Adi Michael
Tiger Impression Brick Bear, 2022 - Sculpture, Fiberglass and Acrylic
Biography:
Adi Michael (1980) is a multidisciplinary painter, sculptor, designer and artist. Lives and works in Petah Tikva. His artistic language combines expressive styles of pop art, kitsch and socialism. The line of his works is clean and precise, the aesthetics draws characteristics from the world of design and consumer culture and finds expression within the artistic format of his works. Adi is the "self-taught philosopher", similar to the field of experimental science born of "self-taught philosophers" by trial and error and out of curiosity for discovery and passion, knowledge and inquiry, so did Adi. At the age of 9, as part of a craft lesson, he learned that with the help of various ratio mixes of miracle coffee and water, it is possible to draw an entire painting with shades, light and shadow. It was a magical moment for him, so he understood and accepted the premise that "anything is possible."
Adi's artistic style, which draws on pop art, kitsch and surrealism, draws on perfection at the level of aesthetic line and meticulous color, crosses ages and manages to communicate with a wide audience.
Alongside pop art themes, the world of music and rock have established the image of the skulls in his works, in any size, shape, material and color. Adi's skull, unlike the artistic tradition, does not refer to death and the end, but strives for truth, strives for foundation and heart, devoid of masks and defenses, it is the pattern from which everything begins, from which life can be produced and through its structure pure truth is reflected. The body of work of the image of the skull is also made of poppy and intense language, precise and seductive.
Adi Michael creates out of passion, the world around him, the web we navigate and the objects around him evoke thoughts. Once thoughts of an object that can become works of art arise in his mind and he feels chills, his home has become a studio and he can spend days and nights until the end of the final work, a meditative and ecstatic creative process.