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Fundamental Unit

Selected works by Amir Tomashov

Online show, August - October 2021

Amir Tomashov, b. 1978, lives and works in Afula (Israel)

Amir Tomashov’s works seduce the spectator at first sight. His lines are impressively precise and accurate, combining hyper-realistic drawings with reused, rough materials. The result is realistic and yet fictional, depicting urban spaces which tend to awaken an uncanny sense of strange familiarity.

**Scaffolding no.38, 2017 Graphite on wood platform, 60 x 90 x 10 cm (23 1/2 x 35 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.)**

**Sketch for Nothing no.13, 2013 Graphite, ink, crayons, markers and collage on paper, 48 x 92 cm (18 7/8 x 36 1/8 in.)**

Tomashov, which is an accomplished architect, is in constant seek after a clinical critical point of view on the urban anatomy of the metropolis in Israel and abroad. He uses various media to create imaginary scenes, such as drawing, collage, model, installation, and mixed media.

The works are mostly monochromatic, offering a symbolic comparison between the process of building and destruction. Shifting between various forms of grids in urban landscapes: buildings, maps, scaffoldings and bricks. Those elements become a part of his highly aesthetical language, which also includes wheels, cranes and tubes.

**Abyssus Abyssum Invocat no.24, 2015 Graphite and ink on bookbinding, 42.5 x 35.5 cm (16 5/8 x 14 in.)**

For example, a hybrid, strange looking creature made of tubes, concrete, crane parts and scaffoldings is drawn over an old book cover. The handwriting of the previous book owner becomes a part of the artwork, creating an enigmatic “code” for the viewer to interpret.

**Abyssus abyssum incovat 25, 2015 Graphite and ink on bookbinding, 42.5 x 35.5 cm (16 5/8 x 14 in.)**

Tomashov connects humaneness and mechanics, artwork and real life. The gentle, accurate drawings on top of rough or old substrate raises questions about a structure and its details, building and disassembling. What would the city be, without its residents?

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