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Jordan Valley Memorial Monument
Yigael Tumarkin
1972
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Israeli artist Yigael Tumarkin was born in Dresden and immigrated to Palestine with his family as an infant. In the early 1950s, he returned to Germany, where he designed sets for Bertolt Brecht and the Berliner Ensemble as well as other theater companies. Tumarkin also created sculptures in iron and bronze, often incorporating parts of weapons and castings of human limbs. Sometimes called the enfant terrible of the Israeli art world, Tumarkin was known for both his provocative art and outspoken public persona. In 2004, he was awarded the Israel Prize for sculpture.
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