Benni Efrat
Benni Efrat (* 1936 in Beirut , Lebanon ) is an Israeli conceptual artist , painter, sculptor and experimental filmmaker .
life and work
Benni Efrat was born in Beirut in 1936 and emigrated to Israel in 1947. From 1959 to 1961 he studied at the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv with the Israeli painter Yehezkel Streichman. Efrat left Israel in 1966 to study at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. He lived and worked in New York (1975–1981), Paris (1981–1983), Amsterdam (1983–1992), Belgium (1993–2007) and returned to Israel in 2007.
Benni Efrat dates his works from the year 2030. 94 is the age of his assumed death.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2014: Conceptual and Applied III Daimler Contemporary , Berlin
- 2014: Scarlet Contemporary by Golconda, Tel Aviv
- 2008: The Third Generation Tel Aviv Museum of Art , Tel Aviv
- 2000: Vancouver Art Gallery , Canada
- 1999: Fist full of candies, Fall 2048 , Havana Biennale
- 1987: Inside Outside Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp
- 1981: Here and Now Jewish Museum , New York City
- 1980: Hudson River Museum, New York
- 1978: Shadows MoMA PS1 , New York
- 1977: documenta 6 , Kassel
- 1977: Whitney Museum of American Art , New York
- 1977: Words of Liberty Museum of Contemporary Art , Chicago
- 1974: Benni Efrat, Adding to Subtract, Artist's Proof , Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam
- 1972: Israel Museum , Jerusalem
Awards
- 2002: The Haim Gamzu Prize Tel Aviv Museum of Art , Tel Aviv
- 1992: America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- 1974: Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum of Jerusalem
- 1969: 6th Paris Biennale (free sculpture)
- 1966: America-Israel Cultural Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 2: Photography, film and video; Kassel, page 260, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
- ↑ Contemporary by Golconda Benni Efrat ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 29, 2015
- ↑ Information center for Israeli art Benni Efrat accessed on January 29, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Time Out Israel The Dove, Summer 2062, accessed on January 29, 2015 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Efrat, Benni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli conceptual artist, painter, sculptor and experimental filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beirut , Lebanon |