My Silent Gallery
stefani manuvahov
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
Drawing has long served as a personal sanctuary, and in this project I return to the medium that first ignited my creative practice. I select photographs from my personal archive: some already forgotten, some I wish to forget, and some I will cherish forever, preserving and framing them once again through another medium. Through the act of drawing, I enter a more complex and profound world, one that allows me to choose what to conceal from the viewer and what to reveal. I explore the relationship between fabric and metal, and the ways in which they can be combined, ultimately choosing to create a garment that is also a piece of jewelry. The body becomes the gallery, and the components of the garment become the artworks. I present myself through moments, objects, images, sensations, and memories carried on the body. Please maintain silence upon entering the gallery.