Amir Nave: Moharamia in the Jordan River

Amir Nave's work oscillates between drawing, painting,
and sculpture. He focuses on the human being, which
he executes in an obsessive, spiritual, or even mystical
manner. His “creatures” are figures sometimes depicted
as a body, a head, or an entity. They draw on deeply buried
pasts as well as possible futures. Even if some of
his works are reminiscent of classics of art history and
mythology, Nave refutes the idea of a painterly representation
of life. In his take on the story of Moharamia,
the artist tells of a revelation that appeared to the
mortal Moharamia at the River of Jordan. Through his
drawings, paintings, and the sculptural form he has constructed,
he renders this tale into a reflection on occultism,
the supernatural, and metaphysical questions. This
first comprehensive monograph presents the most significant
works by Amir Nave from the past decade.

AMIR NAVE (*1974, in Be'er Sheva, Israel) is a self-taught artist based in Tel Aviv and Paris. His works are part of the collections of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Tel Avi Museum, Galerie In Situ-Fabienne Leclerc in Paris, among others. In 2024, he won the prestigious Drawing Prize of the Daniel and Florence Guerlain Foundation.