Artworks Catalogue 2016 by Yoel Tordjman

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Artworks Collection December

2016

www.yoeltordjmanart.com yoeltordjmanart@gmail.com yoel tordjman artist yoel tordjman January 2017

550 ART WORKS 16 SERIES

REFLEX ION

COM POSITION

SEASON

EMOTION

HORIZON

FLO RAISON

EVO LUTION

VARIATION

MOTION

VACATION

ILLUSION

TRANS MUTATION

EX PRESSION

PROJECT ION

COL ORATION

MOT IVATION

30 years of development and experience within the world of print, art and design has been the preparation of the art work presented today. Installations, photography, pixels, drawing, painting, colours, light, shapes, shadows and composition, are the elements of my art work. My canvas is a screen and my materials are coloured particles of light... Using all traditional and digital techniques of art, wireless pen brush, pigments inks, acrylics and glaze. Creating an expression of a dream and spirit where the reality appears more real than ever. Starting with an emotion/feeling, I shoot any subject that I ďŹ nd on my journey to give shape to my inspiration and my feelings... Back to my studio i begin the art process to complete an abstract, conceptual, emotional and spiritual work, with my personal statement into a new creation.

Introduction by Maria Borchina As a spiritual entity, the artist defines himself through the amount of LIGHT spread around him... That Gentle light from the Gentle light set inside the matter at the beginning of the time. For Yoel Tordjman light is everything means of making art and goal for all his artistic endeavours. His art is the result of a spectacular incursion in the inner structure of the matter in search for the Holy Grail. That Gentle light that constitutes the binding material of all that exists Peeling off the appearance of things, he discovered an exciting universe in full process of genesis. Remote horizons, stirring the lust for travelling, vast seascapes with golden boats crossing the waves of light, fire, birds, enigmatic flowers, singing fields. In one word, beauty and mystery beyond any imagination. On this realm, Time doesn't count the moments elapsing. It only reveals the emergence of light. A vision centred upon the omnipresence of light. The artist himself becomes the mirror that reflects the colours of his soul over this imaginative universe, Sensible and able to turn his perceptions into intense emotions, Yoel Tordjman uses the digital & mixed traditional techniques to make light obey his spirit. The act of creation is a silent dialogue between matter and spirit, between the artist's soul and the soul of the matter. With a large smile that enlightens his face, Yoel Tordjman has entered in the fields of art to express his love for beauty. For him, that means to become a sort of guardian of the light, always ready to use art as a sword against the powers of the darkness. "Beautiful sights--said Giordano Bruno--arouse feelings of love". In Yoel Tordjman"s vision, Art is a means of purifying the spirit. "We all have light inside that shines in our soul, we need only to clean our mind from the dark thoughts" says the artist. Alchemist or magician, he looks like any human at the first sight. Only his eyes, largely opened to the world of mysteries reveal the fretfulness of the sacred fire from his heart. Contemporary artist, Yoel Tordjman doesn't cease to demonstrate the universal truth that LIGHT is in fact LOVE. "Love many things, for therein lies the true strength--said Vincent van Gogh--and whosoever loves much ,performs much and can accomplish much...and what is done in LOVE is done well"

Each of those 31 artworks which make up this collection of paintings is a challenge for our imagination and opens a gate to a universe full of profound meanings. This "Voyage" is a delight for SOUL, EYE and MIND. Surrounded by symbols we'll feel ourselves like an albatross ying over "The waves of existence", in search for "The fountain of youth" Each step through this wonderful world of beauty is a "Discovery" and each art work is a "Door" to the profoundness of our inner SELF. As "The rst rain" brings fresh colours, we'll wonder how miracles come into being under the artist's ngers in an "Endless birth" process, for the imperious "Will to be". Neither "The winter window mirror", nor the "summer seat" could stop "The dreamer" to sail on the verge between the reality and the beauty of these creations. At the end of those"20000 lieue sur la mer", we'll nd out that, despite the physical laws, our spirit will be forever young and the quintessence of our soul is ,in fact, "A matter of light".

REFLEXION

This series is a call to "REFLEXION" (In French).

