This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Photo of Star of David print is courtesy of Israeli artist Cheli Ben Hur. Cheli told me that from her POV it is a protest against labeling - she thought about the Nazis marking the Jews with a yellow badge as if they were not human beings, but things.
Photo of paper sculpture Star of David on a Ketuba is courtesy of Karny Rivlin Vorona There were traces of paper sculpture as early as the year 105 AD. That was around the time when paper became known and available to everyone. Before that, it wasn't made in large quantities. With this new product coming out, creativity was sparked in the minds of people, and small paper sculptures were turned into masterpieces.
Photography-art showing unstitched Star of David is courtesy of Israeli artist and historian Dr. Yigal Bin-Nun who wrote to me that it was exhibited in 1988 in Herzliya Museum and these days it is exhibited in Ein Hod Museum as part of a video art work titled “one from here and one from there”.
Photo of this original Star of David silver dreidel is courtesy of Israeli designer Yael Heineberg. It was hand made, but nowadays it is manufactured from zinc alloy and sold around the world.
Photo is courtesy of Artist Benjamin Peleg. It is one of a series that deals with the yellow badges and the Holocaust.Benjamin Peleg deals in most of his paintings in the holocaust and he emphasizes, by using numbers, the endless list of victims; at the same time his usage of colors adds strength to the work.
Photo is courtesy of Artist Benjamin Peleg. It is one of a series that deals with the Holocaust.Benjamin Peleg is a consistent and authentic artist. Using a unique language in his visual and written art he documents his personal experiences that intertwine with the collective experience of the Jewish people.In Benjamin Peleg’s works I discovered that the word painting includes the word pain.
Photo showing concentration camp Jewish prisoners with yellow badges is courtesy of Artist Benjamin Peleg.
