Urinary State, Avner Bar Hama, Installation

This detail from an artwork that includes a portrait of Herzl and the Magen David (not seen here)  is published here courtesy of the artist, and all rights are reserved to him.

According to art explorer David Sperber (translation by zeevveez):

In Avner Bar Hama’s Installation Urinary State a modern urinary is placed under the Duchamp urinary photograph. "We are living in a changing world: reality is changing as well as identity; everything changes and smells bad. What we see here is a protest against the culture of "what will the neighbors say? ". In spite of this, on the portrait of Herzl appears his saying "our hope have never been lost”.

Light Reserved Only For The Righteous

This artwork is published here courtesy of the artist and all rights are reserved to him.

Elements of Magen David in the creation of Avner Bar Hama Light Reserved Only For The Righteous

According to art explorer David Sperber (translation by zeevveez):

The dimension of the kabbalistic “breaking of the tools” " appears also in Bar Hama’s new works, in which the artist looks for moments of astonishment made by phenomena of light in the nature and in architectural constructions.

Subjects such as the original sin, the deportation from paradise and the breakage of the Tablets are discussed here. This is a search of the hidden light that the world was unfit for it in the process of Genesis, according to tradition, and therefore it was concealed for the righteous to be used in the future (according to Babylonian Talmud, Hagigah 12:a).

Dismantled Magen David

Avner Bar Hama, Dismantled Magen David, 1973
Polished stainless steel on black marbleThe work is published here courtesy of the artist and all rights are reserved to him.
According to art explorer David Sperber (translation by zeevveez):

In the sculpture base two pillars resonant Yachin and Boaz Solomon Temple pillars, according to the Bible story. Eight pyramids stand on the pillars, and seems to try to come together and to organize a form of a Magen David, without success.

Burnt Matches

A Star of David made from many burnt matches appears on the cover of the book Abstraction and the Holocaust by M Godfrey. This work of art titled ‘Yizkor’ is by Jewish conceptualist Mel Bochner, and it was made to remember the fate of the Jews of Rome during the holocaust.

Monkeys

A blue on white Star of David with a monkey appears on Israel Independence 1997 invitation to a party . Why monkey? Well, because the party took place on the roof of a dancing club called Monkeys. Hayim Shtayer took this photo and sent it to me, and I thank him for that.

Copyright © Hayim Shtayer 2008

Go 60

My idea – Jennie Gottschalk's performance.
The idea was that the number 60 (years of Israeli Independence represented by the Star of David) and the word GO look similar.
Copyright: Jennie Gottschalk 2008

Avner Bar Hama Sculpture at Malha Mall, Jerusalem

Photo of 1994 sculpture with Star of David elements is courtesy of Israeli artist Avner Bar Hama.
Copyright: Avner Bar Hama 2008.