Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi (
Hebrew: מוטי מזרחי, born 1946) is an Israeli
multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art and performance. [1]Dough, Via Dolorosa (1973) and Healing (1980) marked the emergence of avant-garde Israeli performance and video art. Since the 1980s, he has created numerous
site specific public sculptures. [2]
Biography
Disabled since childhood, Motti Mizrachi uses humor and self-irony in his work, with an emphasis on the flaws and pleasures of the human body, while examining the oppression and control of the strong over the weak, both socially and politically. In 1969-1973, he studied at
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.[3] He was represented in the 1980
Biennale de Paris, the 1987 and 1981
São Paulo Art Biennials, the 1988
Venice Biennale, and the 2003
Valencia Biennale. [4]