Nathalie Paolucci Enseignante de philosophe, hypnoanalyste, directrice de l'institut de formation et de recherche Noesis

The "resemblance" should not be required because they would disturb the space of the heart and would generate a morbid turning. The reproducibility of reality does not enable us to breathe in our place. It is because we do not live with things which the problems emerge! "To lie true" on oneself, to state and carry the masks of the requisites society men, excludes to reach forever a few pieces of the real creator and creating. The variation of identication which one makes during a meeting of hypnosis, without giving xed and perennial materiality it is comparable with this moment of suspends in front of a work of Yoël Tordjman. This variation makes praise of the “souplesse” and stability; he speaks about this swinging favourable to the meditation, he is the variation necessary to continue a suitable existential movement with the essence of oneself.

Exercise of autohypnoses 1. To put a question in connection with problems to solve and think of it ardently during 20 minutes. Think deeply on holding and outcomes of the situation present and desired. To examine the coherence of the desired project 2. To contemplate during 20 minutes a work of Yoël Tordjman, to leave, to move out and try to see the place of where it looks at you. To release all, to want and notice how the initial form disappears with the prot from the bottom which gives to see, to feel what was concealed up to now. 3. Close the eyes and rest during 10 minutes. 4.Nothing to make and nothing is made

REFLEXION

Exploration of realities

REFLEXION

"The paintings from the series called "SEASONS" teach us that Time is part of the fundamental structure of the universe and a part of the fundamental intellectual structure, as Immanuel Kant said in his "Critique of Pure Reason".

SEASON

"SEASONS” A collection of 73 artworks meant to be an ADAGIO to an impressive symphony of colours. If Plate is right and Time is a moving image of eternity, these paintings are metamorphoses of the Life, from mineral, vegetal and human kingdom. The ar tist called them "Seasons": "Time's season"..."Life season"..."Human season". It's a philosophical approach to the world of phenomena, giving us the opportunity to discover here different hypostases of the eternal Beauty. Another ancient philosopher Plotinus- said that Time could be the productive life of the soul. From this perspective, these art works appear as a "Ga den of dreams"...beautiful dreams...born from the artist's light soul. Looking at these art jewels, we'll understand that LIGHT is the essence of everything. If the present is a ﬂeeting moment through which the future passes to become the past, a painting like "Untitled blue"...or The blue spring"...or "Water ﬂower"...or any other of these amazing creations could become precious memories.

SEASON

We all know that our existence is limited in time and space...that our world has temporal and spatial boundaries...that the HORIZON gives the measure of our potential. The new collection of 44 paintings under the title "HORIZON" is a new call for a walk in "The house of sun"...that means within the bounds of our spiritual world. It will be an interesting journey "Between heavens", on the "Forest hill", at the "Volcano's fall" or in the "City of light". That is possible because the artist is the "Alchemist "who turns everything into Light and Light into Spirit, remembering that we are light beings starving for light. On this "Secret ďŹ eld" its "Flower time" and on the "Forest hill " the grapes are ripening. "The city "is living its passionate life between the black sin and the sweet repentance while "Lotus dream" emerges from the depths of the "Time Lake" to the "Mirror of our dreams".

HORIZON

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In the "Time after Time" we could have a rest to breath the chilly air of the "Winter evening" or, when the "Rainy sky" bursts forth its "Lighting storm" we could ďŹ nd a shelter in the "White and gold city"... At a certain moment we'll reach the sea shore where the "Sun's boat "is waiting for us. Light sailors will guide us in this "Eternal journey". We'll sail further and further, from one painting to another, to the world from beyond our spiritual horizon. We'll allay our love for art with the "Sea tear", bearing in our souls the image of "A man...like a tree in the ďŹ eld" who is writing the "Lightening memories "of a holy city on the Time canvas. With his dual structure - matter and spirit at the same time, human is able to transcend the SPACE-TIME -HORIZON and look forward beyond it.

HORIZON

<<Because we are humans, said the artist Yoel Tordjman , each new looks makes we discover other horizons>>

HORIZON

EVOLUTION

"EVOLUTION” <<The fact that you were born is the guarantee that you have a reason for being here. There's something you have to give a gift, a talent, a message, a meaning. The world needs you>> (Derek Rydall- "The end of self-improvement") An artist comes into this world with a specific spiritual structure which emerges from the profoundness of his soul and reveals itself through his art works. We call it VISION. <<A vision is not something we make up, it's something we are made of>> (Derek Rydall--"Emergence") "EVOLUTION" is the title of 16 paintings in which the artist Yoel Tordjman succeeds to surprise some hypostasise of the emergence process, as a physical manifestation of Evolution. It's a miracle...and the artist has his own means of expressing it. If we want to feel how art love emerges from the depths of our soul, it's enough to look for a while at some of these art works, for example at "Revelation", "Light dance at the forest", "Walking in the forest" or "Golden night". It's very difficult to choose which one from this collection to look at first, because the artist himself was touched by emotions when he discovered "The emergence of light". Even "Night is so lighting"! The obsessive repetition of the word "emergence" in the titles of this collection is the expression of the artist's deep understanding of the creation process.

