the dance Sculpture

Rina Mash-Ness, sculptor For many years I hide inside me an unsatisfied hunger: to shape things with my hands and create figures that were born in my imagination. However, this passion erupted only after my retirement from a long career in the ministry of education, where I've been a teacher and later a regional inspector. In 2006 I decided to enlarge my knowledge and polish my technics. I studied at "Academia de Leonardo de Vinci studio" in Florence, Italy, where I've been exposed to the legendary works of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Many hours of watching his sculptures in the "Accademia di Belle Arti" taught me, that every piece of stone, wood or clay hide a figure that should be revealed. This revelation influenced my works in future to come. My imagination and feelings identify imprisoned figures in every pile of clay, trying to loosen from their jail. And my destiny, I decided then, is to let them free. My latest works focus on women bodies in frozen movements, emphasizing their eroticism. A subject that flows from my soul and essence. The curator of my exhibition, Doron Polak, wrote about my works: "…the sculptures, indeed, create empathy among viewers hearts. The most exciting are the statue of the pregnant women and the statue of dancing couple, that arose deep emotions among viewers. All the statues create a unique impression of movement and eroticism…".