Prominent painter, writer, satirist and veteran left-wing activist Yair Garbuz died on Wednesday after battling cancer.

Born in 1945 in Givatayim to parents who immigrated from Poland, Garbuz studied painting withthe prominent teacher and critic Raffi Lavie, and at the Avni Institute.

He held his first solo exhibition in 1967, already featuring what would become his trademark techniques of collage, portraits, and text.

American Pop Art paintings inspired Garbuz’s artwork, as seen in his use of layers of collage, photography, mixed media, and text.

Garbuz took photographs and newspaper clippings and pasted them on plywood that served as his work surface. His wife, whose name was kept private, was often his model in his artwork.

Garbuz exhibited dozens of times at galleries and exhibitions around Israel and the world and published books of satire, memoir, poetry, and essays.

He was active on the cultural commentary circuit, writing for Davar Aher, a satirical supplement of the newspaper Davar, which earned him the Sokolov Prize, a journalism award.

He also hosted a satirical television program on........

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