klara landrat
ARTIST BIO
Klara Landrat was born in Warsaw. She attended California College of Arts for photography, and graduated in painting from Hunter College City University of New York. Since then she has traveled extensively all over the world, working on a variety of her artistic projects and creative work that oscillates between fashion, beauty and fine art photography as well as painting. She is interested in human interiors- repeatedly shown in a way that provokes unambiguous associations- and man’s entanglement in reality on cultural and religious level.
Her ambient photographs are reminiscent of bygone times, and refer directly to Jewish culture and tradition existing in Poland until World War II. On the other hand, the human emotions and intuitive forms of the subconscious comprise her paintings and works on paper. Varying from the intuitive perception of the representation of carnal and uncontrollable aspects of human condition, her work evokes an exploration of an infinite interpretation of the unperceivable universe. She is currently working on a photographic series representing life of Bedouins and ethnic minorities in the Middle East. Her work has been shown in New York and in museums in Europe. Klara Landrat lives between New York, Los Angeles and Tel Aviv.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
About the “Tallit Project”
The “Tallit project” was conceived as a continuous photographic documentation of places of the artist’s origin. The “Tallit” (from Hebrew) is worn almost exclusively during prayer and represents a “shelter” for the soul or “a curtain that stretches out to the heavens” and plays an integral part in Jewish religious practice. While other Jewish garments might be treated more casually, the Tallit holds a special personal significance and is generally used for many years or even for a lifetime and is never discarded. The Tallit is treated with great respect, as though it possesses a mantle of holiness.
Having grown up in a Poland stripped almost entirely of its Jewish community, the artist went on a series of trips to revisit her homeland, rediscover her past and to commune with her ancestors. In this tribute to the artist’s lost family, “Tallit project” grew out of the search for life and the recognition of its tangible, unforgettable qualities.
All the photographs are based on photographic fiber paper prints that are then multi bleached and toned, giving each image a unique appearance.
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