The first museum retrospective of noted Isareli artist Micha Ullman (b. 1939), Sands of Time spans the Ullman's fifty-year career in sculpture and drawing. Ullman, who was awarded the prestigious Israel Prize in 2009, is known for subterranean installations, some of which barely protrude from the ground, as well as his sculptures made of iron and sand - all of which address such universal themes as place and home, absence and emptiness. Ullman achieved international recognition in 1995 for the deeply moving underground library void, created as a memorial in Berlin's Bebelplatz, where the Nazis burned thousands of books on May 10, 1933. To celebrate the Israel Museum's new retrospective, Ullman will create a 200-square-meter installation based on his own unique sand-throwing technique. The exhibition is curated by Chief Curator-at-Large Yigal Zalmona.
Image: Micha Ullman, Equinox, 2005-2009 - Equinox Day Sept 23, 2009. Courtesy of the Israel Museum.
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