Writings on Art and Design

This painting by David Reeb (view in Tel Aviv, acrylic on plywood, 60 x 80), is one of the first in my collection. I have had it for 15 years now. It “came” into my possession when I was just a student at “Bezalel” (!) in a somewhat unusual way and above all – thanks to the city of Jerusalem itself, which rained the painting to me from the skies, albeit indirectly. And this is the story: The year is 2005 and I am a third-year student in the visual communication department at Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. In between the

Many of those who have talked to me in recent years about Israeli art and collecting works on paper – had to listen again and again (and this is the place to apologize) to my discomfort with marker drawings on paper. So I thought we’d open it up here for discussion. Apparently markers are a wonderful drawing tool, and I speak from practical experience as well: a simple and sensitive medium that responds to every reaction and vibration of the hand. You can think of it as a real extension of the hand with an infinite range of lines and