The work of Israeli artist Maya Cohen Levy includes paintings, sculptures, installations, and book projects. She studied calligraphy in Japan and China and has also turned to Islamic art for inspiration. Her work has been the subject of group shows as well as solo exhibitions in Israel and Germany. Cohen Levy received the Israel Culture and Education Ministry Award (2005). She lives in Tel Aviv.
In the nineteenth century, especially in the era before photography, it was common for artists to travel to exotic or picturesque locations in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, and to produce…
On the shores of the Sea of Galilee
Lies a palace of great majesty.
There God’s garden is planted,
But not a single tree sways.
Silence; no wave is heard,
Above, every flying bird
Is still and…