In the early 1960s, Raffi Lavie began to paint in spontaneous scrawls reminiscent of graffiti and comic strip art.

He was invited to exhibit with "Ofakim Hadashim" (New Horizons) but his work challenged the delicate lyricism of the group.

Towards the end of the 1960s, Lavi began to glue photographs, reproductions and posters on his works, combining varied aesthetic elements; kitsch, applied graphics, children's drawing, and political rhetoric.

They situated everyday objects such as dolls, fragments of papers, towels, and reproductions center stage.

Breitberg-Semel "Want of Matter" thesis of the exhibit was that Lavie and the 10+ group used Jewish concepts and symbols, but the art was secular.

The new interpretation showed how Lavie's work was romantic, rich, filled with the Jewish religion and European roots.