birth_place imagesize training nationality field birth_date article_title name
jerusalem , israel 200px bezalel union school of art academy of art and design , the cooper israeli artist 1979 roy nachum
 roy nachum
roy nachum

roy nachum -lrb- born 1979 , jerusalem -rrb- is a contemporary artist .
nachum studied at the cooper union school of art in new york and is presently living and working new york city .
roy nachum is a painter , sculptor and installation artist .
he experiments with human perception .
he sees his work as an `` eye opener . ''
in recent works nachum has experimented with braille , building up the surface of the canvas with sculpted paint squares .
he encourages people to touch and interact with the work , believing that human interaction keeps the work alive and breaks the barrier between viewer and the `` sacred object '' .
the artist often paints subjects , whose vision is obscured , like the recurring image of a child with his eyes covered by a gold crown , representing man 's blindness caused by displaced values and desire .
his works have been collected by many prominent art collectors and celebrities , such as : jay z , sir phillip green , leonardo dicaprio , justin timberlake , alicia keys and swizz beatz .
