Published by Yehoshua Sobol — the well-known Hebrew playwright, whom we recently came to know through Al-Ittihad newspaper for his socially themed play “Kriza.”This article appeared in the newspaper “Al Hamishmar” on 11 April 1977, and we are publishing it here in full. In the nineteenth century, they would have begun a case like this...Continue Reading

Art is a weapon used by the people in their intellectual and practical struggle to achieve their denied rights. Naturally, this art must be purposeful, organized, clear, and expressive—emerging from the ongoing conflict between the exploiting and the exploited forces. Within it lie the distinct characteristics of committed visual art that serves the struggles of...Continue Reading

The art exhibition of painter Abed Abdi drew the attention of both the public and art critics in Israeli newspapers. The exhibition was held at Beit Hagefen in Haifa during the second half of last month and included 39 artworks by the artist, who was already known to the public through his previous exhibitions and...Continue Reading

Dear audience, I am delighted to join artist Awkshi in opening the exhibition of our artist Abed Abdi, because several years ago, we used to look at Abed lying on the ground, doodling like a child, making what he called “drawings.”But today, we look up to Abed Abdi — a painter forging his path in...Continue Reading

Hagefen Gallery Haifa. Exhibition open from 4-22 November, 1972.Continue Reading

We often repeat words of admiration for things that please us and harmonize with our feelings, and we speak about taste in colors and their harmony. However, people’s response to aesthetic concepts does not form a unified or independent sense of taste, but rather a complete fusion that grows and matures within the social environment...Continue Reading