Ruth Gurvich’s work emerges from a deep reflection on the ways different cultures conceive and produce art. She focuses on objects that, through centuries of refinement and use, have attained such strong aesthetic and symbolic resonance that they have become icons of a civilization.
Drawing inspiration from diverse fields—ceramics, international design and modern architecture—she examines each as an emblem of its own culture, questioning the codes and stereotypes they embody.
Her fascination with volume and perspective has led her to construct life-sized objects entirely from paper: delicate interpretations of iconic tableware such as Asian, European ceramics. These are not realistic replicas but rather pictorial representations—contemplative translations of form and materiality. Installed together, they evoke still lifes or landscapes.
Whether working with, paper, porcelain, or silver, Gurvich continuously explores the emblematic power of representation itself. Techniques may vary, but her concerns remain constant. Work after work, she intertwines codes and symbols, acting as a translator—one who expands and enriches our ways of seeing.
- Section Mixed Media Art
- Venue Palazzo Mora
- Based in Arcueil, France
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