Why Would an Artist Make an Effigy of the Comatose Ariel Sharon?

Noam Braslavsky: “I [would] build a ritual of visiting him, like you go visit your old grandfather before he died. But it’s a lot like you go visit the body of the leader of communist countries – like the mummy of Lenin. … [If] you listen to what people say about [Sharon], it’s the same emotion they have toward the appearance of the Israeli state.”