The Birth of Adam

It's been a while since I created a brand new image just for the sake of it. In the last few months, video, performance and writing almost made me forget how wonderful it is to just visualise something in your imagination and make it come true without preconceptions, references and theories, and especially: without having to write brilliant proposals!!

Anyway, I am extremely happy with this image, shot last Saturday with the help of my 

beloved partner Revital after a night drinking and playing with our friend's Oz and Mariana's bizarre toys (these finger tentacles, for example). The name of the piece, "The Birth of Adam" was invented yesterday, drinking some wine in the company of another good friend (Adam :)).

Well, this is it for today. Time to go back to do some "serious" work.

Wish you a week of fulfilled temptations!!

Rinat 

Elephant

After adding plenty of light to this night image, I saw it. It was walking down the road in the suburbs of Mexico City. It was long ago, so I guess it already reached the Center. Unless he got lost, or drowned.

Poor elephant, what were you doing there anyway?

This year: feel sexy!

This year I wish for myself and for others to hold on to whatever is real and substantious. I wish joy and curiosity take over vanity and boredom and especially I wish for everybody to feel sexy as hell. It's challenging enough, and will for sure make the world a better place...

Rinat 

*design: Rachella Glezer

Makeup: Dafna Bar El

Model: Niv Friedman

"The feast", 2013

Meet Selena

This sad little princess was given to me in Mexico City by my childhood friend Daniela, who got it in her turn as a present for her newborn daughter. It's quite alarming and extremely ridiculous that even today, in the 21th century, people still think it's a good idea to give a baby girl a doll that is unhugabble and includes manicure, realistic breasts with nipples, high heels, earrings, makeup and a dress that no human being could feel confortable in. I mean, was the baby supposed to play "mommy" with this femmuncula?! or was this inanimate and grotesque reproduction of a "woman" supposed to be her role model!? Anyhow, Daniela decided to get rid of the freak A.S.A.P and as soon as I got to Mexico, she gave it to me. Of course. 3 weeks afterwords, Selena made her way with me to her new home, Tel Aviv. Now she is my role model. And daughter.

The dream

I was thinking to myself - what should I post before leaving on vacations for a few weeks, and in the end came up with this image. It is part of a beautiful series called "The Dream", commissioned last year by a client who allowed me (almost) total artistic freedom. This image is only a glimpse...

Wish you all a dreamy spring and lovely holidays!!

Rinat

*Chair design: Rachella Glezer

Jellyfish

OK. This post is an attempt to be back. In new shapes, for one of the reasons I quit my beloved blog 6 months ago was my self-imposed intent to be coherent. They say an artist is like a trademark and therefore has to be recognizable in content and style. Fuck that. Coherence is ridiculous. And the aspiration for it is a prison cell. We are all so full of contradictions. Specially me.

Anyway, this image was taken today in the office (I have a new job). It is part of a series, though I haven't decided yet what to call it. Jellyfish sounds fine for now. I hope you like it.