and broader understanding of both arenas — the art world and the merchandise world, one that left me appeased with both. As I progressed with this text and dived in the&nbsp;reflections on my state, I began seeing this side job&nbsp;as a crucial part of my artist trajectory, if not even my actual artistic practice.This piece is part of a series with interviews, readings, and other sound pieces which are regularly published by Radio Level Five. More info on Level Five please visit the website.&nbsp; ︎Chapter One ︎Chapter Two ︎Chapter Three ︎Chapter Four ︎Chapter Five ︎Chapter Six ︎Chapter Seven &amp; Epilogue https://batshevaross.net/A-conversation-with-Paul-Auguste-Masui-2025 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:41:52 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/A-conversation-with-Paul-Auguste-Masui-2025 A conversation with Paul-Auguste Masui / 2025 Interactive installation of works in the historical studio of Paul-Auguste Masui Solo show at Foundation Masui.Brussels, 2025 <img width="2538" height="1692" width_o="2538" height_o="1692" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/221b30d82a54caf42b82a2717c0b64f9a0c98442e6772863805b2fafe6a44465/202506_Batsheva-04-Foundation-Masui-small.jpeg" data-mid="238372987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/221b30d82a54caf42b82a2717c0b64f9a0c98442e6772863805b2fafe6a44465/202506_Batsheva-04-Foundation-Masui-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1679" height="2497" width_o="1679" height_o="2497" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36a6bfe9cecc3389f914befa9eaa4cab481bdddede2e6238e2f05f897fac1dd8/202506_Batsheva-02-Foundation-Masui-small.jpeg" data-mid="238372989" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36a6bfe9cecc3389f914befa9eaa4cab481bdddede2e6238e2f05f897fac1dd8/202506_Batsheva-02-Foundation-Masui-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1241" height="1862" width_o="1241" height_o="1862" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/297b9885b328e5224ce77f23892ae6c49584209eeeff1f6a7a414c03b8422a2d/202506_Batsheva-07-small.jpeg" data-mid="238372991" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/297b9885b328e5224ce77f23892ae6c49584209eeeff1f6a7a414c03b8422a2d/202506_Batsheva-07-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1511" height="2265" width_o="1511" height_o="2265" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/346075b699e8aae987f809dac8f7369aae32a0d1962a3f453b3f570428c1ee12/202506_Batsheva-06-Foundation-Masui-small.jpeg" data-mid="238372992" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/346075b699e8aae987f809dac8f7369aae32a0d1962a3f453b3f570428c1ee12/202506_Batsheva-06-Foundation-Masui-small.jpeg" /> <img width="2386" height="1591" width_o="2386" height_o="1591" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d320f9961d6acf982c2247f8274f403d8802b243a53ed8a5d3e13d18eb80e761/202506_Batsheva-03-small.jpeg" data-mid="238373180" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d320f9961d6acf982c2247f8274f403d8802b243a53ed8a5d3e13d18eb80e761/202506_Batsheva-03-small.jpeg" /> <img width="1241" height="1862" width_o="1241" height_o="1862" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/297b9885b328e5224ce77f23892ae6c49584209eeeff1f6a7a414c03b8422a2d/202506_Batsheva-07-small.jpeg" data-mid="238372991" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/297b9885b328e5224ce77f23892ae6c49584209eeeff1f6a7a414c03b8422a2d/202506_Batsheva-07-small.jpeg" /> <img width="2279" height="1520" width_o="2279" height_o="1520" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/299984057f500933930d47498d0d03668558bb1d01b793a92453be4e2f61b618/202506_Batsheva-05-Foundation-Masui-small.jpeg" data-mid="238372990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/299984057f500933930d47498d0d03668558bb1d01b793a92453be4e2f61b618/202506_Batsheva-05-Foundation-Masui-small.jpeg" /> (Documentation: Silvia Cappellari) https://batshevaross.net/Fitness-Studies-2019-2021 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:29:32 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/Fitness-Studies-2019-2021 Fitness Studies Charcoal drawings and oil paintings, 2019-2021. <img width="1604" height="1188" width_o="1604" height_o="1188" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b93b8a341d342ef8ead3d3a409bdf61feef61332c87a0bfb61da2ce8c6f422d/Aerobics-in-the-dungeon-small.jpg" data-mid="104512773" border="0" alt="Aerobics in the dungeon 2020 Oil on canvas 100X140 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="Aerobics in the dungeon 2020 Oil on canvas 100X140 