LOT 75
| Technique | Painting |
| Size | 180 x 140 cm |
| Availability | Available |
| Donation | 70% |
Cocoon Fantasy is a term coined by psychoanalyst Donald Kalsched, describing psychic capsules formed in response to early trauma, where protective figures turn destructive. In this painting, I depict Baroque mythological sculptures—Daphne fleeing Apollo and Persephone abducted—women frozen in moments of intense motion and emotion.
I paint in oil on wood. The water-based gesso is cold, almost lifeless, while oil carries traces of life. I expose, cover, sand, and dissolve the surface, allowing fragments to re-emerge.
This process lets me move between layers of reality, holding abstraction and realism together. The painting becomes a body; the act of painting touches its skin. Covering and revealing generate movement within stillness. Imagination and movement oppose encapsulated fantasy.
About Neta Harari Navon
Neta Harari Navon lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Harari studied fine art at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem and at HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl. She holds a BA in theater studies and costume design from Tel Aviv University and an MA in art therapy from David Yellin College of Education, Jerusalem. Harari is a lecturer at Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem and at the HIT Faculty of Design, Holon.
Harari has exhibited extensively in leading art galleries in Israel, as well as all major museums in Israel, including Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa Museum of Art, and Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod.
In 2015, Harari participated in “Dismaland,” Banksy’s most ambitious art project featuring 58 international artists hand-picked by Bansky himself, which received widespread exposure in the global press. She was one of only two Israeli artists selected for this project. Harari has won numerous awards for art and community involvement and her works are included in important private and public collections.
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