Hailing from Tel Aviv, Israel, artist Michal Taharlev’s series of work entitled Holes in the memory detail old family photos and reinterpreting them in an entirely new way. Painstakingly using a needle, Taharlev pokes through the canvas making tiny dots to re-create the original image in an almost gradient-like fashion.
Using a 0.5mm needle, Taharlev focuses on the photo’s details, much like a painting done using pointillism, where tiny dots trick the eye into making up an entire image.
From the artist:
The use of a needle on a photo and the violent act of damaging and obsessing over memories, yet in a very strict manner, gives a new meaning to the innocence and the unknown future the photos hold.
To contact Michal, you can email [email protected].