David Gerstein belongs to a group of painters, all top craftsmen, whom you come across, and whose expanding body of work – increasingly filling the country – is worthy of close scrutiny. His monumental statues adorn Israeli cities; a playground of his invention continues to delight the children of Jerusalem; the Hebrew University ordered an ambitious and challenging project from Gerstein: the design of various statues which will symbolize – based on criteria of good taste, common sense and a high level of communication – the various University institutions and faculties; a television show has chosen to decorate its broadcasting studio with his works, in the hope that the pieces’ tremendous popularity will attract viewers to the show.
