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General Description:
Sculptor and painter. In his youth, between 1950 and 1953, Kadishman worked as a shepherd on a Kibbutz. This experience with nature, sheep and shepherding had a significant impact on his later artistic work and career.
The first major appearance of sheep in his work was in the 1978 Venice Biennale, where Kadishman presented a flock of colored live sheep as living art.
In 1995, he began painting portraits of sheep by the hundreds, and even thousands, each one different from the next. These instantly-recognizable sheep portraits soon became his artistic "trademark".
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Background:
Born in Tel Aviv, 1932.
From 1947 to 1950 he studied with the Israeli sculptor Moshe Sternschuss at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv, and in 1954 with the Israeli sculptor Rudi Lehmann in Jerusalem. Moving to London, he studied at St. Martin's School of Art and Slade School of Art, London. between 1959-1960, with Anthony Caro, Reg Butler among others.
Represented Israel at the Venice Biannale of 1978 and at the Documenta festival, Germany, 1968.
Among other permanent collections, his work adorns the entrance of the Tel Aviv museum of Art; The National Israeli Theater (Ha'Bima) and the sculpture garden of Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
In 1995 he was present the most prestigious prize in Israel, The Israel Prize, for his contribution as an artist.
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