EVOLUTION

He is aware of his duty to share these beautiful art works with the art lovers. He Say in one of his quotes:"... le cœur est le témoin de notre vérité, notre être sans couverture aux pages ouvertes ..."

MOTION

"MOTION” Contemporary art is an amazing phenomenon due to the new digital techniques. Yoel Tordjman is an outstanding example of artist who demonstrated that ART may be "a matter of light "The abstract art, characterized by minimalism needs a special approach. It delights the eyes and soul but, if we want to know why, we need to appeal for quantum physics or metaphysics to understand. With the series "MOTION", made up of 19 paintings, we are introduced into the marvellous quantum universe, at the subatomic level, where everything is in motion and vibrates. These art works are shots from the ubiquitous dance of light--matter and energy at the same time-.From this perspective we understand why the artist entitled his creations "Dancing nightly rain", "season's fly", "fruit's dance or "Fusion dance flower". It seems to be a "Happy Time" in this "secret field" of forces, where everything is "ALIVE" and expresses itself through an explosion of wonderful rainbow colours. Clusters of colours or clusters of energy...we don't know...but a sweet music accompanies our walk among these art works. It's "The field music" and the "Sand's song". All we have to do is dreaming...dreaming with open eyes, until our heart begins to beat in the same rhythm with the "Spark's heart "of matter. <<Every moment in nature is unique--says the artist--we just have to look at and see how much Beauty, secrets and wonderful energy are there...>>

MOTION

"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination" (Albert Einstein). --For an artist like Yoel Tordjman, imagination is "the key to freedom and creativity without limits"--as himself asserted in one of his quotes. The collection "ILLUSION OF KNOWLEDGE", made up of 34 paintings testiďŹ es that artistic intelligence is a sine qua non condition for the great art. "Knowledge--says the artist--is an illusion" ...if it is not based on life experience...For him, knowledge is LIGHT, LOVE and VISION :"when we forget our knowledge we start to learn about our soul". This collection focuses on BOOK as a powerful symbol of knowledge and raises this cultural object to the level of ART, capable to generate emotions. The moments spent in front of these art works become similar to listening to the "Symphony of Time", because "The book of Time" will shroud ourselves with its soft and immaculate leaves...And so, begins a new dream, a new incursion on the magic realm of art emotions, where everything is possible because "LIGHT IS ALWAYS THERE"

ILLUSION

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ILLUSION

EXPRESSION

"EXPRESSION” “The goal of ART was always the vital expression of SELF"--said the artist photographer Alfred Stieglitz.--Expressing his own SELF, the artist makes use of his intellect, affect and volition, the three components of his psychological profile. In the process of creation they work together, becoming a real state of consciousness able to reflect the artist's thoughts, emotions and desires into his art works.--"My work is based on emotions of life"-says the artist Yoel Tordjman. So, "the gift to feel", the sensibility, is only the first step, the initial impulse. Then, he finds "the way to explore" the subject which is the source of his emotions. "This is the reason why I photograph objects, subject to memorize my emotions, and it is only then that begins the Creation"(Yoel Tordjman). -As a result of this laborious process, the 29 paintings from the series "EXPRESSION" reinforce the assertion that the "True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion" (Angel Haze). As the expression of the artist's vivid impressions, "The marriage of Figaro" for example suggests the entangled plot of Mozart's masterpiece..."The pianist" seems to make visible the sound ,appealing to synaesthesia...the "Cross of sea" stirs our nostalgia for the endless water surfaces of the seas...and the journey may go on. The common point of all these paintings is the fact that they emphasize on the artist's status as a quiet observer of the surrounding wonders. The entire phenomenology of our world is part of the greatest CREATION and, through his spiritual art, Yoel Tordjman calls to MEDITATION.

EXPRESSION

After a million years long journey through the hot sphere of our Sun, photons break free and in some minutes reach the Earth. Here, un-playing its rays into a colourful rainbow with different wavelengths, LIGHT offers itself generously. In the process of absorbing this energy the whole universe dresses itself in colours. It's a miracle...All that is black absorbs the whole light greedily and all that is white reﬂects the whole spectrum. "In the distance between black and white lies the colour of the soul" (Corinne Stubson) that is true especially in visual arts...and painting is a privileged domain. "Colour in picture is like enthusiasm in life"--said Vincent van Gogh. Nowhere like in picture is so evident the soul's contribution in choosing the colours. "Colours, like features follow the changes of the emotions"(Pablo Picasso). An artist is deﬁned by sensitiveness.

