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'''Yigal Zalmona''' ({{he|יגאל צלמונה}}) |
'''Yigal Zalmona''' ({{he|יגאל צלמונה}}) is an [[Israel]]i curator, art critic and historian.<ref>[http://www.thejc.com/arts/arts-features/106620/camels-israeli-art-about-far-more Camels? Israeli art is about far more]</ref> He was the chief interdisciplinary curator of the [[Israel Museum]] in [[Jerusalem]], Israel.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/art-incarnate-1.300941 Art Incarnate, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Yigal Zalmona was born in [[Tel Aviv]]. He grew up in the city's Neve Shaanan neighborhood. His father was a dentist. At the age of 20 Zalmona enrolled in art studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, completing a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. He wrote his master's thesis on [[Jean Dubuffet]], a French painter and sculptor who pioneered the theory of "low art" and what is now called outsider art. Zalmona was offered a job as a teaching assistant at the Sorbonne, but chose to return to Israel.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/art-incarnate-1.300941 Art Incarnate, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
Yigal Zalmona was born in [[Tel Aviv]]. He grew up in the city's Neve Shaanan neighborhood. His father was a dentist. At the age of 20 Zalmona enrolled in art studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, completing a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. He wrote his master's thesis on [[Jean Dubuffet]], a French painter and sculptor who pioneered the theory of "low art" and what is now called outsider art. Zalmona was offered a job as a teaching assistant at the Sorbonne, but chose to return to Israel.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/art-incarnate-1.300941 Art Incarnate, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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In 1996, he was promoted from Curator of Israeli Art at the Israel Museum to Senior Curator and deputy director of the museum.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-3595864.html Cloning of a curator, [[Jerusalem Post]]]</ref> |
In 1996, he was promoted from Curator of Israeli Art at the Israel Museum to Senior Curator and deputy director of the museum.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-3595864.html Cloning of a curator, [[Jerusalem Post]]]</ref> |
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He teaches at the art department of the [[Shenkar College of Engineering and Design]] in [[Ramat Gan]].<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/art-incarnate-1.300941 Art Incarnate, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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==Published works== |
==Published works== |
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Revision as of 06:39, 7 January 2014
Yigal Zalmona (they) is an Israeli curator, art critic and historian.[1] He was the chief interdisciplinary curator of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel.[2]
Biography
Yigal Zalmona was born in Tel Aviv. He grew up in the city's Neve Shaanan neighborhood. His father was a dentist. At the age of 20 Zalmona enrolled in art studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, completing a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. He wrote his master's thesis on Jean Dubuffet, a French painter and sculptor who pioneered the theory of "low art" and what is now called outsider art. Zalmona was offered a job as a teaching assistant at the Sorbonne, but chose to return to Israel.[3]
Zalmona wrote his doctorate on the Eastern influences on Israeli art in the early 20th century.[4]
In 1996, he was promoted from Curator of Israeli Art at the Israel Museum to Senior Curator and deputy director of the museum.[5]
He teaches at the art department of the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan.[6]