Towards the late l980s, Kadishman returned to sculpture and painting, where a naturalistic imagery gained new significance and took on a very important dimension in his work.The Birth series appeared toward the end of the I980s. It represents the “Great Mother” who gives life and, at the same time, symbolizes […]

The state of Israel has never yet found peace since its foundation. Young soldiers still die in the struggle for the continued existence of their country.When the son of Maneshe Kadishman was conscripted for military service, his father experienced the anxiety of all fathers for the life of their sons. […]

Menashe Kadishman’s latest sculpture-environment, “Shalechet” (Fallen Leaves) is constituted by a very large number of heavy, circular-shaped, iron disks forged into the semblance of a frantic screaming face, the expression of which immediately calls to mind the ghostly visage seen in Eduard Munch’ painting The Scream, 1893.The disks are scattered […]