20/10/2025
Gideon Rubin and Sara Berman’s ‘The Fold’ is on view.
On Sara Berman’s practice:
“The Harlequin when embodied by a woman is the “Trickster W***e”. The power and agency of this historical joker is reconsidered with performative flair as Berman examines this trope through paint in an act of obliteration. Starting each and every work with an intricate (harlequin) underpainting which is then absorbed into the portrait to a greater or lesser degree. The Trickster W***e is the constant against which Berman kicks as she reimagines herself as various and continually evolving characters: the Pierrot, the Fool, the Aviatrix, the Renaissance Man, the Fencer, the Dancing Monkey….. Berman uses Auto-Fiction to reconstruct the narrative through Portraiture.
Within the paintings the figures are hidden in plain sight; caught in various poses, postures and assuming the gaze, the characters depicted conveying tragicomical gamut of emotions, from fear, grace, longing and loss: allowing for a confrontational but reflective visual engagement.”
Installation view: Elad Sarig
Works in order of appearance:
Sara Berman, Anxhela, 2025, oil on linen, 120 x 100 cm
Sara Berman, Anxhela, 2025, oil on linen, 100 x 80 cm
Sara Berman Red Gloves, 2025, oil on linen, 28.5 x 37 cm
Sara Berman, Anxhela, 2025, oil on linen, 28.5 x 28 cm
Sara Berman, Red Glove, 2025, oil on linen, 37 x 28.5 cm
