Gideon Shani

  • Painting
    • Landscape
    • The Bedouin sector
    • War paintings
    • Characters
    • Bible painting
    • Crusades
  • Sculptures
    • General
    • Bible Stories
    • Crusades
  • Artist statement
  • Biography
  • Contact
  • עברית

My work draws its substance from the magical and romantic beauty of the southern landscapes, which I first became acquainted with during my military service, and since then, for more than 50 years, have become the environment of my physical, mental and emotional life.

My encounter with the landscape is the bond between belonging and commitment, not as of a spectator. Belonging to the history of my forefathers who wandered here thousands of years ago. Belonging to the inhabitants of the desert who wandered here hundreds of years ago. Belonging to the inhabitants who live here today and belonging to the pure and primal beauty of the expanses of the Negev, from HaMakhtesh HaGadol with its cosmic colors and shapes to the landscapes of Sodom that terrorize and enchant the beholder.

Through bronze and resin sculptures that describe the events of the Bible I accomplish the strong bond that I have with the land and the inhabitants.


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