New work by Sabina Saad © dealing with the subject of the artists who perished during the Holocaust
Technique: three-dimensional;; acrylic on palette cut from wood, and brushes
Size: 45 X 29 X 10
This Work is meant to be displayed alongside a blank canvas to inspire the viewer to think about the enormous amount of works that we lost because the artists were murdered , or because their works were destroyed by the Nazis.
Concept:
The place for colors in the palette is covered with yellow stars uprooted from their places.
It is noteworthy that the dominant color in most of the works of artists who perished during the Holocaust (with few exceptions) was the black color.
Readers are invited to add in the COMMENTS section names of artists that perished during the Nazi Era
The Shabtai Zvi Star of David Symbols
In the explanation of the exhibition Nechama Lvendel - Nadav Bloch "Dönmeh - Following Shabtai Zvi" at the "Tova Osman" gallery in Tel Aviv it was written that the municipal gallery of Ulcin (Monte Negro State, formerly part of Yugoslavia on the border with Albania) has a a niche on the third floor surmounted by two Star of David symbols carved in stone. According to locals this place was a gathering place of Shabtai Tzvi and his followers. Shabtai Zvi was exiled to Ulcin and had been buried there. His grave is located indoors and is considered a holy place.
Copyright: Nechama Levendel and Nadav Bloch, Israeli Artists.
Star of David made from two equilateral triangles: one is ordinary, while the other contains human figures.
Created by: J. Gershony-Geyer, Israeli German artist, who wrote to me that
The work visualizes a hypnotized walk of our people to an unknown future
Copyright: J. Gershony-Geyer 2009
Artist Aaron Morgan, 65 year old native New Yorker, created this collage in 1976 depicting a period of six critical years in which the meaning of the Star of David changed drastically: 1944 (Holocaust), 1946 (British Mandate) and 1948 (Independence). Usually we pay attention to 1944 and 1948 as opposites: Death and revival, Diaspora and Home etc, but the period in between was typified by the strong will to establish a state of our own and the Star of David expressed it impressively.
A colorful Star of David appears on the window dedicated to the Levy tribe – vitrage (1962) by Marc Chagall (1887-1985) at Hadassah Hospital Synagogue in Jerusalem. The choice of colors was inspired by the description of the breastplate of the High Priest in Exodus 28:17-21. Copyright: Zako 2009.
Magen David at the right bottom of this painting by Oded Israeli who wrote to me:
When my P.M. Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated, I painted in a row 12 paintings and thus expressed my anger. This is one of them.
Copyright: Oded Israeli 2008
Thirty-fifth Independence Day Israeli stamp carries not only a kinetic art Magen David but also this Magen David Signature in which the Jewish star replaces both the Hebrew Aleph letter and the Latin A letter. It is, in my view, a separate stand alone work of art!
