Uri Duvdevani. April 13, 2020. Jerusalem, Israel.
This self-portrait was made as part of a weekly drawing meeting that I have been guiding before the pandemic time. Since the quarantine, the meetings changed to a zoom-meeting format where each participant worked from their own house. Having our faces screened throughout the meeting seemed like an opportunity to try out self portrait drawing, and so we did.
The portrait reflects on the Idea of combining reality and self expression, a drawing process that stays alive and surprising for the person who makes it. This is one of my interests, which I am experimenting through my own work as an artist and while teaching others.