Moshe Zabari

Moshe Zabari (born 1935, in Jerusalem)[1] is an Israeli artist known for his silver Judaica.

He studied under Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert and David Gumbel at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.[2][3][4]

Zabari was artist-in-residence for almost three decades at New York's Jewish Museum.[5] He returned to his native Israel in the 1980s.[2] He is known for his modernist approach, a reviewer described his 1998 sculpture, "Death by Stoning," as "elegant and beautiful," despite describing a "terrible act of violence."[6]

In 1990 he was awarded the Jesselson Prize for Contemporary Judaica Design.[7]

In 2015 Zabari was honoured with a Retrospective at the Jerusalem Biennale.[8][9]

Museum exhibitions

• Homecoming to the Holy Land: New Works by Moshe Zabari, Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, 1999.[5][10]
• Homecoming to the Holy Land: New Work by Moshe Zabari, Skirball Museum, 1998.[6]

References

1. "Unique Torah crown designs to replace 9 stolen ones". The Jewish Week. 3 January 1982.
2. Sherman, Randi (14 September 2007). "The Joy Of Alloy". The Jewish Week.
3. Blank, Barbara Trainin (11 December 2001). "The art of Menorahs; Diverse shapes now light way". The Patriot-News.
4. "Moshe Zabari". thejewishmuseum.org. Jewish Museum. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
5. Poley, Rita Rosen (15 July 1999). "Sketches: The Art of the Deal - and the Deal of the Art". Jewish Exponent.
6. Knaff, Devorah (26 April 1998). "Genesis of a Nation". Orange County Register.
7. Ronnen, Meir (6 September 1990). "Sandberg Rrize for Gabi Klasmer". Jerusalem Post.
8. "Retrospective". jerusalembiennale.org. Jerusalem Biennale. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
9. Shea, Christopher (18 September 2015). "Jerusalem Biennale". New York Times. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
10. Gardner, Colin (2 January 1987). "Ceremonial Objects by a Craftsman". Los Angeles Times.