Gad Ullman
born 1935, Tel Aviv, Israel
Interfaith Clergy Leaders in the Old City of Jerusalem, 1968
Original Hand-Signed Ink Drawing - Dated 1968
Artist Name: Gad Ullman
Title: Interfaith clergy leaders in the Old City of Jerusalem, 1968
Signature Description: Hand-signed in Hebrew and dated "1968" lower middle, Titled in Hebrew lower left
Technique: Ink on paper
Size: 25 x 31 cm / 9.84" x 12.2" inch
Frame: Unframed
Condition: Very good condition.
Artist's Biography:
Gad Ullman (born in 1935 in Tel Aviv) is a
multidisciplinary artist - an Israeli painter, sculptor, visual artist and
graphic artist. Among his works - large works for walls in public buildings,
sculpture in the public space, design and graphic works, environmental
sculpture, performances and installations.
Gad Ullman is a multidisciplinary artist dedicated to allegoric and personal
fine Arts.
He is an example of a creative artist who combines talent in a variety of
visual arts presenting the interdisciplinary spirit and the totality of the
Bauhaus mainly the utopic concept of the artist who contributes culturally
services to society beautifying the human surroundings and meaning to his
life by inspiring it.
Gad Ullman is a talented and wide range artist, whose works breach
the boundaries between barriers various artistic domains: Painting,
Sculptures, Drawing, Illustrating, printing, in and outdoor sculptures,
etc.
Ullman’s art creations from the last decade are proof of his innovative talent.
The ability to design, life experience and the expertise of an artist who
accumulated skills in a variety of areas in art, reaching full maturity,
combines deep emotions and gloomy thoughts together with joy of acting and love
for creation based on intellectual knowledge.
Recently Gad Ullman has focused on drawings with charcoal on cardboard and
painting in large scale.
Gad Ullman was born to a family of German Jews. He studied art at the Avni
Studio and later at the Avni Institute under Yehezel Streichman and Avigdor
Stematsky.
In the second half of the 1950s, he studied graphics at the Bezalel School of
Art. At the same time, he studied at the School for Art Teachers. After
graduating, he continued his training in various artistic techniques, for
example, photography with Yaakov Agur.
In 1964, he was appointed designer, illustrator and graphic editor of the weekend
supplement of Haaretz newspaper. He stayed at this job until 1984. In
1965, he had his first one-man show. In the second half of the 1960s, he was
active in the 10+ group.
Ullman wrote articles for the press, between 1972 and 1976 he wrote for the
quarterly "Painting and Sculpture". He wrote mainly on prints such as
lithographs, woodcuts and screen prints.
In 1971 he published a Haggadah for Passover in Kibbutz style which he
illustrated in different types of prints. In 1976-1977 he lectured at the
Faculty of Arts at Tel Aviv University.
In the 1970s Ullman worked on large-scale works for public buildings, in
addition to his work in graphic design. In 1973-1974, he created several works
influenced by the Yom Kippur War.
Ullman also taught in various settings, academic and amateur, over the years.
From the 80's he moved to other media and started to sculpt, and later also
create video works, environmental sculpture and sculpture for the public space.
Gad Ullman lived in the city of Tel Aviv all
his life. He created, studied and taught, and presented many exhibitions in the
city. He took part in the Artists' Association of Tel Aviv and the Artists House
on Alkharizi St. was a second home for him. As a city dweller he spent
countless hours in the sea and on the beach. He is connected to the sea, and
this connection is evident in some of his works. Gad Ullman is the elder
brother of artists Micah Ullman and Tirza Ullman.
Ullman often engages in social and political
issues in Israeli society. He was awake and responded to the events that
happened in the country all his life. His works also respond to the changes
that happened in the art world.
In different periods, Ullman corresponds with
ancient and local art such as Egyptian, Canaanite, Babylonian art and other
cultures that characterize the region of the Land of Israel.
His artistic work
Over the years, Ullman has worked in various styles often incorporating printmaking
techniques.
Gad Ullman is one of the greatest experts in the field of prints, not only as a
creator but also as a researcher who has published a wide range of information
on various print techniques. He combines in his graphic work in addition to
traditional techniques also expertise in photography and commercial printing.
Ullman is one of the first to make photography a main factor in graphic design
and journalism, following his visit to the United States in the late 1960s and
his acquaintance with the prints of Andy Warhol and the American pop artists.
