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| | | Born in Israel. One of the pillars of Israeli art. Painter and sculptor. In 1968 he represented Israel in 'Documenta' in Kassel, Germany.
He burst onto international consciousness with the sheep motif in the exhibition of a flock of live sheep adorned with colorful stripes presented at the Venice Biennale (1978). In 2005, this display was reproduced as part of the exhibition "Draw me a sheep" presented at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
In 1995 he began painting portraits of his famous colored sheep.
In 2005, the film "Blue sheep" was shown at the Israeli Festival (directed by Dani Dothan and Dalia Meborach), documenting his life and work.
| | The sheep motif
During his service in the army Kadishman was assigned to the first Nahal Unit established at that time. He was posted at Kibbutz Ma’ayan Baruch at the Galilee panhandle, and worked as a shepherd. His memories as a shepherd were accurately documented by his pencil and charcoal sketches. The sheep were drawn mainly around the borders of Israel, and barbed-wire fences - even sheep have international borders.
Has won numerous awards in Israel and abroad, among them:
1967 - First prize for sculpture, 5th Paris Biennale
1981 - Jury Prize, the Norwegian International Print Biennale, in Fredrikstad
1984 - Mendel Pundik Prize for Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1990 - The Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture, Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo
1995 - The Israel Prize for sculpture
2002 - The Honorary Fellowship Award from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
His works are exhibited in Israel and the world, in museums and private collections.
| | Art in public space: His sculptures are scattered in Israel and abroad - a partial list:
“Tension” - at the entrance to the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Trees” – Rehavia, Jerusalem
“Circles” - The Hebrew University, Har Hatsofim, Jerusalem
A sculpture at the Family Plaza, Yad Veshem Museum, Jerusalem
“Birth” - near the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya
Memorial monument for the Etzel, Haganah and Lehi underground organizations, Ramat Gan
“Horse” – the Yoav Dagon Sculpture garden, Ramat Hasharon
“Segments" - Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva
“In Suspense”, “'The Sacrifice of Issac” - University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo
“In Suspense”, “'The Sacrifice of Issac” - Tel Aviv Art Museum, Tel Aviv
“Prometheus” - Meyerhoff Art Education Center Tel Aviv
“Three Discs” - Susquehanna University, Pennsylvania, USA
“Tension” and “Eight Positive Trees” - Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, USA
“The Sacrifice of Isaac” – the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Oklahoma, USA
“Negative Trees” - Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
“Three Discs” - High Park, Toronto, Canada
“Pieta” - Dominikanerkloster, Braunschweig, Germany
“Falling Leaves” - Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
"Dream" - Baoding Square 20, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
“Prometheus” – Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Untitled
Bronze
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