Ofer Lellouche
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Ofer Lellouche (* 1947 in Tunis , Tunisia ) is an Israeli painter , graphic artist , sculptor and video artist who was born in Tunisia.
life and work
Lellouche studied in Paris from 1963 to 1966 and dropped out two months before graduating to go to Kibbutz Yehiam in Israel . After his military service, he studied painting from 1969 to 1971 at the Avni Institute of Art and Design and French literature at Tel Aviv University . Then worked in the studio of the sculptor César Baldaccini in Paris while he continued to study literature.
Then take self-portraits as videos and later of landscapes. In 1987 his work Figure in a Landscape was exhibited at the São Paulo Biennale . In the 1990s he mainly worked on graphic and sculptural works.
He lives and works alternately in Tel Aviv and Paris.
Sculptures
- Hanukkiya (1988), Tel Aviv University campus
- The Atelier (2001), Lola Beer Ebner Sculpture Garden at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv
- Two (2006), Billy Rose Art Garden at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
- Ein Kopf für Meina (2008/09), Meina ( Italy 20007) - Monument to 54 Murdered Jews in Meina (1943) filmed as Hotel Meina
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lellouche, Ofer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli painter, printmaker, sculptor and video artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunis , Tunisia |