Drora Weizman, Plan 2001

Star of David appears on an artwork by Israeli artist Drora Weizman titled Plan 2001

Size: 15X 22 cm

Drora wrote to me:

Collage paper and electronic components on a wood platform. At the bottom under the red wires there’s a silver Star of David made from the wrapping of a chocolate coin.

The work was created after a terrorist act in 14.4.01 at Kfar Saba and a few other

terrorist acts at Netania.

The work points at two main possibilities:

1. To connect all the components so that Herzl’s vision would come true.

2. To connect and wire all the components so that the whole package would explode.

Copyright:Drora Weizman 2008

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Drora Weizman, Herzl 25 grams

Star of David on a golden medallion paper appears on an artwork by Israeli artist Drora Weizman (b. 1956) titled Herzl 25 gram.

The work was created in 2000.

Size: 17X23 cm.

Technique: collage, golden papers, military decoration, velvet frame.

Drora Weizman says in the caption that she’s willing to give Herzl decorations and medals, stars and suns, chocolates and krembo (marshmallow treat), if only he’ll keep his side of the Contract. In Hebrew the word Contract has a double meaning, and is used also to denote a prophet (seer). Herzl’s nickname in Hebrew is “the seer of the Jewish State.

My interpretation: Herzl is a lightweight prophet (25 grams) since the “State of the Jews” which he envisioned has a large Arab minority, and since most of the Jews live in other countries.

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Copyright: Drora Weizman 2008

Yael Falk, Metal Crochet

Star of David appears on a metal crochet by Yael Falk who discovered that when a pomegranate has an ending of six it creates a Star of David.

Copyright: Yael Falk 2008

Drora Weizman, Closet with Kits For Seeing a Wonderful Thing

Reddish Star of David in a circle appears on an artwork by Israeli artist Drora Weizman (b. 1956) titled “Closet With Kits For Seeing a Wonderful Thing”.

Size: 63 X 29 X 14

The work presents all kinds of redemption sensors.

Copyright: Drora Weizman 2008

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Drora Weizman, Postcard for Fresh Color Fair, 2008

Star of David appears on an artwork by Israeli painter Drora Weizman (b. 1956). In the background we see stripes that resemble the American flag and allude to the American influence on the Israeli culture. Also in the background we can read text in Hebrew. The text is made from cliché sentences frequently heard on T.V. A repeated term is: “core issues”.

Copyright: Drora Weizman 2008

Wheelchair Beijing Olympic games 2008

The story (in Hebrew) and the (star of David based) logo (bottom left) of the Israeli Wheelchair Basketball Team that will participate in the Beijing Olympic games 2008 on an Aroma coffee house napkin.

Hayim Shtayer took the picture and the napkin is part of his collection.

Copyright: Hayim Shtayer 2008

Yellow Badge Sculpture

Photo of the Memorial for the Jewish Fighters against the Nazi enemy that I took a few weeks ago in Remez Neighbourhood, public garden, Haifa, Israel.

Sculptor: Gershon Knispel.

Construction finished in 1991.

It looks like metal, but, surprisingly, it feels like concrete.

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