COLORATION

"COLORATION”

The more sensitive his soul is, the greater his art will be. To be an ar tist means- for Yoel Tordjman -to be "vulnerable"..."vulnerable at everything that is beautiful in the surrounding world. "Art is opening our emotions to make us vulnerable to be alive". The motto SENTIO ERGO SUM (Simt deci exist) seems to apply to the collection called "COLORATION", made up of 51 paintings. A large palette of colours is used to delight the viewer's eye from the cold and relaxing blue to yellow, orange and red which induce warmth and enthusiasm.

COLORATION

The artist Yoel Tordjman is a magician who plays with our soul in the sounds of Gershwin"s "Rhapsody in blue" or under the light rain from this "Realm of Sun". Taking care not to lose "The sense of direction"," let's colour our world!-says the artist Yoel Tordjman...."it's time to be alive"

COLORATION

"My work is based on the emotions of life... starts somewhere in minimalist and goes to...spiritual"-says the artist Yoel Tordjman. So, each painting is ﬁrst conceived in in the peace and light of the soul. After a series of inner processes, when its composition is already outlined, the painting emerges asking its right for existence. “Dissolving, reﬂecting, mixing, those all actions in the blurred state of mind let the emergence trace the path of the truth" . Composition is a matter of harmony between the component elements according to the artist's vision. "No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition" (Claude Monet)

COMPOSITION

"COMPOSITION" is the name of 17 paintings which introduce us into the intimacy of the creation laboratory. The question <<how does an art work come into being>>>gets an answer if we study attentively these works. Everything begins in the depths of the soul where experience of life generates emotions.

."The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web." (Pablo Picasso).Through ART we share the artist's emotions in a collective exercise of admiration. An art collection like "EMOTIONS" gives us the opportunity of spending some time from our existence in a wonderful spiritual communion... A picture cannot speak using the power of words. It stands merely in front of our eyes and, through the language of colours, tints, tones and shades, tries to tell its story. All we need is to open our soul for it. The moments spent in front of an art work is a purifying process, says the artist Yoel Tordjman. "We all have inside LIGHT that shines in our soul and enlightens our face...We need to clean our mind from dark thoughts.â&#x20AC;? Sequences of daily occurrence these paintings induce serenity and joy. "Genius said Paul Cezanne is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

EMOTION

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EMOTION

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FLORAISON

."FLORAISON" is a majestic collection of oral paintings. The source of inspiration for artist Yoel Tordjman was nature with its wonderful art works created by The Greatest Designer. "Look deeply into nature---said Albert Einstein---and then you will understand better" .Poets said that "the earth laughs in owers"(Ralph Waldo Emerson)...artists recreated them on canvas for the eternal delight of the viewers. In his works, Yoel Tordjman started from the assertion that owers are the silent guardians of LIGHT. Using his specic techniques, the artist succeeds in nding this inner treasure, breaks the barriers that keep it inside and sets it free for the enlightening of our souls. So, their wonderful but common beauty becomes spiritual, profound...Surrounded by an energetic aura, Yoel Tordjman "s owers come into being under our eyes through a process of genesis that remembers of The Great Creation. This is possible --said Auguste Rodin--because "the artist is the condent of nature, owers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms". In the silence of Yoel Tordjman"s spiritual owers, let our souls touch each other in a common exercise of admiration!

FLORAISON

VARIATION

"VARIATION” "To be or not to be"..."to see or not to see"...both are true referring to LIGHT, as light is the essence of life and the essential condition for sight. For an artist like Yoel Tordjman light is the raw material for his art works. Like any artist, he dips his brush...a virtual one...into his soul and, according to his vision, he gives shape to light. "VARIATION" is a collection of paintings built up on the contrast between black and white, between light and darkness. Used aside, they reveal their sober beauty and open the realm of the great symbols. "Every moment of light and dark--said the poet Walt Whitman--is a miracle". Light itself is a miracle because our quantum universe is full of light. We ourselves are light beings. "We all have inside light that shines our soul", says the artist. Through his paintings, Yoel Tordjman reveals the presence of light in the white wings of our dreams, in books, in the limpidity of a glass of water, in the mirror of a frozen lake. The quiet leaves of the trees, with the imprint of the flowing fractal on them, become, under Yoel Tordjman"s magic fingers, the vivid image of the truth that only in silence we are able to pass beyond the outward appearance of things to see their inward significance. Variations on the same theme--that of LIGHT--the paintings belonging to this collection testify that "To love beauty is to see the light" (Victor Hugo)

