Dan Reisner
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Dan Reisner (born 1964) is an Israeli sculptor[1] and sculpture teacher.[2] His work ranges from small sculptures cast in bronze to large-scale sculptures installed in public spaces. Reisner was also a former soldier in Lebanon.[3]
Biography
Dan Reisner was born and grew up in Haifa,[2] a little town near Tel Aviv, Israel.[4]
From 1983 to 1986, Reisner served as a war doctor in a paratrooper unit. As a result of his years as a soldier in Lebanon, Reisner suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).[1][5] After his military service in Lebanon, Reisner pursued his dream of becoming an artist. He studied art at Hamidrasha Faculty of Arts, Ramat Hasharon, where he graduated with a teaching certificate in 1991 and a Master of Fine Arts|Master in Fine Arts from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, in 2000.[2][4]
In 2000, Reisner overcame the trauma[1] from his deployments in the Lebanon war through his work as an artist.[6]
Reisner has taught sculpture at the Meirhof Center for Art Education at Tel Aviv Museum of Art|the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Ort Evin High School, Ramat Gan, and Kalisher School of Art at the Tel Aviv-Jaffa, where he served as the director of the Sculpture Department.[2]
Career
Reisner works in his studio in the Noga neighborhood in Jaffa.[3][7][8] His work draws on images from nature and historical memory. Alongside traditional figurative sculpture, Reisner also creates urban and public sculpture.[2]
One of Reisner's works is a bronze-casted sculpture of George Floyd's head, rendering the moment he was pinned to the ground by Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin via a knee to the back of the neck. The statue was made right after the tragedy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2020.[5] The sculpture is lying on its left ear with its eyes closed[9] and has tree rings-like around its neck, indicating the eight-plus minutes of his killing. Reisner posted his work on social media of the sculpture and reached over two hundred thousand people, including Floyd's family.[1][7]
Reisner also has a growing collection of bronze figurines that are hand-sized pieces, all made in his own image. The dozens of self-portraits that are on display in a small room at the back of his Jaffa studio include two heads, another has its torso depicted as a gaping hole, and a third is about to step into a lake of molten lava, representing Reisner's different identities. During the period of coronavirus, he has worked on a new series that includes words cast in elegant Arabic script[10] for wound and compassion.[3]
In the past 30 years, Reisner has created over 15 outdoor sculptures, including "Andromeda," a gift of the Anson family in memory of Aviv Anson;[11] "The Murmur of the Seas," which is placed in Haifa to commemorate the rescue of Danish Jewry[6] during the Holocaust;[7] and "Outer Limits," a sculpture created in 2019 for a client in the United States.[3]
He also exhibited his works in group exhibitions in Israel and abroad.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dan Reisner, izlediği dehşet dolu anları bir heykel ile ölümsüzleştirdi". Şalom Gazetesi (in Türkçe). Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Information Center for Israeli Art | The Israel Museum, Jerusalem". museum.imj.org.il. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Steinberg, Jessica. "A veteran of 'Israel's Vietnam,' sculptor casts his traumas in bronze". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Relf, Nina (2021-05-25). "Commemorating George Floyd: Interview with Dan Reisner". DailyArt Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Story Behind This George Floyd Head Sculpture, Made by Israeli Artist". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 K.d.ö.R, Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (2018-08-06). "Drachenläufer aus Jaffa". Jüdische Allgemeine (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Constantinoiu, Marina (2020-10-18). "George Floyd's death, as captured by an Israeli artist". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ Heidegger, Gerald; ORF.at; ORF.at, Guy Lichtenstein für (2020-04-22). "Dan Reisner: „Action-Painting" gegen den Covid-Stress". news.ORF.at (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ "Israeli sculptor chisels rendering of George Floyd". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ "Israeli artist opens exhibition inspired by Arabic language". i24 News. 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
- ↑ "Growing Up in the Light of Excellence" (PDF). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 2019. p. 45. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
- ↑ "Israel Museum Information Center for Israeli Art - Exhibitions Page". museum.imj.org.il. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
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