Industrial Remains
Photograph from a series dedicated to sculptors' workshops. The scene feels almost accidental, like a single frame paused in the middle of a film. Among industrial barrels and studio materials lies a fragment of a human figure—not as a museum object, but as a natural part of everyday life in the workshop. At the same time, the composition evokes a theatrical atmosphere: the stacked barrels resemble a silent audience, while the studio unexpectedly transforms into a stage where art continues to exist beyond the exhibition space. The cinematic quality of the image emerges from this chance encounter between space and form. Nothing here is staged, yet the photograph carries the feeling of a frozen film frame in which familiar objects take on new roles. Like the series as a whole, the work explores the creative process through the material traces of human presence, presenting the studio as a place where art continues to exist even in the absence of its maker. Print and presentation: Fine Art Print. Presented with a white mat and framed in black wood.
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Mari Noire
Mari Noire was born and raised in Moscow and has been living in Israel for almost four years. She is a photographer, collage artist, and ceramic artist. She studied Classical Philology, as well as Italian language and culture, at the Russian State University for the Humanities before continuing her education in photography at the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. Mari's artistic practice brings together photography, ceramics, collage, and wood. She is interested in the relationship between materials, memory, and space, and approaches photography not only as an independent medium but also as a way of exploring the creative process. For many years, Mari has collaborated with sculptors, creating visual narratives about artists' studios, the making of artworks, and the relationship between artists and their materials. Together with her husband, sculptor Serafim Cherny, she develops collaborative projects in which photography becomes an integral part of a dialogue with sculpture. Alongside her personal projects, Mari creates portraits, lifestyle and street photography, and documents Israel's contemporary art scene, including exhibitions, studio practices, and cultural events.
Mari Noire was born and raised in Moscow and has been living in Israel for almost four years. She is a photographer, collage artist, and ceramic artist. She studied Classical Philology, as well as Italian language and culture, at the Russian State University for the Humanities before continuing her education in photography at the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. Mari's artistic practice brings together photography, ceramics, collage, and wood. She is interested in the relationship between materials, memory, and space, and approaches photography not only as an independent medium but also as a way of exploring the creative process. For many years, Mari has collaborated with sculptors, creating visual narratives about artists' studios, the making of artworks, and the relationship between artists and their materials. Together with her husband, sculptor Serafim Cherny, she develops collaborative projects in which photography becomes an integral part of a dialogue with sculpture. Alongside her personal projects, Mari creates portraits, lifestyle and street photography, and documents Israel's contemporary art scene, including exhibitions, studio practices, and cultural events.
