Tattoo
Artist Statement | Drawings | PaintingsDo we choose to live with our symbols or die for them? And how does one fully
live with a symbol? How do I choose to live with the Star of David?
"A tattoo in my soul"
is how I describe the Star of David - the Jewish, Israeli, Zionist and Holocaust
symbol adapted from ancient India, which I draw
and paint in an intense search for understanding and acceptance of my complex identities.
Trinity
I began the new series "Trinity" toward the end of 2006, in Palo Alto,
California.
Still intrigued by the symbol of the Star of David, I found myself
adding the Cross and the Crescent onto it, in an attempt to create a
combined symbol.
Looking through the Star of David as a symbol of my Israeli, Jewish,
Zionist, Holocaust identities in the former series "Tattoo", "Trinity"
deals with the further complex connections among the symbols of the
three monotheist religions and cultures. These connections of the
Christian, Muslim and Jewish worlds have become extremely actual these
days, and most relevant for me as a Jewish- Israeli currently living in
the US.The drawings are with pencil on paper, 8"x11".
"Trinity" is a series in progress.