Moshe Roas
Moshe Roas brings into his studio objects that have been structurally transformed by nature and time. These can be pieces of wood, rope, or metal weathered by the sea, the forest, or the desert. He combines them with metal, textile, and other craft materials he creates.
Roas’s works are a manifestation of a formula; a logic that underlies the balance of weights and shapes. Their forms inspire the viewer’s senses, generate impalpable sounds, and activate a precise yet invisible system that communicates with reality on encrypted frequencies.
Ultimately, at the core of his work lies a desire to create an encounter with beauty. To fill the hole of emptiness with the beauty found in the simple but skillful act of a person who sews a garment for himself with a thread and needle. Beauty in the unconsciousness of the child playing with a tree branch and sticking it in the ground and then putting a pine cone on it. His art presents a complex result of a chain of simple craft actions or a game with elements and discoveries that allow the viewer to sail for a moment in their imagination and fill the void with joy and emotion.
Works
Two
2022Carved eucalyptus branch inlaid with copper cone, crystal, and pebble collected by the Dead Sea, carved branch cast in bronze
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Niklaus
2022Pine log that grew into a steel railing of a building in Petach Tikva and was cut down, soldered copper cone, carved AAC (Itung) block, inlaid porcelain button.
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Lovers
2022Date palm tree branches collected by the Dead Sea and carved in the studio (one cast in bronze), heat shrunk plastic sleeve, eucalyptus branch covered with reactive dye, steel ball plating black flock.
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The Judgment of Solomon (Detail)
2022Carved carob branch, sanded copper, stone from Metsoke Dragot, wax thread woven on brass skeleton, my finger cast in bronze, marine rope washed ashore from the Mediterranean and collected on Palmachim Beach, brass eyelet inlaid with blue agate stone
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Omniscient (Right), Mercedes (Left)
2022Right: Silkscreen print on cotton, reactive and discharge dyes
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Luna
2022Pruned eucalyptus branch collected in the Jerusalem Forest, felt lining covered with raw cotton ropes, steel weight, felted wool fibers
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Two
2022Carved eucalyptus branch inlaid with copper cone, crystal, and pebble collected by the Dead Sea, carved branch cast in bronze
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Niklaus
2022Pine log that grew into a steel railing of a building in Petach Tikva and was cut down, soldered copper cone, carved AAC (Itung) block, inlaid porcelain button.
Read more
Lovers
2022Date palm tree branches collected by the Dead Sea and carved in the studio (one cast in bronze), heat shrunk plastic sleeve, eucalyptus branch covered with reactive dye, steel ball plating black flock.
Read more
The Judgment of Solomon (Detail)
2022Carved carob branch, sanded copper, stone from Metsoke Dragot, wax thread woven on brass skeleton, my finger cast in bronze, marine rope washed ashore from the Mediterranean and collected on Palmachim Beach, brass eyelet inlaid with blue agate stone
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Omniscient (Right), Mercedes (Left)
2022Right: Silkscreen print on cotton, reactive and discharge dyes
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Luna
2022Pruned eucalyptus branch collected in the Jerusalem Forest, felt lining covered with raw cotton ropes, steel weight, felted wool fibers
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Two
2022Carved eucalyptus branch inlaid with copper cone, crystal, and pebble collected by the Dead Sea, carved branch cast in bronze
Read more