Jacob Gildor (Hebrew: יעקב גילדור; born 1948) is an Israeli artist, representative of the Surrealist movement in Israeli art and of the group of "Second Generation" of Holocaust survivors artists. He is a professional art advisor and consultant at Montefiore Auction House, Tel Aviv and MacDougall's Fine Art Auctions, London.
Biography In 1987 Gildor spent a year in Cite des Arts in Paris under an Israeli scholarship.
Throughout the years Gildor exhibited in many galleries in Israel, Sweden, Germany and France.
In 2009, a major comprehensive retrospective exhibition, "Segments of Creation", with Gildor's works throughout four decades, was held in the Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat-Gan. The exhibition was displayed for six months and accompanied by a three part complete monography. The "Meshushe" Group In 1980, Gildor was one of the founders of Meshushe (Hexagon) group. The group's goal was to introduce Surrealist art to the Israel art space that was dominated by the abstract and conceptual art movements at the time. The founding group consisted of Gildor and five other surrealists: Baruch Elron, Yoav Shuali, Arie Lamdan, Asher Rodnitzky, and Rachel Timor. The group held exhibitions around Israel.
Second Generation As the son of two Holocaust survivors, Gildor belonged to a group frequently called "The Second Generation".
Further reading Gazit, 385–390, L"G, pp. 47–48, 1976 Rachel Angel, Meshushe against Tel Chai, Maariv, 20.9.1981 Gideon Ofrat, Between Woe and Womb, Museum Catalog, Ramat Gan, 1995 Gideon Ofrat, Jacob Gildor – Exhibition II, Studio Magazin, 1.9.1996 Jacob Gildor – A monography in three parts, Israeli Art Museum, Ramat Gan with contributuin of Gilden's Art, London, 2009 Eli Armon Azulay, Jacob Gildor's Studio Visit, Achbar Ha'ir, 25 December 2009
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See also
Mandy Sand
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