From the 1970s onwards, Ullman created large murals in public spaces, such as
on the media building, Beit HaLochem, on the Tadiran building, Bank Leumi
branch at Gan Ha'ir in Tel Aviv and on the "Yediot Ahronoth"
newspaper building. These walls were created with diverse and innovative
printing methods and using the artist's original photographs. In all the wall
works, the content refers to what was done in the building in a unique way.
Among his best-known works as an illustrator is the Telepele series of
children's books (1979).
From the 1980s Ullmann began to create large
works in public spaces where he utilized his experience with visual techniques.
Some of his works contain kinetic sculpture that draws its inspiration from
children's games, swings and sports activities such as playing matkas.
In 2006 Ullman had a heart attack that
influenced his subsequent works that reflect the weakness of the body and its
future destruction. About this event and the feelings that accompanied it
regarding the fragility of life and death, Ullman created a series of
performance works, video, photography and print. In recent years Ullman began
to return to charcoal painting on large brown surfaces. These paintings are
expressive in nature and show large figures. Some of the characters are named
after gods, titans or heroes from Greek mythology. At the same time, the
figures seem to be wrapped in knots of ropes that originate from the sea.
Ullman's works from the 2000s onwards are becoming more and more personal,
expressing deep inner feelings and emotions, and referring to human destiny.
The variety of materials in his
works
Copper is the artist's favorite metal. Already during his studies at Bezalel,
he was engaged in creating photographic engravings on copper. Later he combined
huge etchings in wall coverings such as: Asia House in Tel Aviv, the King
Solomon Hotel (Eilat) and others. With this material he also created wind
chimes and sculptures in motion. Copper was the typical material for the head
sculptures that he repeated over the years.
In the years between 1970 and 2000, Gad Ullman
created many works in public space. These were very large walls where there
were paintings, prints, reliefs and various materials on enamel, walls and
tiles. In these works, he used a lot of original photographs. He would process
the photo into a print and print it on the walls in public spaces - banks,
hotels, and business buildings. Ullman loves photography and would take his
camera with him everywhere. He would use the photographs as primary material
and adapt them to various types of work later on, including graphic designs and
paintings.
Ullman often creates sculpted paddleballs (Matkot
in Hebrew) from all kinds of materials, these works are sometimes fairy tales
or illustrations in different books. There is no doubt that his many years of
involvement in this game influences his work. He spends almost every morning at
the beach and playing paddle ball. Based on the sketches and photographs he
made during his stay at the beach, he also created a series of works in a
variety of materials such as oil paint, acrylic, wood and others, which the
artist calls "the seashore".
His Judaica works are based on memories of the
sacred silver utensils that filled his grandparents' home. Over the years he
illustrated and produced typography for three Haggadah for Pesach, in 1964,
1972, 1985. However, he handled different variations and different materials,
during Shabbat and the Friday Kiddush ceremony.
In Bezalel he studied the art of fresco, with
Professor Arie Margoshilski. The plaster is an important element in his
paintings, sometimes also in combination with other materials such as glass,
copper or mosaic.
At the beginning of his career, Gad Ullman was
known mainly for his drawings which, until the Six Day War, were only in black
and white. Over the years he expanded the scope of his work and swotched to
painting in colors. In times of war and crisis, he returned to drawing without
color. In 1978, as part of art workshops, he created performances at the top of
Mount Sinai (also known as Jabal Musa). After completing a course in performance
art, he began exhibiting them value in each exhibition. Some of the performances
are accompanied by paddleballs, others contain tortured and wrapped figures as
a tribute to his family who perished in the Holocaust.
In the early 21st century, Ullman returned to
spontaneous and intuitive drawing in charcoal on brown paper or large cartons
discarded from the commercial world - very large packages of electrical
products. The packaging testifies to the "carton culture", as Ullman
calls it. In his family they did not throw things away, but instead reused
objects and materials. So also, in these works Ullman reuses cardboard. These
packages stood on their own in the exhibition of drawings named "Connections"
that were painted on them. Ullman's drawings in this late period testify to the
virtuosity of the handwork, the pencil, the eraser and the charcoal.
In the later years, Ullman moved from the field
of design and sculpture in the public sphere to personal art that reveals the
inner world of the artist and expresses intense emotion.
