Motti Mizrachi
Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi (born 1946) is an Israeli multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art, and performance. Dough, Via Dolorosa (1973) and Healing (1980) marked the emergence of avant-garde Israeli performance and video art. Since the 1980s, he has created numerous site specific public sculptures.
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- Name
- Motti Mizrachi
- Birth Name
- Mordechai Mizrachi
- Born
- 1946
- Birthplace
- Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
- Field
- sculpture, multimedia
- Training
- Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
- Movement
- Israeli art
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- sculptor · artist
- Fields
- art of sculpture
- Known for
- The Eye of the Sun · Via Dolorosa · Fall of the Muses
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Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi (born 1946) is an Israeli multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art, and performance. Dough, Via Dolorosa (1973) and Healing (1980) marked the emergence of avant-garde Israeli performance and video art. Since the 1980s, he has created numerous site specific public sculptures.
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Motti Mizrachi (born 1946) is an Israeli artist and sculptor. The artist was born in Tel Aviv.
Motti Mizrachi studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. The artist worked for Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and worked in Jaffa. Motti Mizrachi is active in art of sculpture.
Works include Fall of the Muses, The Eye of the Sun and Via Dolorosa. Works by the artist are held at Israel Museum, Jewish Museum and Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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Biography
Biography
Motti Mizrachi studied at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Jaffa. Employment is recorded with Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Works named in the authority record are The Eye of the Sun, Via Dolorosa and Fall of the Muses. Work by Motti Mizrachi is recorded in the collections of Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel Museum and Jewish Museum.
Inauguration of Motti Mizrachi sculpture at Mikveh Israel
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Inauguration of Motti Mizrachi sculpture at Mikveh Israel
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Motti Mizrachi • Native Name — מוטי מזרחי • Birth Name — Mordechai Mizrachi • Born — 1946 • Birthplace — Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine • Field — sculpture, multimedia • Training — Bezalel Academy of Art and Design • Movement — Israeli art • Works — Via Dolorosa (1973), The Eye of the Sun (2012) • Website — mottimizrachi.com
Biography
Biography
Disabled since childhood, Motti Mizrachi uses humor and self-irony in his work, with an emphasis on the flaws and pleasures of the human body, while examining the oppression and control of the strong over the weak, both socially and politically. In 1969-1973, he studied at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. He was represented in the 1980 Biennale de Paris, the 1987 and 1981 São Paulo Art Biennials, the 1988 Venice Biennale, and the 2003 Valencia Biennale. Mizrachi lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Public Art
Public Art
• Illustration — Pillar, screw and ducks, 1989 Steel, bronze and stainless steel 2 Masaryk Square, Tel Aviv-Yafo • Illustration — The Fall of the Muses, 1991 Bronze Ra'anana Park • Illustration — The Fall of the Muses, 1991 Bronze Ra'anana Park • Illustration — Eastern Kiss, 1991 Mixed media Opera Tower, Tel Aviv-Yafo • Illustration — Angel of Peace, 1992 Bronze Hatikva, Tel Aviv-Yafo • Illustration — Sprinkler, 1996 Holon • Illustration — Icarus, 2002 Stainless-steel, plexiglass and bronze, height 750 cm Tel Aviv Museum of Art • Illustration — Herzl meets the Emperor of Germany, 2011 Bronze Mikve Israel • Illustration — The Eye of the Sun, 2007-2012 Mixed media Tu District, Ashdod
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Identity and overview
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Works and production
Works and production
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Teaching
• 1980-1987 Bezalel, Jerusalem • College of Art, School of Art Teachers, Ramat Hasharon • Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv
Primary material
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Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6918663: Motti Mizrachi
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- “Motti Mizrachi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards and recognition
• 1976 - Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem • 1987 - Israeli Artist Award, Tel Aviv Museum and Bank Discount • 1987 - Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem • 1987 - Award, America-Israel Cultural Foundation • 1997 - Prize to encourage creativity, Ministry of Education and Culture • 2001 - Dan Sandel and Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award, Shoe Sculpture, Tel Aviv Museum of Art • 2002 - Award, Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
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- 1.Klein Leichman, Abigail. Great Israeli road trips: Tel Aviv to Beersheva. 21 News.
- 2.The work of Motti Mizrachi cannot be easily classified.
- 3.Cotter, Holland. 'DATELINE ISRAEL: NEW PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO ART'. The New York Times.
- 4.Motti Mizrachi.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 10
- Agassi, Meir, Zadok Ben David, Motti Mizrachi. The Israeli Pavilion, The Venice Biennale 1988, Venice, 1988.
- Haifa Museums, Motti Mizrachi-Rwanda Casanova, Haifa Museums, 2000, .
- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- curator: Lorand Hegyi, Makom: zeitgenössische Kunst aus Israel, Wien, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, 1993, .
- The Absent Body, Body Imagery Between Judaism and Christianity in the work of eight Israeli artists, Beit Hatfutsot, 2012, .
- Biennale di Valencia, 2003, Curator: Lorand Hegyi.
- "The Giving Person" group show, 2005, Napoli, Curator: Lorand Hegyi, ( ).
- "Domicile - Private/Public", 2005, Saint-Etienne, Curator: Lorand Hegyi, 2005, ( ).
- "Micro-Narratives", Saint-Etienne and later in Belgrade, 2008, Curator:Lorand Hegyi,( ).
- "Essential Experiences" 2009, Museum Palazzo Riso, Palermo, Curator: Lorand Hegyi, Catalogue: Essential Experiences Electa Editore, 2009, ( ), together with Jan Fabre, Marina Abramovic, Richard Nonas, Dennis Oppenheim, Günther Uecker, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Lee Fan, Orlan, Gloria Friedmann.
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