Israel art is beautiful and expressive. Walking through the streets of Israel, the artwork is all one can look at. The art expresses a variety of themes through its work. However, there are four most common themes which make Israel art unique. These themes are associated with Israeli culture. Let us know more about them:
1. References to the Holocaust
The Holocaust which is also known as the Shoah was a genocide during World War II. It took place between 1941 and 1945. The incident is about Nazi Germany who murdered about six million European Jews with the help of the locals. Until the 1980s, references to the Holocaust were a rare phenomenon. It was parallel to the general repression of dealing with the Holocaust. Here, the artists were the survivors of the Holocaust tragedy. The art was hardly made public until the 1970s. In the 20th century, came up the art about the Jewish heroism during the Holocaust. One of the most beautiful works of art from the Holocaust theme is the Mordechai Anilewicz Memorial situated at the Kibbutz Yad Mordechai honoring commander of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
2. References to the Israeli Military
This specific theme appeared in artwork created during and after the 1948 war. The artists express their conception of the mistreatment of the civilian Palestinian population. After the Siz-Day War of 1967, there was an increase in this theme of Israel art. Later, the theme was used as a means of political protest by the Israeli artists. If you are interested to buy Israel art of Israeli military reference, you can look for works by Yigal Tumarkin, David Reeb, Yoram Rozov and Eran Shakine. There are also beautiful photographs taken by Micky Kratzman, Guy Raz and Avi Ganor.
3. References to the Hebrew Language
The Hebrew language is the most direct expression of the local identification of Jewish-Israel. It is considered the most notable and lear appearances of the new and secular Hebrew Israeli culture. Israel art uses the Hebrew alphabet in its artwork. The Jewish artists had worked hard for improving its designs in the 20th century. They kept on expanding and shaping the alphabets to use it for typography. With time, the alphabet was used for far spread communication. You can buy Israel art with significance to the Hebrew language in the form of inclusion of short texts in paintings and sculptures.
4. Personal interpretations of Jewish identity
This theme focuses on art by Jewish-Israeli artists. The era covered here is from 1948 until the present times. This art is small in number if you consider the publications as most of them were only published at the beginning of the 1980s. The sub-categories under this theme are survey concerning monumental wall paintings in Israeli churches, sculptures, and memorials which are placed in mostly non-Jewish public spaces and also some of the non-Jewish artists’ artworks which are related to the traditional non-Jewish symbols. It is also known as the historiography of Israeli art. One website from where you can buy Israel art is Menucha Page Fine Art. They also provide art pieces for Israel museums and art galleries.