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b93b8a341d342ef8ead3d3a409bdf61feef61332c87a0bfb61da2ce8c6f422d/Aerobics-in-the-dungeon-small.jpg" /> <img width="1103" height="1503" width_o="1103" height_o="1503" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d53ebe7e61618eff85e902b91df0ef42d5016f3cd0861c30ded93bb3409aa629/The-Yoga-Master-small.jpg" data-mid="89423497" border="0" alt="The Yoga Master 2019 Oil on canvas 100X70 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="The Yoga Master 2019 Oil on canvas 100X70 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d53ebe7e61618eff85e902b91df0ef42d5016f3cd0861c30ded93bb3409aa629/The-Yoga-Master-small.jpg" /> <img width="3968" height="2728" width_o="3968" height_o="2728" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc7a7ad1eef3c165acd84f1d77e98b967bd2a0aaeed7c21f86541defe49c0ab8/We-say-our-gratitude-to-the-universe-every-Wednesday-at-19_30-with-less-wall-.jpg" data-mid="73896203" border="0" alt="Gratitude 2019 Oil on canvas 80X100 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="Gratitude 2019 Oil on canvas 80X100 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc7a7ad1eef3c165acd84f1d77e98b967bd2a0aaeed7c21f86541defe49c0ab8/We-say-our-gratitude-to-the-universe-every-Wednesday-at-19_30-with-less-wall-.jpg" /> <img width="2094" height="1614" width_o="2094" height_o="1614" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff4a70228bcd554608b4e13d47bc5313b5a0b1f01fe3dcbf95d3ec98f51655f8/2-firing-squad-white-background.jpeg" data-mid="115458960" border="0" alt="Firing Squad 2020 Oil on canvas 70X100 cm . Documentation: Lola Pertsowsky" data-caption="Firing Squad 2020 Oil on canvas 70X100 cm . Documentation: Lola Pertsowsky" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff4a70228bcd554608b4e13d47bc5313b5a0b1f01fe3dcbf95d3ec98f51655f8/2-firing-squad-white-background.jpeg" /> <img width="1466" height="1074" width_o="1466" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ef4be267df8c8259d3edd272052c2e66264b65dabc266929c90dc146c362901/the-placement-of-the-thigh-small.jpeg" data-mid="89423818" border="0" alt="The placement of the Thigh 2020 Oil on canvas 70X100 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="The placement of the Thigh 2020 Oil on canvas 70X100 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ef4be267df8c8259d3edd272052c2e66264b65dabc266929c90dc146c362901/the-placement-of-the-thigh-small.jpeg" /> <img width="3720" height="3000" width_o="3720" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07874bf8979dd06b689645cf6844295e198466f379f3c84db9613686cdaf559d/even-a-clown-like-me-can-go-places--2020.jpg" data-mid="73896202" border="0" alt="Even a clown like me can go places 2020 Charcoal Oil on canvas 50X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="Even a clown like me can go places 2020 Charcoal Oil on canvas 50X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07874bf8979dd06b689645cf6844295e198466f379f3c84db9613686cdaf559d/even-a-clown-like-me-can-go-places--2020.jpg" /> <img width="1383" height="950" width_o="1383" height_o="950" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5632874566ae083610f6009c273825a071491c50a903ba631d739fd38267b805/-warmup-small.jpeg" data-mid="104512785" border="0" alt="Warm-up 2020 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="Warm-up 2020 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5632874566ae083610f6009c273825a071491c50a903ba631d739fd38267b805/-warmup-small.jpeg" /> <img width="4655" height="3225" width_o="4655" height_o="3225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/405b2cdfcb2992e0de0d55fda55189cb528b5c3aa035243ebc6db14d5eb35e80/Back-stretch.jpg" data-mid="115455425" border="0" alt="Backstretch 2020 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="Backstretch 2020 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/405b2cdfcb2992e0de0d55fda55189cb528b5c3aa035243ebc6db14d5eb35e80/Back-stretch.jpg" /> <img width="3256" height="4541" width_o="3256" height_o="4541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f10e291c707c61655c7d2d0fd32040e3caca3e1c43272348befe722427bbaa6a/The-armpit-of-the-new-age-2.jpg" data-mid="115456719" border="0" alt="The Armpit of the New Age 2020 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X52 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="The Armpit of the New Age 2020 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X52 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f10e291c707c61655c7d2d0fd32040e3caca3e1c43272348befe722427bbaa6a/The-armpit-of-the-new-age-2.jpg" /> <img