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Israeli born artist Ben Rotman
deals with the medium of painting
in broad terms For Rotman who
always worked in oils
, using the digital workspace
changes almost everything
save the final
appearance of his work.
Rotman's digital creations present
a virtual space with the same fluidity
and tactility as oilrcolor paint.
An intimacy with digital tools allows
Rotman to emulate the deckled edges,
bleeding,
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and the layering
sensations of traditional oilrcolor,
all with an illusionist bent.
Of intrigue is how little
one can perceive Rotman's
creations as digital upon first impression.
Instead of seeing
pixels and digitally produced noise,
one sees the trained
hand of a painter very much
in touch with the language of traditional
modernist abstraction.
. Appearing in and out of his
washy build up of colors
are hints of figuration.
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These bodily apparitions suspended
in a dream world of
color field abstraction
are hints of what inspires Rotman.
He paints about,
”Women, Drawing, Dancing Music, and politics."
Rotman has
studied art in Europe and Israel
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