Drawings The hand holds the pen to the cardboard and starts drawing in blue ink the border that will serve as the painting’s frame. This is a fast line, whose pauses are determined while moving forward. And so, the border demarcates a plot of paper, which begins to fill with the same scribbled and urgent line. The composition takes shape and conjures up a landscape view, since it is divided into a strip of sky above and a strip of land below. The lower strip of painting is populated by a cluster of spheres that look like a crowd huddled to witness an unknown event – a demonstration of the forces of nature, a passing parade, an inferno, an apocalypse – all these are viable options.
From Ron Bartos’ article “Shraga Biran: Painting Time”, 2019
Drawings
Drawings The hand holds the pen to the cardboard and starts drawing in blue ink the border that will serve as the painting’s frame. This is a fast line, whose pauses are determined while moving forward. And so, the border demarcates a plot of paper, which begins to fill with the same scribbled and urgent line. The composition takes shape and conjures up a landscape view, since it is divided into a strip of sky above and a strip of land below. The lower strip of painting is populated by a cluster of spheres that look like a crowd huddled to witness an unknown event – a demonstration of the forces of nature, a passing parade, an inferno, an apocalypse – all these are viable options.
From Ron Bartos’ article “Shraga Biran: Painting Time”, 2019
