Orthodox
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rabbi and artist associated with the Chabad-LubavitchHasidic movement, and is known for his "Chasidic Pop Art" painting style. Moully served as a Chabad emissary (''
shaliach
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'') in
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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.Bensoussan, Barbara. "True Color." ''Mishpacha Magazine''. July 4, 2012."Pop Artist, Chossid, Shliach." ''COLlive.com''. July 8, 2012."Yitzchok Moully." ''The Algemeiner Journal''. Accessed December 1, 2014.
Moully's combination of rabbinic work and art is expressed in a piece "Orange Socks."
The piece, according to Moully, contrasts what people think of as a homogeneous Chassidic experience.
Personal life
Yitzchok Moully was born in
Queensland, Australia
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, but moved to
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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, at the age of three. At the age of five, Moully and his mother moved to
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Crown Heights is bounded by Washington Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Ralph Avenue to the east, and Empire Boulevard/East New Yo ...
and joined the
Chabad
Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic grou ...
community there. Moully later studied at Chabad yeshivoth, married, and became the assistant rabbi at the Chabad Jewish Center of
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Basking Ridge is an unincorporated community located within Bernards Township in the Somerset Hills region of Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the population for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 07920 w ...
.
Art
Moully has produced works by using the
silkscreen
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process; his art contrasts strong Jewish and Chasidic images with vibrant bold colors creating what he describes as "Chassidic Pop Art." Moully uses color and styles similar to the work of
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the Art movement, visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore th ...
, using popular images from Jewish Chasidic culture including dreidels, Kiddush cups and praying rabbis.Trappler-Spielman, Sara Hasidic Rabbi by Day, Pop Artist by Night." ''The Jewish Daily Forward''. Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Moully also works in abstract art, and has been heavily influenced by artists such as by the French Canadian artist Jean Pierre Lafrance
In 2006, Moully began exhibiting his art in galleries and community centers in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. His work has been on exhibit at the gallery ArtisZen Arts in
Michoel Muchnik
Michoel Muchnik is an artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Muchnik resides in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; his art is noted for its joyful, story book renderings of Jewish and Hasidic themes in water colors and acrylics, and ...
Michoel Muchnik
Michoel Muchnik is an artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Muchnik resides in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; his art is noted for its joyful, story book renderings of Jewish and Hasidic themes in water colors and acrylics, and ...