Pinchas Cohen Gan
Pinchas Cohen Gan (* 1942 in Meknes ) is a Moroccan - Israeli painter and installation artist .
life and work
Pinhas Cohen Gan was born in Morocco in 1942. His family emigrated to Israel in 1949. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem from 1967 to 1970 , where he taught from 1971 to 1975. He studied for a year at the Central School of Art and Design in London and in 1973 received a Bachelor of Social Science and Art History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He completed his studies with Meyer Schapiro (1904-1996) at Columbia University School of the Arts in New York in 1977 with a master's degree .
In the 1970s, Cohen Gan went public with the installations The Dead Sea Project and Touching the Border . At the same time, he was involved in the refugee camps in Jericho. In 1975 Cohen Gan devoted himself to drawing and painting. In addition to his own artistic activity, Cohen Gan has published texts on the theory of art . He lives and works in Tel Aviv .
First Aid Kit (of the Primary Colors), 1974
Oil, collage, and stamps on paper
Israel Museum , Jerusalem
Figure and Correspondent Form with Red Shelf, 1978
Oil on canvas, cardboard and wood
Israel Museum , Jerusalem
Memories A (with the Hungarian Dice), 1994
Mixed media
Israel Museum , Jerusalem
Utopian Architecture (detail), 2002
Iron
Tel Aviv Museum of Art , Tel Aviv
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2010 Neighbors Neighbors: Jewish and Palestinian Artists from Israel Gallery in Körnerpark , Berlin
- 1999 50 Years of Israel / Contemporary Israeli Art: Three Generations Nassauischer Kunstverein , Wiesbaden
- 1987 19th São Paulo Biennale , São Paulo
- 1977 documenta 6 Kassel
- 1977 A Painting Show MoMA PS1 , New York, NY
- 1975 Paris Biennale , Paris
- Numerous solo exhibitions have taken place at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Givon Art Gallery in Tel Aviv.
Awards
- 2008 The Israel Prize in painting.
- 2005 Dizengoff Prize for Painting
- 2005 Prize for Life's Work in Plastic Art, Ministry of Education
- 1999 Acquisition Prize, Tel Aviv Museum
- 1991 Minister of Education Prize
- 1991 Eugene Kolb Prize for Israeli graphics
- 1979 Sandberg Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- 1978 America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- 1978 Isaac Stern Creativity Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 3: hand drawings, utopian design, books; Kassel, page 34, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
- ↑ Information center for israeli art Pinchas Cohen Gan , accessed on February 9, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Haaretz Artist who threw his work into the Hudson wins Israel Prize , accessed on February 9, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Givon Art Gallery Pinchas Cohen Gan , accessed on February 9, 2015 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen Gan, pinchas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan-Israeli painter and installation artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meknes , Morocco |