11Jun 20, 2018
David Morris, born in Massachusetts (USA), is a respected and well-known artist, mainly known for his work in clay. With his immigration to Israel in 1962, Morris settled in Kibbutz Ein Shofet. There his works transformed into part of the Kibbutz landscape. Today, amongst his other occupations, he is a guest lecturer at Bezalel Academy […]
12Jun 20, 2018
“Untitled” is a new addition to Ilana Goor’s Earth Series which commenced in the 90s and continued to develop during the 2000s. The series incorporates the deep rooted connection of the artist to the Israeli landscapes of her childhood; to kibbutzim and agricultural settlements which are expressed by means of the use of agricultural work […]
14May 24, 2018
This art work is one of several pieces by artist Henry Moore exhibited in the Museum. The “Mother and Child” sculpture concisely depicts the complex relationship a mother has with the fruit of her womb by portraying a moment where he is on her lap and they are sitting on a rocking chair together. The […]
15Apr 24, 2018
One from a series of photographs by the legendary fashion photographer Ben Lam (b. 1940) of the home of the nationally treasured poet Hayim Nahman Bialik and his wife Mania. The photographs depicting the couple’s hats, where recently exhibited as a part of Ben Lam’s exhibition “Mania, Vera and Pola” that was on view […]
16Jan 26, 2018
The installation The Fountain, positioned on the Ilana Goor Museum rooftop, presents an unpredictable plot. At first glance, we see the figure of an athletic man, recumbent on a rock island, with “mischievous” girls running around him, seemingly playing within his territory. The figure of the man summons the iconic Poseidon from Greek mythology (or […]
17Dec 28, 2017
The ancient statue was found by Ilana Goor during her visit to Ecuador, South America. The statue represents a religious connotation which is not necessarily Christian. The holy female figure was made in large dimensions and has wings which attribute it to the celestial sphere. The small figure at her feet is offering her a […]
18Dec 28, 2017
A photograph constituting a testimony to the immortal sentence “No-one is infallible” .The photographer Jennie Barst chose to photograph a prisoner who has died with the objective of illustrating the unfortunate fact that sometimes we are strong and sometimes we are weak and moreover the temporariness of each of us in this world. The prisoner, […]
19Dec 28, 2017
Josef Albers, artist, designer and photographer, investigates in this print the method of optical perception by means of a series of colorful, interweaving squares, which aspire to create an illusion of a three-dimensional relief. The work has been named “A Tribute to the Square” and it is attributed to the “op-art” style.
20Dec 28, 2017
This work of art is one of several by Yitzhak Danziger exhibited in the Museum and it characterizes his artistic style. This is a reduced-scale model of an environmental sculpture representing the bond of generations and a monument to the clandestine immigration pioneers of the Betar Zionist Youth Movement, which is currently situated in Haifa […]