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An interview by
and
, curator
curator
Hana Jaeger
Please allow me to make things clear. I first
studied mathematics and economics for a
bachelor's degree. I then went on to earn an
MBA in communication and only later did I
get to art school. During all these years I'd
been dealing with craft, which made me well
prepared for working in art. Many people see
my turning from mathematics to art as a
surprising deviation, but I think that there's a
great deal of creativity in mathematics, just
like in art. Nevertheless, what has captivated
me in art is its infinite freedom. Here there
are no strict rules like in mathematics. You're
free to do anything: "We painters have the
same freedom granted to poets and the
mentally ill." said painter Paolo Veronese. I
came 'tabula rasa' to my art studies, like a
child taking its first steps, but with much
more maturity and a rich life load. I feel that
this combination has contributed greatly to
the nature of my creativity both in my
essence and in my handwriting. Without
being aware of it, and as someone who grew
up in the home of Holocaust survivors, a
melancholy chord has permeated my works.
The house I grew up in was a normative and
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