Efrath Bouana
אפרת בואנה
DJ PAPA
Efrath Bouana
Painting | Drawing | Installation
DJ PAPA
ABOUT
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I navigate within a pictorial prose, between an image and an undefined word, between a tangible world and another world, silent and voiceless. In my works, the figurative symbols merge with feelings and energies, bursting from the body as a response to the daily wear and tear.
I want to capture the emotion of hope in my work. To me, hope is the most powerful emotion, yet it is often forgotten; even though it exists between every breath and exhalation. For the past two years, I have been exploring in my studio the phenomenon of the desert mirage, that elusive illusion that to me most clearly represents hope. The mirage appears suddenly, it can endanger us, but at the same time also give us the strength to continue pushing ourselves beyond the limitations of the body, towards the transcendence of thought and spirit.
The landscapes in my paintings are born from my memories, but from them new spaces are created that do not exist; but perhaps they could have. Within this landscape journey, a person is always wandering, searching for his way. Sometimes he is at the center of the composition, and sometimes he is just a small spot on the canvas; but the landscape around him is not just a background, but an echo of the inner reality he carries with him.
In my paintings I try to capture the moment when reality unravels and changes, the horizon lines blur, and the colors resonate between experience and memory. The figures, even when they are just a shadow or a stain on the canvas, carry with them the feeling of searching. Every painting is an attempt to hold onto this feeling of constant change, where reality is not absolute but depends on the gaze and the feeling. Like hope; elusive, but indestructible.