Education 1949 Art with Aharon Avni
1955 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, with Yehezkel Streichman and Avigdor Stematsky
1956-60 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Graphics, Graduate, Art
Teacher's Certificate
1956-60 the School for Art Teachers.
1960 Advanced studies in Photography with Yakov Agur
1969 Course in the technology of etching with Tuvia beeri
1969 Course in etching techniques with Tuvia Beeri.
1970 Course in advanced printmaking techniques, with Arik Kilemnik. Teaching 1974-75 Tel Aviv University, History of Art
Department, Faculty of Arts, lecturer in graphic techniques
1984-85 WIZO Haifa
1985-86 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv-Yafo, History of drawing and printmaking,
1995-97 Israel Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv
1997-2001 Artists Association, Ashdod, Drawing and printmaking techiques Awards and Prizes 1982 Ben-Yitzhak Prize for Children's Books
Illustration, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1993 "Golden Cylinder" Prize, Art for the People
1999 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in
Israel, Environmental Design Area
2000 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in
Israel, Environmental Design Area
2001 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in
Israel, Environmental Design Area
2002 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in
Israel, Environmental Design Area
2002 Competition, Israeli Graphic Designers Organization, First prize
2003 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in
Israel, Environmental Design Area
2004 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in
Israel, Environmental Design Area
2004 Competition, Israeli Graphic Designers Organization, First prize
2005 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in
Israel, Environmental Design Area
2006 First Prize in Golden Section Competition, Designers Association in
Israel, Environmental Design Area Environmental Sculptures 1972 Ministry of Communication, Jerusalem -
enameled murals
1973 "Warrior Home"-Seven murals each one consisting of one huge Hebrew
letter, Tel Aviv
1975 Tadiran, Holon , Printed circuits on modular aluminum
1978 "Science and Handicrafts", Asia House, Tel Aviv. Copper etched
murals, each describing a different subject such as Hebrew culture, science,
history, industry.
1976 Yediot Aharonot, Tel Aviv, Aluminum mural describing the history of the
Hebrew letter
1976 Plaza Hotel, Tiberias -Copper etched plates on the theme of Tiberias
1978 Basel Hotel, Tel Aviv - "Birds Eye View of Sinai
Landscape">br>1978 Bank Leumi Tel Aviv, Dizengoff Center- Aluminum
mural describing history of the bank
1978 Migdalohr Tower, Tel Aviv - Aluminum mural describing the six days of
creation,
1986 "Hadassah Shield for City Garden", Bank Leumi, City Garden, Tel
Aviv. Painting, oil on wood.
1999 "The Water's Edge", Assisted Living Residence Seven Stars,
Herzliya. Mural. Selected Solo Exhibitions:
1972 Etchings, Artists' House, Jerusalem
1974 Drawings and Etchings, Ordan Gallery, Ramat Hasharon
1978 Hebrew Letter Exhibition, Municipal Library, Be'er Sheva
1979 Stone, Paper and Scissors, Farewell from Sinai, Amalia Arbel
Gallery, Tel Aviv
1985 Off the Press, Sha’ar Zion Library, Beit Ariella, Tel Aviv
1996 Earthquake - New Works, Neve Tzedek Gallery, Tel Aviv
Earthquake, A Year after
Yitzhak Rabin's Murder, Gallery Kibbutz Mahanayim
1997 Face to Face, Joseph Constant Sculpture Gallery, Ramat Gan
1998 Gad Ullman - Without Masks, Artists Pavilion, Rishon Le Zion
2000 Matkot (Paddleballs), Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2002 Drawings, Mishkan Leomanut, Holon
2003 Drawings and Installations, ICC Haifa (International Convention Center),
Haifa
2004 Stone Age, Habama Center Theater & Gallery, Ganei Tikva
2005 Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv
2008 Balance, Hamishkan Le'omanut, Beth Meirov, Holon
Incisions, The Municipal
Gallery, Afula
2019 Around themselves, Artists Pavilion, Rishon Le Zion
Zaritsky Artists House, Tel Aviv.
