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Ullman has a holistic approach to art and life. He studied professional sculpture. His first one-man show of bronze
many different fields, such as alternative medicine, t’ai and copper works was held in 1997.
chi and performance-based arts. These influences are
evident in his art as everything flows, as in a dance. He is Ullman sees himself as an Israeli artist. He is nourished
capable of using many forms of technology, changing by Jewish elements that take form in the art by use of
from one to the other - paintings to sculpture or Hebrew letters, symbols, and archeological elements. He
computer design to handwork incorporating plaster. He is also influenced by political events. For example, he
strongly believes in inspiration; once he has found it, it is recently opened a one-man show about the current
only a question of how best to implement the inspiration disengagement proposals.
into artistic form. The execution might take months and
it may need a crew to execute it, but the artist must
keep the initial energy from beginning to end without
losing the inspiration.
This devotion has brought Ullman half-a-dozen prizes in
the “Golden Cross” competitions during the past few
years. This is amazing, as his work was mainly two- SCROLL
dimensional. The artist continues to study and evolve, SEA & SUN
and the resulting influences are evident in his work. It MAINLY COPPER
was only in the years 1995-96 that Ullman studied as a BRONZE HIGH CM. 240 HIGH CM. 500
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