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]
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]