Made in a modern art style painting displays a close up of a colorful sheep with piercing eyes. Under the Sheep’s head is a paintbrush pasted into the painting. Most likely an original paintbrush used to paint the canvas.
Menashe Kadishman- Despite a wide-ranging body of work, Kadishman remains best known as the sculptor and painter who introduced the seemingly innocuous motif of the sheep to the fine-art domains of Minimalism, Conceptual Art, and Neo-Expressionism. It was a unique thematic and formal combination that prompted the American art critic and poet Donald Kuspit to describe his art as "high-culture kitsch". Having built his reputation during the 1960s and early 1970s in England and America, he took the decision to return permanently to his homeland of Israel (to the detriment perhaps of his international standing) where he became absorbed in the themes of Jewish heritage and familial sacrifice.
Excellent condition
Oil on canvas
Signed Lower Left.
32in x 24in Portrait. (81cm x 62cm)
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