width="4462" height="3068" width_o="4462" height_o="3068" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3c58923c01c541627bde2a96f8febd99dfdea88642a473b30314c169580f0b3/Dungeon-Aerobics.jpg" data-mid="115456164" border="0" alt="Dungeon Aerobics 2019 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="Dungeon Aerobics 2019 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3c58923c01c541627bde2a96f8febd99dfdea88642a473b30314c169580f0b3/Dungeon-Aerobics.jpg" /> <img width="4575" height="3028" width_o="4575" height_o="3028" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/814e6400bfb8fbc435f176fbc08d3c00920086e1ecd60411105967f199c8c1cf/Planks.jpg" data-mid="115455390" border="0" alt="Planks 2020 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " data-caption="Planks 2020 Charcoal pencil on paper 42X60 cm. Documentation: Silvia Cappellari " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/814e6400bfb8fbc435f176fbc08d3c00920086e1ecd60411105967f199c8c1cf/Planks.jpg" /> The series is based on found images of anaerobic exercise group classes, such as yoga, Pilates, and weightlifting, on the Internet. The pictorial caption attempts to investigate and reveal the group dynamics, human tensions, and power structures among the attendees, highlighting the subtle dramas that occur in these particular situations. The style and compositions of these paintings and drawings consciously reference classical paintings, such as ‘Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp’ by Rembrandt, ‘The Doctor’ by François-Adolphe Grison, ‘The Dance Class’ by Edgar Degas, and others.&nbsp; I see in these images representations of a sense of religious redemption within an irreligious activity commonly found in Western society. Such classes are a bourgeoisie after-work leisure curriculum, where the teacher is perceived as an authoritarian shaman who reshapes old Eastern traditions and values into contemporary tools for the modern rat race, helping the follower maintain their mind and body intact, to achieve everlasting perfection. Related links:Solo show at Kantine, Brussels (Link here) Interview with Perri MacKenzie following the presentation of this series as part of the group show Regenerate at Wiels, Brussels (Link here) <img width="0" height="0" width_o="0" height_o="0" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i//firing-squad-white-background.jpg" data-mid="115456740" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/0/i//firing-squad-white-background.jpg" /> https://batshevaross.net/Mundane-Superpowers-2018 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:10:35 +0000 Batshevaross https://batshevaross.net/Mundane-Superpowers-2018 Mundane Superpowers Site-specific installation&nbsp; 2018. <img width="2656" height="3317" width_o="2656" height_o="3317" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61257d3fbb9e27a5c9f66d5bf51f7a3d9586178221b13f79611b31632433dd59/Mundane-Superpowers-1.jpg" data-mid="66989553" border="0" alt=" Mundane Superpowers, 2018. Site specific installation. Printed photo, laundry on a clothes-line. Dimensions variable." data-caption=" Mundane Superpowers, 2018. Site specific installation. Printed photo, laundry on a clothes-line. Dimensions variable." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61257d3fbb9e27a5c9f66d5bf51f7a3d9586178221b13f79611b31632433dd59/Mundane-Superpowers-1.jpg" /> <img width="899" height="674" width_o="899" height_o="674" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/388f8ea63a0fbb951f54be2aeae0e530ac51d1fbe9fd19278251070697cb0c8a/Mundane-Superpowers.jpg" data-mid="66989559" border="0" alt=" Mundane Superpowers, 2018. Site specific installation. Printed photo, laundry on a clothes-line. Dimensions variable." data-caption=" Mundane Superpowers, 2018. Site specific installation. Printed photo, laundry on a clothes-line. Dimensions variable." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/899/i/388f8ea63a0fbb951f54be2aeae0e530ac51d1fbe9fd19278251070697cb0c8a/Mundane-Superpowers.jpg" /> A poster of a still shot taken from the film ’Stalker’ (1979) with the character Monkey slanting her eyes with a concentration on a glass of water placed on the table in front of her. The poster is glued to the wall of the backyard of my apartment, with a cloth line suspended from the place of the poster where the character’s eyes are on the wall facing it. In many of my sculptural works, I use the technique of suspending elements in the air, as if imitating telekinetic abilities of moving inert without the touch of a hand. In this work, I use the cinematic persona of Monkey and her telekinetic powers to aid me with drying laundry in the air. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;