Dov Lederberg grew up in the Philadelphia area (Central
HS 211) and began his involvement in the arts at Haverford College
and the Columbia University
Graduate School of Fine Arts, concentrating on the experimental film
and
became an active film-
maker within The New American Underground. One of his works,
entitled "Eargogh", an interpretation of
the life
of Vincent
Van Gogh starring Jack Smith and Marie Menken, was widely
screened at the time. In the late Sixties Dov studied in yeshivas
in NYC
and Israel. Between 1970 and 1994 he worked as an independent film
director, mainly for Israel Television, making documentary and
educational films. Since 1983 Dov has been deeply involved in using new
art mediums and techniques to
express the subtle ideas of Jewish
mystical teachings and meditation.
He
has created many original acrylic paintings and video
art compositions inspired by the Hebrew
letters in the scribal style.
the
abstract illusionist genre, essentially creating an evocative
"gestalt' which invites the viewer's active interaction and
interpretation. His paintings and video art
are exhibited in museums and galleries in
the United States and Israel.
Dov
lives in Jerusalem with his wife, the
artist, Yael
Avi-Yonah.
Artist's Manifesto
I
am engaged in the converging vectors of art and science, but receive
added inspiration from
kabbalah
teachings & meditation and try to create visual forms (in paintings
on canvas but also
video
art) conducive to mystical experience and self-transformation.
Various
curators have termed my work as abstract illusionist or mystical
abstract expressionist.
I
like to regard myself as an "emerging" artist creating art with many
layers and meanings that
"emerge"
before the viewer, an evocative gestalt that invites the viewer's
interaction and discovery. This effect is enhanced by viewing the work
with avatar-type 3-D glasses
(which
of course is difficult to achieve in this
web context)
