Avi Sabah

The Jerusalem Post, November 2008

Avi Sabah embraces a cultural phenomenon largely avoided by young contemporary artists. "I really like kitsch," he admits. One might not immediately guess it looking at his paintings. Though popular elements—taken from landscape and culture—enter into his paintings, his stark colors, angled motifs and dark imagery suggest a metamorphosis of this kitsch into a preoccupation with deeper roots. . .

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