Michael Sgan-Cohen
Israeli artist, art historian, curator and critic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Sgan-Cohen (2 March 1944 – 20 February 1999) was an Israeli artist, art historian, curator and critic. His oeuvre touches different realms of the Israeli experience and the Hebrew language, displaying a strong connection to the Jewish Scriptures. His works were nurtured by his extensive knowledge of Art history, philosophy, Biblical Texts, Jewish thought and Mysticism, which in turn illuminated all these pursuits. His engagement with Judaism and the Bible as a secular scholar and his vast knowledge of modern and contemporary art contributed to the development of a distinctive approach which combined Jewish and Israeli symbols and images to create a multilayered and contemporary artistic language.
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Born | Michael Sgan-Cohen 2 March 1944 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
Died | 20 February 1999 (aged 54) Jerusalem, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
Education | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), City University of New York (CUNY) |
Known for | Painting, Concept |
Notable work | Moses (1977–1978) Hineni (1978) Coat of Many Colors (1981) Leviathan (1983) The Wandering Jew (1983) |
Movement | Israeli art, conceptual art |
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Sgan-Cohen's art was anticipatory in many respects: his concept of Israeli identity as part of Jewish Identity developed long before other artists began to see things in these terms. This reflected in his profound involvement with the formative Jewish sacred texts, both intellectually and by embedding Jewish thought into the essence of his artistic practice. He was one of the pioneers in the sophisticated use of the Hebrew language as a means of expression in contemporary art.