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Jerusalem
Visions
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Landscapes that capture
the timelessness of the Eternal City. "Yitzhak Greenfield
has become the incarnation of an art inspired by and expressing
Jerusalem."Miriam Tal, International Association of Art
Critics. |
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Jerusalem
in black, white and grey
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Encounters in black,
white and grey. 1964-1970 early mixed media works expressing
the artists first impressions of the city he choose to
work and live in. |
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Ein
Kerem Landscapes
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Acrylic paintings on paper. Yitzhak Greenfields studio and home
is in Ein Kerem ,a unique suburb of Jerusalem, reminiscent of
Tuscany because of the many churches and old pine and cypress
trees planted many years ago. Yitzhak presents a group of of
these landscapes, a theme he frequently returns to, to you. |
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Jerusalem Collage Series
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A collage series made
of handmade papers and details from the artists prints
from ancient cylinder seal sources from Babylonia. Giclee
prints from this series are available. |
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Mystic
Geometric Ideograms
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This series of acrylic paintings on scored and folded paper
consists of two hundred works. " The impetus behind this series
is the need to discover a graphic language for representing
concepts and ideas, even the pure heavenly light cherished by
Jewish theology and Kabalah " Paul Rabof, Mystic Language Through
Painting.' |
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Still
life
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Pomegranates,Quinces, lemons and peppers. A lifegiving series
of acrylic and oil paintings on paper and canvas. This series
was started during the Gulf War, 1991. one man shows of these
Still life paintings which integrated landscape elements were
shown At the Nora Gallery in Jerusalem, The Amber Gallery in
Leiden Holland.andin a Studio Show in Ein Kerem. |
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Hebrew
letter landscapes and meditation prints
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Hebrew letters as inspiration
for meditation. In this series of paintings and prints
Yitzhak Greenfield presents icons for contemplation. |
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Amulet
paintings
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These paintings were inspired by ideograms from old Hebrew books
of medicine and healing. This recent series was shown at the
Greenfield Studio Gallery in Ein Kerem in 2001. |
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Object
prints
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This series of prints using authentic archeological objects
is an essential part of the printmaking endeavors of Yitzhak
Greenfield. "Yitzhak Greenfield has developed a profoundly fascinating
means of using the past. He has recast the imagery of Assyrian
and Babylonian cylinderl seals, Second Temple Era Hebrew inscriptions,
tooled bookbindings and old type faces into new intaglilo prints."Craig
B. Bailey, New York City. |
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