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NudeTexture
Omer Ga'ash | solo exhibition
Shoreditch Arts Club, London
2023
(curator and producer)
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NudeTexture by Omer Ga’ash continues the multidisciplinary artist’s exploration of the human body and its connections with itself, other bodies, and the surrounding environment. Each of the three video works presented in the main space of Shoreditch Arts Club focuses on the body within a distinct context: nature, urbanism, and culture. Together, these pieces create a surrealist atmosphere of figures and elements intertwining, transforming, and melding into one another. As the boundaries between the shapes in the videos are constantly changing and blurring, the work asks where the human ends and “the other” begins.
Corresponding with Posthumanist and Transcorporeality theories, NudeTexture challenges the conception of the human subject and the environment as separate, hierarchical entities. Rather, it suggests that humanity, nature, technology, and culture constitute unified forms with dynamic interconnections — an everlasting interplay where they co-evolve and influence one another. The human body, in this context, is fluid, ever-changing, active, and reactive; existing within a web of relations and entanglements among other humans and non-human bodies.
The notion of unity and the aspiration for harmony are embodied in the aesthetics of the work. For Ga’ash, aesthetics serves as a tool to engage with the spectator, evoking identification, thoughts, and emotions. In his new work, the artist employs practices such as repetition, duplication, and vibrant colours - reminiscent of Pop art. These processes obscure, and even erase, the individual model; transforming it into an object or motif. Here, these practices emphasise Ga’ash’s ideas of oneness, equality, and the interdependence that all forms of life share.
The repetition and duplication rearrange the figures and elements in the video into textures. Initially, they appear as abstract, colourful and mesmerising patterns, alluring viewers to linger upon the work to reveal their components. This format also allows the artist "to make nudity accessible in public spaces in a non-provoking way”. The patterns, composed of cut-out photos and videos, are displayed here as artworks. However, Ga’ash envisions these patterns not confined to the gallery space but extending into everyday life: as wallpaper, fashion, home decor, and more. This way, he aspires to cross disciplines and eliminate the hierarchies between art and craft. This aspiration reflects the wider concept of NudeTexture, which invites viewers to think of the human body, art, and environment from new perspectives, embracing new possibilities and blurring boundaries.
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The opening event was a multidisciplinary celebration of visual art, performances, DJ sets, an artist book launch, and fashion collaboration; In a dreamlike and immersive atmosphere, the audience was invited to explore the possibilities of bodily perception and beyond.
