Catalog #38Roee Suffrin
A Way to Ride
2009
A Way to Ride
2009
55 x 73 cm
Pencil, carbon and carbon paper on paper
About the Artwork: This work explores the two ways commonly suggested as the directions to choose in life - the ‘good’ and the ’bad’ ways. this piece confronts and mixes the two directions: the main character of the work, quoting a promotion advertisement for the “Sons of Anarchy” TV series (Produced by the American ‘FX’ network; a series about gangs and crime) has typical appearance related to Punk/Biker subcultures. Yet some of the features are changed into symbols of good behavior and excellence, that the biker raises on his banner in the same way he would raise the typical ideas and symbols of social anarchy. Through the teenage act of inserting symbols of ‘naïve’ social acceptance into rebellious representatives, this work philosophizes about the character and motives of the ‘two ways’ dichotomy.
About the Artwork: This work explores the two ways commonly suggested as the directions to choose in life - the ‘good’ and the ’bad’ ways. this piece confronts and mixes the two directions: the main character of the work, quoting a promotion advertisement for the “Sons of Anarchy” TV series (Produced by the American ‘FX’ network; a series about gangs and crime) has typical appearance related to Punk/Biker subcultures. Yet some of the features are changed into symbols of good behavior and excellence, that the biker raises on his banner in the same way he would raise the typical ideas and symbols of social anarchy. Through the teenage act of inserting symbols of ‘naïve’ social acceptance into rebellious representatives, this work philosophizes about the character and motives of the ‘two ways’ dichotomy.
About the Artist: Roee Suffrin was born in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1979. During high school Studied art, music, cinema and theatre and was heavily occupied with Goth culture, nihilism, existentialism, pervious centuries and anti-media. In 1998 he entered the ‘Bezalel’ academy of art and design where he majored in fine art – the emphasis was on the borders of art & design (or art & architecture) and the nature of works was dark/gothic and emblematic. After graduating in 2002, he started exhibiting in numerous political art events, side events, participating music and art and multimedia groups. Today he is occupied in merging into more central part of the art-world, and by painting & sketching he is trying to stitch contradictory element (cultural+technical) into one integrative system.
