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Artclub1563 is pleased to present Blackfield of Zadok Ben-David, an Israeli artist based in London during the exhibition period of December 1, 2011 to February 10, 2012.

Zadok Ben-David has created his own version of nature and life using very simple techniques. Even though Ben-David’s delicate and subtle installation does not include sensational images of war and violence to urge peace, his work successfully gains persuasiveness through this attractive and optimistic attitude toward humanity and nature.

Blackfield is composed of 20,000 plant models of different kinds on the white sand. The images of the various plant models are from illustrated plant books from the Victorian era. Two opposite sides of Blackfield represents the images of ‘life’ and ‘death’: The black side as the silhouette of wildflowers on the very large field of ash, and the colorful side as the splendid flowers on a large field. Not only does his works provide observers with visual pleasure and surprise, but they also deliver profound messages about humanity and life.

Born at Beihan, Yemen in 1949, Zadok Ben-David immigrated to Israel in the same year. He studied sculpture at St. Martin’s School of Art, London and taught there between the years of 1977-1982. In 1988, he was chosen as a representative artist for Israel for the Venice Biennale and got his big solo exhibition at Canton Art Museum, Guangzhou, China in 2007. Furthermore, he got Grande Biennial Premio at the XIV Biennale International de Arte de Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal in 2007 and was awarded Tel Aviv Museum of Art prize for the best sculptor of 2005 including many other awards.