VARIATION

VACATION

"VACATION” "The heart of a man is like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and, in its depth, it has its pearls" (Vincent van Gogh) the artist is a universe of emotions, a vision upon the surrounding world. "The EGO--says the artist Yoel Tordjman--is the ﬁrst expression of our ability...limited by the envelope...when we go through and look beyond our primary emotions we discover the inﬁnite power of the soul". The sea is the central element of composition in the collection of paintings entitled "VACATION". In Yoel Tordjman"s vision, the notion of "vacation" means a state of mind, a special mood, unchained imagination. This collection is a kind invitation to let aside the daily problems and take a while to relax in the Wonderland of his art works. Here, swung by the waves of the sea of LIGHT we could recover our energies. Dreaming at a better world, we have nothing to be afraid of, because we can't get lost, as "the bridge of dream" or "the bridge of light" will lead us to the golden shore where HOPE is waiting for us. "To bring light into the darkness of men's heart, that is the duty of the artist"-said the composer R.Schumann.

TRANSMUTATION

"TRANSMUTATIONâ&#x20AC;? Universal law explains the whole dynamics of phenomena from the surrounding world. "Without the perpetual transmutation, the world would be static, rhythm less", said the philosopher Alan Watts. This law is available for the art domain, too. For the artist Yoel Tordjman, the symbol of transmutation in art is the Phoenix bird...it embodies not only the idea of rebirth from its own ashes, but also the power of converting MATTER into LIGHT. His art works are "moments of light", waiting to be touched by our soul and mind. Approaching to such an abstract art should be done with the heart full of love...as love is another hypostasis of LIGHT. "If a man approaches a work of art with any desire to exercise authority over it, he cannot receive any artistic impression", said Oscar Wilde. The act of creation reiterates the myth of sacriďŹ ce which stays at the foundation of any culture. Through his work, Yoel Tordjman opens a portal to spirituality, revealing us that, beyond the appearance of common things there is a superior world. Like the legendary king Midas, the artist transforms everything he touches into ART. That's probably the reason for calling this collection of paintings "TRANSMUTATIONS"

In a metaphoric language the artist is "candle" and "mirror" at the same time. He imbues his art with the light of his soul making of his creations the mirror that reﬂects the energy to the viewer. Art is the projection of the artist's soul on a material support. The act of creation implies the interaction between the artist's spirit and the matter upon which he sets his imprint. That's why a collection of paintings is a vivid expression of the artist's spirituality, a real document of life. The mirror is the main symbol of this collection entitled "PROJECTION" . In Yoel Tordjman's vision art is the mirror for both artist's and viewer's souls, the cause and means for a wonderful spiritual communion. "We use a glass mirror to see our face and a work of art to see our soul" ,said George Bernard Shaw.

PROJECTION

"PROJECTION” "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or to be the mirror that reﬂects it" (Edith Wharton).

That's why Paul Cezanne said: ART is "the reproduction of what the senses perceive from nature, seen through the veil of the soul". Originality comes from the artist's spiritual profile that also defines the means of expressing it. In this perspective the paintings from the collection entitled "MOTIVATION" represent aspects of a world transfigured by the imprint of the artist's soul. Yoel Tord jman's paintings are fruits of his imagination ripened under the heat of his emotions. His art is motivated by a great LOVE FOR BEAUTY. "Art must be the expression of LOVE...or it is nothing", said Marc Chagall.

MOTIVATION

"MOTIVATION” When matter is ennobled by spirit it becomes ART. The artist is a high spirit able to transcend reality in order to reveal the inward signiﬁcance of the common things.

MOTIVATION

YOEL TORDJMAN The Secret of Nature Mixed technics 100 x 155 cm canvas 15000/20000 Euro

ART AUCTION/EXHIBITION

Art Auction by Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Paris- 29 SEPT. 2014

ART AUCTION/EXHIBITION

CHRISTIEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PARIS - JERUSALEM BIENNALE MUSEUM - MAMILLA JERUSALEM ESPACE DIX JERUSALEM -GENERAL EXHIBITION SAFED - TIME SQUARE NEW YORK

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