Dana Harel

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ana Harel was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel and currently works in San Francisco.

Harel’s drawings explore the mystery of the human psyche and the drama of physical and emotional struggles. Her drawings are a result of combining sculpture, photography, and print making techniques.

She’s interested in the moments where brutality meets fragility, and aggression meets tenderness. Focusing on the nonverbal, unprocessed, wild and instinctive elements.

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he human body is kin to all wild things, and this kinship with the natural world is physical and psychological. My

work depicts a world in which the body becomes mere matter for nature to reshape, re-grow, and reproduce new life; an ecological progress hints of a change of authority; the body fuses with its natural surroundings. In this world, I fashion a new surreal dynamic, comparing the scale of our human bodies to the scale of nature - eight feet of graphite on paper creating an elephant’s mass as human hands, and thousands of ants covering a naked body embedded in the earth. The dimensions change size, reflecting the variability of nature’s power, its ability to thrive or to wither. These dynamics are rendered using solid materials from the earth - graphite and soil. These basic materials give rise to analogies, challenging thousands of simple strokes to create a moment where human nature and natural processes become indistinguishable.”

– Dana Harel

Bare Knuckle Fighters V 28 x 21in, mixed media on paper, 2012 Price $4,400

Bare Knuckle Fighters IV 21 x 17in, mixed media on paper, 2012 Price $3,200

I know Something of Steep Places 1 35 x 30in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $5,000

I know Something of Steep Places 2 35 x 30in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $5,000

I know Something of Steep Places 3 35 x 30in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $5,000

Only in Humans Eyes 30 x 24in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $4,400

When I Am Gone 30 x 24in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $17,625

Not Telling Them Apart Until The Very End II 47 x 40in, mixed media on paper, 2011 Price $8,200

Gate Keeper 1 78 x 60in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $12,250

Gate Keeper 2 78 x 60in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $12,250

Not Telling Them Apart Until The Very End 1 47 x 36in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $8,200

The Original Mr. Jacob I 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Price $5,625

The Original Mr. Jacob 11 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Price $5,625

The Original Mr. Jacob III 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Price $5,625

The Original Mr. Jacob IV 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Price $5,625

Notes from the Underground I 32 x 40 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Price $6,900

Notes from the Underground II 32 x 40 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Price $6,900

Bare Knuckle Fighters III

Bare Knuckle Fighters IV 21 x 17in, mixed media on paper, 2012 Price $3,200

I know Something of Steep Places 3 35 x 30in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $5,000

Only in Humans Eyes 30 x 24in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $4,400

I know Something of Steep Places 1 35 x 30in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $5,000 When I Am Gone 30 x 24in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $17,625

Not Telling Them Apart Until The Very End II 47 x 40in, mixed media on paper, 2011 Price $8,200 I know Something of Steep Places 2 35 x 30in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Price $5,000

Gate Keeper 1 78 x 60in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Page 28

Gate Keeper 2 78 x 60in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Page 29

Not Telling Them Apart Until The Very End 1 47 x 36in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Page 15

The Original Mr. Jacob I 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 12

The Original Mr. Jacob 11 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 12

The Original Mr. Jacob III 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 13

The Original Mr. Jacob IV 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 13

Notes from the Underground i 32 x 40 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 22

Notes from the Underground iI 32 x 40 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 23