About
 The three-dimensional drawings by Zipora Rafaelov

 „ Zipora Rafaelov draws in space, her works cannot be limited to just one category, just as it is not possible to classify her  form of depiction either as abstract or as simply figurative. Like all substantial works of visual art, they cannot be explained  sufficiently by words, their sensual richness can only be experienced through
 a perception that fascinates and inspires not only the eyes, but also the spatial orientation of the viewer.“

 Citation Kay Heymer, Essen, New Year’s Day, 2012
Everything starts with an idea for me. The drawing then becomes a process in which my considerations and feelings flow like in a diary. The hand may become independent. The grip on the scalpel means a continuation of the drawing. At the same time, there is dematerialization and transfer into the third dimension, into space.
…“The additive process she uses for her sculptures contrasts the removing of forms in her paper cutting. She takes a Barbie doll as her starting point and from linear structures with a hardening plastic, that from surfaces and volumes. The original toy remains visible, but it is not dressed in the sense of the fashion doll, but overgrown. This creates a peculiar morbid content. The pitch-black material reminds the viewer on the one hand of birds in oil mud or Barbie in bondage, but on the other hand the fine patterns enhance and accentuate the dolls unjointed mobility. The shop line that determines the silhouettes disappears here in favor of a game with threads that can be fine or clumsy depending on the pressure exerted. „… 

Dr. Ari Hartog 2019

…"Zipora Rafaelov almost never works with colours, most of her works are either white or black. 
This eschewal of colour, however, is compensated by shapes whose undulating and elaborately intertwined lines have a strong suggestive impact. The works by Zipora Rafaelov are extraordinary because they are plastic, threedimensional and at the same time unseizable. 
They are signs in space, bordering on immateriality. They seem like clouds marking forms without being massive bodies. In earlier pieces by the artist, one could see objects fastened to strings and hung into boxlike spaces, as if they were hovering.“….

Kay Heymer, Essen, New Year’s Day, 2012


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