Discover the creation in interiors
Artwork details
- Medium : Organic material on Glass , Metal
- Framing : Framed
- Dimensions : 49.2x21.7in
About this artwork
materials: hand silvered glass, enamel pigment, chemically treated brass
Spivak’s silvered glass works explore the liminal space between narcissism and self-loathing. Each piece becomes a surface for reflection — both literally and emotionally — inviting viewers to consider their own relationship with identity, self-image, and perception. Created through a process echoing 18th-century alchemical techniques, the hand-silvered panels embody transformation… and illusion. For Spivak, the mirror is both subject and medium — a site where the constructed self and perceived self coexist, yet remain inherently unstable. This duality reflects the artist’s own experiences with identity and the balance between delusion and self-awareness. Through a mix of craft and experimentation, the works investigate the unseen — both in the making and in the self — inviting viewers to engage with their own reflections, both literal and internal.
Spivak’s silvered glass works explore the liminal space between narcissism and self-loathing. Each piece becomes a surface for reflection — both literally and emotionally — inviting viewers to consider their own relationship with identity, self-image, and perception. Created through a process echoing 18th-century alchemical techniques, the hand-silvered panels embody transformation… and illusion. For Spivak, the mirror is both subject and medium — a site where the constructed self and perceived self coexist, yet remain inherently unstable. This duality reflects the artist’s own experiences with identity and the balance between delusion and self-awareness. Through a mix of craft and experimentation, the works investigate the unseen — both in the making and in the self — inviting viewers to engage with their own reflections, both literal and internal.
Noah Spivak
Australia
Credentials
- Works on commission
Noah Spivak is a conceptual and visual artist, originally trained in photography at Emily Carr University and Cooper Union, who now works with sculpture using metals, minerals, organic matter, and chemical processes. His technique fuses collecting—both objects and intangible experiences—with alchemical transformations, allowing decay, crystallization, and elemental forces to co-author mutable, time-sensitive forms. Through this, he evokes a sense of impermanence, fragility, and the mysterious, invisible forces that bind the self to the world, inviting viewers into contemplation of transformation and the unseen.