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Ben Wolf Noam — Sky, Canopy, Skin, Star (Yaron)
Ben Wolf Noam

Sky, Canopy, Skin, Star (Yaron)

2013

A luminous and layered portrait that merges the intimate with the cosmic, this work uses enamel, acrylic, and oil paint to build a richly textured surface that seems to glow from within. Noam's handling of the figure dissolves boundaries between body and atmosphere, suggesting that skin, sky, and starlight are made of the same essential matter. The work feels both deeply personal—anchored by the specificity of a name—and expansively universal in its meditation on light and presence.

Medium
enamel, acrylic and oil paint on canvas

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Ben Wolf Noam, Sky, Canopy, Skin, Star (Yaron), 2013

A luminous and layered portrait that merges the intimate with the cosmic, this work uses enamel, acrylic, and oil paint to build a richly textured surface that seems to glow from within. Noam's handling of the figure dissolves boundaries between body and atmosphere, suggesting that skin, sky, and starlight are made of the same essential matter. The work feels both deeply personal—anchored by the specificity of a name—and expansively universal in its meditation on light and presence.

Medium
enamel, acrylic and oil paint on canvas
Year
2013
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

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Celestial Themes, Intimate Portrait, Lyrical Abstraction, Canvas Work, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Emerging Artist, Intimate Mood, Figurative Art, Israeli Artist, Contemporary Painting, Portrait, Enamel And Oil, Warm Tones, Oil And Acrylic, Enamel On Canvas