Selected
Group Exhibitions:
1966 The
Smallest Works of a 10+ Group Artists and Others, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
1967 Israeli and International Painting and Sculpture, Shulamit Gallery, Jaffa
Maskit Gallery, Tel Aviv
10+ - exhibition in Red, Katz
Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Artists in Israel for the
Defense, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion
General Exhibition, Art
in Israel, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1969 Art Festival, Painting & Sculpture in Israel, The Exhibitions
Grounds, Tel Aviv
1970 Multi-Ism, Artists' House, Jerusalem
1971 Israeli Art: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Works, Tel Aviv Museum of
Art
Multi-ism 2, Haifa Museum
of Art
1972 Figure and shape, Artist Pavilion, Tel-Aviv
1973 Self Portrait in Israel Art, Haifa Museum of Art
Corners, Blatman Gallery,
Tel Aviv
Print Workshop 73, Zaritsky
Artists House, Tel Aviv
Paper and Paint, The
Municipal Museum - Bet-Emanuel, Ramat Gan
Graphic Art in Israel Today, Tel
Aviv Museum of Art
1975 Artist Pavilion, Tel-Aviv
1976 Jerusalem Day Events at the Artists House, Artists' House, Jerusalem
1977 Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Exhibition of Nude Drawings,
Beit Mers, Tel Aviv
1978 Painting/Drawing – works on paper, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
Sinai Landscapes, Ezry
Gallery, Jerusalem
1979 The Kadishman Connection, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1980 Winners of the Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of
a Children's Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Borders, Israel Museum,
Jerusalem
1981 The Woman Image in Israeli Art, Traveling Exhibition, Israel
1982 The Print Art in Israel, Omanot La’am, Tel Aviv
Through the Mill, American
Cultural Center (ACC), Tel Aviv
Works on paper, Yad Labanim
Museum, Petach Tikva
1983 The Negev in Israeli Art, Avraham Baron Gallery, Be’er Sheva
1984 Paper Works from Uncle Bob Leslie Paper Mill, American Cultural
Center (ACC), Tel Aviv
1987 Julyaffo 87, Jaffa
1988 Still Life and Breathing, Traveling Exhibition, Israel
Modern Drawing - New
Approaches, Haifa Museum of Art
1989 To Live with the Dream, Sam and Ayala Zacks Pavilion, Tel Aviv
Museum of Art
Israeli Artists Draw the
Bible, Beit Hatanach Museum, Tel Aviv
1967: The Americanization of
Israeli Art, Bograshov Gallery, Tel Aviv & Ha' Kibbutz, Israeli
Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1992 Print +, Municipal Art Gallery, Smilansky Cultural Center, Rehovot
& The Korin Maman Ashdod Museum
1993 Contemporary Israeli Fiber Art, Lodz, Poland
1995 Illustrations to Dalia Rabikovich Poems, Artists' House, Jerusalem
Mirror | רoררiM, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1996 Myths in the 20th Century - Exhibition of the Israel Association of
Illustrators, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
Artists Messengers of Peace, Artists'
House, Jerusalem
Let there be peace - a year
since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Yefet 28 Art Gallery, Jaffa
Both Sides of Peace: Israeli –
Palestinians, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, USA
1998 Israeli Woman - 1948 – 1998, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad
Lebanim, Ra’anana
2001 Painting the song, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2002 Toilet – Environment, The Center for Theatre Arts, The Opera House,
Tel Aviv
2003 ''Like Clay in the Hands of the Creator'', Painters and Sculptors
Association in Israel, Haifa and the North, Marc Chagall Artists House
2004 Paper, Artists Gallery Ein Hod
Cinema: Illustrations of Movie Blockbusters,
Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2005 Group Exhibition: Walking on Eggs, The Korin Maman Ashdod Museum
2006 Games, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim, Ra’anana
2008 Vision and Reality, Hanita Museum, Kibbutz Hanita
2009 Soldiers Went on their Way, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad
Lebanim, Ra’anana
2010 “A Child’s Fairy Tale'', Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad Lebanim,
Ra’anana
2011 Ode to the Sea, Zadik - Art Within Reach, Jaffa
Matkot The Ultimate Israeli
Game, Gerstein Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 The 11th Biennale of illustration, Municipal Art Gallery, Beit Yad
Lebanim, Ra’anana
The Passion for Shoes, Gerstein
Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 MATKOT -THE ULTIMATE ISRAELI GAME, Casa Sefarad-Israel, Madrid,
Spain
2014 Mythological Encounters, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 1965 Today, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2018 Connections, Sara Erman Gallery, Tel Aviv
Racquets, Minsk, Belarus
Contemporary Local Print, Jerusalem
Print Workshop + New Gallery - The Artist's Studios, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
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