Maya Bloch's 'hello stranger' at Thierry Goldberg Projects, NYC

In her most recent body of work, "hello stranger," Israeli artist Maya Bloch continues to set herself free from the tyranny of the literal world and creates this new one, in liquid silver, where she introduces a cast of characters that peer through the paint that, mask-like, encases them. A painter's painter, Bloch's spare use of color and bleeding pigmentation makes one sense that certain elements were created while on a horizontal surface, with their colors running into each other in inky pools of black and umber. The figures are simultaneously dead and alive, and their collective gaze vibrates somewhere between suspicion and brutal honesty. Maya Bloch lives and works in Tel Aviv.

Maya Bloch, hello stranger, THIERRY GOLDBERG PROJECTS, 5 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002, through April 3, 2011.

Comments

[caroline gray]

11:26 AM on 04/01/2011

I love these.

[BadBadKitty]

06:17 PM on 03/31/2011

Liquid Silver.

Beautiful, & Very interesting.

[Andra Claudia Garcia]

10:00 AM on 03/31/2011

While in Europe there were so many traveling exhibits coming out of Tel Aviv...A new must for any art enthusiast.

[OxamsRazor]

07:35 AM on 03/31/2011

I like this a lot. It's very cool. If you're into really interesting portraits and abstracts I suggest checking out: http://www.torontoshottestart.com. Very cool stuff there as well.

[Parade Keegan]

02:05 AM on 04/03/2011

Art is suppose to elicit visceral emotions and thought. Using the afore mentioned standard I would say this is great art. The pictures make me feel physically ill, causing my stomach to churn and roil. I find this art disturbing though I would choose to see them in a show to study them.