#187 - Painting Her Way From a Kibbutz to the Venice Biennale (Miriam Cabessa)

Two Nice Jewish Boys

Eytan and Naor

Society & Culture

1.7 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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From the time of the cave-men to this day, painting has been deeply rooted in the DNA of mankind. It’s as primal as humanity itself, and can teach us much about what it means to be human. Maybe that's why millions of people visit the louvre to see the Mona Lisa, or to Rome to behold the Sistine Chapel - maybe through these works of art, they can understand themselves. Miriam Cabesa’s career has reached peaks many Israeli artists can only dream of. For the past 20 years, she's lived in NYC, devoting herself to her art. Since the 90’s Cabesa has been known as one of the most important Israeli artists. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco grew up in a kibbutz and became extremely influential, showcasing in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and various galleries in NYC and throughout the United States and even representing Israel in the Venice Biennale. Now she’s back in Israel, which gives us a rare opportunity to talk with her about her art and her life story.

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0:33.6	From the time of the cavemen to this day, painting has been deeply rooted in the DNA of mankind.
0:40.3	It's as primal as humanity itself and can teach us much about what it means to be human.
0:47.3	Maybe that's why millions of people visit the Louvre to see the Monolisa or to Rome to behold the Sistine Chapel, maybe through these works of art
0:55.6	they can understand themselves. Miriam Cabesa's career has reached peaks. Many Israeli artists
1:02.2	can only dream up. For the past 20 years, she's lived in New York City, devoting herself
1:07.5	to her art. Since the 90s, Cabesa has been known as one of the most important
1:12.5	Israeli artists. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco, grew up in a kibbutz, and became extremely
1:18.5	influential, showcasing in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and various galleries in New York City
1:24.1	and throughout the United States, and even representing Israel in the Venice Biennale.
1:29.1	Now she's back in Israel, which gives us the rare opportunity to talk with her about her art and
1:34.1	her life story. Thank you so much for joining us. Hi. How are you? Very good. Thanks for hosting us.
1:40.5	Yeah, this is beautiful. So why are you an artist?
1:47.0	Wow.
1:48.0	From the cave.
1:50.0	Since the cave, man.
1:52.0	You started in the cave.
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