Boaz Vaadia at Grounds for Sculpture

B O A Z VA A D I A

JIM KEMPNER FINE ART

Boaz Vaadia at Grounds For Sculpture May 1st - September 18th, 2016

Artist Statement My work is based on the concept that man functions according to the same laws as all other creatures of nature. Therefore, the urban environment is not an artificial creation but a natural habitat that man has created for himself.

The materials I use in my sculptures-slate, shingle, bluestone and boulders-are from the immediate area surrounding my studio in New York City. The slate roof shingles and bluestones are sedimentary rocks, which were formed by layers of sediment compressing over millions of years. Slate and bluestone are used throughout the city for roofing and building and also used in sidewalks, backyards, and for landscaping. Brought to the area by glacier movement during the ice age, the boulders in my latest work came from building sites in Brooklyn.

My sculptures are executed by hand carving each individual layer and stacking it up until the piece is completed. Although at this point the piece will stand up by itself, I bolt it together with threaded rods and glue for permanence and safety.

The connection of man to earth and nature is vital to my art. By using the natural forces of rocks, my work awakens ancient “earth senses� that were slowly abandoned by man during his evolution to civilization. One way I make the connection of man to earth is by using the natural layers of sedimentary rock. By carving the stone, I release its inherent energies. This stone sculpture now carries a direct message to the soul of the viewer. Man came from the earth and in death returns to it. I see stone as the bone structure of the earth.

Boaz Vaadia

80 Sculptors Way Hamilton, NJ 08619

Install Shot at Grounds For Sculpture taken by Boaz Vaadia

Tirza, 2013.

Bronze and bluestone.

42 x 17 x 17”. Edition 5.

Ah’av, 2013.

Bronze, basalt, bluestone.

60 x 90 x 85”. Edition 5.

Boy, 2015.

Bronze.

16 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/4�. Edition 7.

Man, 2015.

Bronze.

27 x 11 1/2 x 5 3/4�. Edition 7.

Install Shot at Grounds For Sculpture taken by Ken Eck

Baraq with Cat, 2007.

Bronze and bluestone.

57 x 28 x 21 1/2”. Edition 5.

Hattush, 2011.

Bronze and bluestone.

12 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 9 1/2”. Edition 7.

Ma’aseyahu 2012.

Bronze and bluestone.

43 x 35 1/2 x 25 1/2”. Edition 5.

Dog, 1999.

Bronze and bluestone.

34 x 27 x 23”. Edition 5.

The Family, 2008.

Bronze, bluestone, and boulder.

74 x 115 x 115�. Edition 5.

Ba’al-zevuv 2nd, 2007.

Bronze, bluestone, and boulder.

41 x 70 x 70”. Edition 5.

Install Shot at Grounds For Sculpture taken by Ken Eck

Gilalay & Ginnetoy, 1998.

Bronze, bluestone, and boulder.

39 x 102 x 60”. Edition 5.

Yo’ah with Dog, 2001.

Bronze, bluestone, and boulder.

80 x 90 x 72”. Edition 5.

Install Shot at Grounds For Sculpture taken by Ken Eck

Family, 2014.

Bronze.

20 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 3 3/4”. Edition 7 + 2 A.P. Horse (Relief), 2015.

Bronze.

14 x 19 x 3 1/4”. Edition 7 + 2 A.P.

Hulda, 2011.

Bronze, basalt, and bluestone.

79 1/2 x 41 x 29�. Edition 5.

Milka, 2013.

Bronze and bluestone.

35 x 16 x 16�. Edition 5.

JIM KEMPNER FINE ART Jim Kempner Fine Art specializes in contemporary paintings, sculpture, photography, and works on paper, with a special emphasis on contemporary master prints and outdoor sculpture. Our inventory appeals to the established as well as beginning collector. We work closely with art advisors, designers, corporations and museums to expand and enrich their varied collections.

Located in the heart of Chelsea, the gallery’s three story modernist-inspired structure designed by architects Smith & Thompson boasts one of the few outdoor sculpture gardens in New York City, and is included in a number of books about contemporary architecture.

Our inventory includes work by Donald Baechler, John Baldessari, Louise Bourgeois, Christo, Chuck Close, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Spencer Finch, Jane Hammond, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Jasper Johns, Deborah Kass, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, William Kentridge, Jeff Koons, Robert Mangold, Robert Motherwell (Jim Kempner Fine Art represents the Dedalus Foundation, Robert Motherwell’s print archive, in New York), Sol Lewitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Longo, Elizabeth Peyton, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Paula Scher, Sean Scully, Frank Stella, Donald Sultan, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol and others.

Among the contemporary artists whose work we represent are Robert Attanasio, Christopher Beane, Stanley Casselman, Long Bin Chen, Eduardo del Valle and Mirta Gómez, Rinaldo Frattolillo, Gianfranco Gorgoni, John Grande, John Henry, Charlie Hewitt, Jay Kelly, Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese, Jerry Mischak, David Mitchell, Craig Norton, Greg Parker, Robert Petersen, Randy Regier, Tom Slaughter, Pal Svensson and Boaz Vaadia.

Formerly a private dealer, Jim Kempner opened his gallery, Jim Kempner Fine Art, at its present location in the fall of 1997. Dru Arstark has been the gallery director since 1998 and Sarah Bielicky has been the associate director since 2011. Jim Kempner has published prints by Rinaldo Frattolillo, Charlie Hewitt, Robert Indiana, Paula Scher, Bernar Venet, in addition to Gianfranco Gorgoni’s photographs of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty. Other publications include Ligorano/Reese’s Line Up portfolio, Untitled 2001 silkscreen, and the DEMOCRACY lightbox, made in collaboration with gallery director Dru Arstark, under the name Madness of Art Editions. Additionally, he has published his first editioned print, Apocryphal Now, in 2014.

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