Isaac Kahn Biography
Isaac Kahn (1950 - ) was born in Lithuania in 1950. He began his studies in 1966 at the Art Institute “Dr. Israel Goldstein” in Jerusalem, where he graduated in sculpture and painting. In 1974 Isaac moved to Montevideo, Uruguay, to attend the University of Plastic Arts, where he specialized in sculpture. There he worked with a group of sculptors and created both the seal of arms of Uruguay and a diorama, now on display at the Courts of Justice in Montevideo. In his paintings, Kahn tries to present his figures from multiple points of view, from different angles and different perspectives. His approach to the human figure is represented through the redefinition of pictorial space, the reduction of the human anatomy to geometric form and the abandonment of the normal proportions of the body. What he seems to be doing is organizing his perceptions and recomposing them into a figurative sequence in which he has concentrated the maximum degree of visual unity and moment of observation. Isaac Kahn first exhibited at the Tel Aviv International Art Fair in 1977 and the following year he exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Eilat, Israel. In 1991 Isaac moved to Italy and participated in several solo and group exhibitions. His works have been exhibited in Italy, Uruguay, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, London, Toronto, Paris and throughout the United States. Today he resides in both Italy and Israel.
