Shiri Mordechay

Watercolor on paper: Sweet Grapes" (grapes and lamb)

2023

Shiri Mordechay's paintings are a whirlwind of emotion and complexity, drawing the viewer into a vibrant and dynamic world. Each piece is packed with countless details, your eyes are...

This series was inspired by a 1950’s era instruction manual found while clearing out my father’s basement workshop. The How To Light A Model manual employed voluptuous female models to teach lighting techniques to amateur photographers such as my father. Diagrams plot the prescribed direction of the lights. The nude women hold the pose, their lips bright red and their feet dirty from the studio floor. As naked props for the authoritarian photographer, their vulnerability seems palpable. This work visualizes the human condition as a balance between feral and fabricated worlds. Vivid, oversized creatures embody instinctual energy. Wax seals, gold spheres and text-like marks signify rational structures. One speaks in a whisper, the other in a hiss. Winifred McNeill...

Painted red wine on cotton paper. These paintings are relics of the night, spilled wine and the rim marks of the glass. The color of the wine may have changed in the years since the...

MOTHER and CHILDREN PLAYING, is an original hand drawn lithograph by the American artist/sculptor Chaim Gross. Endearing watercolor figure study of a mother posed horizontally with h...