Tamar Sheaffer
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It Might Be Better There, photo: Hadar Saifan
Tamar Sheaffer
Works in sculpture, installation and drawing and seeks visual expression for the invisible aspects of life
It Might Be Better There, photo: Hadar Saifan
ABOUT
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use shapes and objects that are among the most common and familiar in my physical environment to visually represent thoughts and emotions—those intangible aspects of existence that lack material form and, therefore, are invisible in the physical world. Through connections, deconstructions, transformations, and scale manipulation, I create new relationships between the familiar elements I work with, thus forming entities that do not exist in reality but, for me, speak it.
Many of my works are installations, often sprawling across entire spaces, which I regard as mental landscapes. Installations, by their very nature as large three-dimensional works, offer a different view depending on the viewer's position at any given moment. This is similar to the way reality is interpreted, depending on each individual's worldview.
A central theme in my work is the blurring of boundaries between concepts I once believed to be distinct and separate (truth and falsehood, private and public space, man and woman, etc.). Now these boundaries dissolve and merge, creating new, fluid concepts. The practice of linking elements from different realms (mechanic, organic, architectural etc.) allows me to create objects that defy singular definitions.
My sources of inspiration are primarily human-made: literature, architecture, everyday objects, and of course other artists
























