Shy Abady information

Shy Abady is an Israeli artist (born 24 September 1965 in Jerusalem). Over the years, Abady created "biographical" series, which followed individual figures (including, Nijinsky, Hannah Arendt and Radu Klapper, Paul Celan). Other series addressed historical-political themes (Including, "My Other Germany", "Augusta Victoria", "Back to the Levant" and "A Boomerang on Breath-Routes").In some other series, (" Icon – the Golden Age", "Marcuse, Pontormo and Me"), Abady examines the language of art itself and the aesthetic influences and relationships between Western-Christian art and Jewish-Israeli art. Abady's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in many galleries and museums in Israel and abroad.