Bad Waters
Yair Garbuz
2004
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Yair Garbuz
b. 1945
The works of Israeli artist Yair Garbuz have been featured in dozens of solo exhibitions and group shows in Israel and elsewhere. He is the recipient of the Emet Prize (2004) and several other awards and grants. Garbuz is the author of seven books. He writes widely on art and was director of the art school at the Beit Berl Teachers Training College from 1997 to 2009.
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