The Table As It Is

Drora Dominey

1989

Sculpture of a cracked table with set of drinking glasses and glass ashtrays on it.
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Drora Dominey

b. 1950

Israeli sculptor Drora Dominey was born at Kibbutz Merhavia. Many of her pieces focus on her experience of kibbutz life and on Israeli identity. Dominey, who teaches at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, is the recipient of the Israel Education & Culture Minister’s Award (2007).

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