David’s Room

Jenifer Bar Lev

1992

Mixed media work featuring English and Hebrew text in frames of rectangles throughout work, still life in center rectangle surrounded by hand prints and broken hearts, decorative motif on either side of still life, and floral border.
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Creator Bio

Jenifer Bar Lev

b. 1948

American-born artist Jenifer Bar Lev immigrated to Israel in 1976 and lives in Tel Aviv. She is known for her mixed media works that often incorporate textiles. Her work has appeared in group exhibitions in Israel, Europe, and the United States, and has been the subject of more than a dozen solo exhibitions in Israel.

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