Uri Dushy - Urban Landscape Sculptures

Uri Dushy Urban Landscape Sculptures

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Book Concept & Design: 972ART - Amir Cohen Photography: Uri Dushy, Dimitry Spektor Text: Uri Dushy Text Editing & Translation: Keren Shane Printing & Binding: AR Printing Ltd.

Printed in Tel Aviv, 01.2014 Š All rights reserved to Uri Dushy

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Biographical Notes > Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1963, Uri Dushy is an acclaimed multidisciplinary artist.

Over the past 3 decades, Uri’s work has been exhibited in numerous national and international institutions, sold in galleries and added to collections both private and corporate. His vibrant urban landscape artworks adorn the streets of over a dozen Israeli cities, where they are permanently displayed.

The combination of styles which characterize his works, usually merging and thus naturally constructing his work process, mark his exceptional course in the labyrinth of his highly personal art.

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provocatively challenging,

The bicycle Rider, Jerusalem, 2005, painted metal, 220x180 cm each

mastering and adopting technical professional processes. production 8

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Foreword / Uri Dushy > Over the past decades Uri Dushy has been investigating the origins of ar t. In his personal, non-compromising way, he insists upon joining and creating within ar tistic genres unprecedented to him, provocatively challenging, mastering and adopting technical professional production processes.

There is a considerable amount of daring – at times bordering on the naive – in the manner by which Uri Dushy copes with the nearly impossible challenges he undertakes. Perhaps in this course of his lies the key to understanding his success in the field of Israeli public art and the international exhibition establishments frequented by his works over the last decades.

Genuine and profound love of the creation process along with true inspiration from both classic and current artwork characterize Uri Dushy’s works. Uri Dushy appreciates beauty and aesthetics, believing that it is his professional responsibility to contribute to their existence in the world. He creates a dialogue with his audience, while capturing them and enabling them to take part in the creative experience.

intended for the eyes of all people, thus contributing to their positive outlook. It can be said that the works reflect a positive inspiration sent from the artist to his audience, which returns the positive energy that contributes to the continuity of the artist’s creation.

Projects that included the urban landscape sculptures took place in over a dozen cities across Israel, among which are Ashkelon, Holon, Uri Dushy’s sculptures consist of five Petach-Tikva, Jerusalem, Rishon Le main series, presented in this book Zion, Ra’anana and more. along with his photo collage works.

The first and main series includes The second series is that of the the public sculptures permanently unique wall sculptures consisting of positioned across cities and parks two- dimensional clusters of figures in Israel. in animated order that creates an Uri Dushy’s work does not confine impressive movement.The animationitself to the limits of his private like movement, which advances along studio, but rather exits into the public the sculpture’s space, presents a realm – into open sites frequented narrative image situated in different by bypassers and members of the urban environments. community who are not necessarily familiar with museums and galleries. The third series includes the small sized interior metal sculptures.

His magnificent public art works are Each figure is represented as a twocolorful, positive, understandable and dimensional silhouette situated in its

own sculptural environment, a base of stone or a variety of other materials, upon which it plays out its role in the narrative.

The three dimensional bronze sculptures make up the fourth series.

The added dimension enriches the figures with nuances which don’t exist in the two-dimensional works.

There is an element of freshness in the altered use he makes of the daily and realistic symbols he chooses.

The virtual sculpture project,“Status”, presents the fifth series which includes 2 meter high mixed media figures that expose their extreme emotional states while conducting a dialogue with classical sculpting theories.

Uri Dushy’s photo collage works have created a new artistic language.

Combining details of various segments of urban reality within the framework of one picture enables to refer to specific places and events with which Dushy becomes acquainted.

Parallel to his Israeli career, Uri Dushy exhibited in one-man exhibitions around the world and participated in numerous group exhibitions and international art projects.

Uri Dushy has made a double move: returning the sculpting back to the human figure, while sculpting nonheroic figures, as his figures are taken from daily life.Yet, he does this in an up to date language, using industrial metal and two-dimensional sculpting-a language relatively unfamiliar.

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Urban Tree 2, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 280x320x100 cm

In 2013 I was asked by the Municipality of Ashkelon (a city in southern Israel) to create a series of sculptures to be placed throughout the city.

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The works were to integrate with landscaped areas, while adding sculptural and colorful dimensions to the existing beauty in these regions.

During my impression tours of the area, my attention was drawn to the “sculpted� forms of the trees, the natural texture they create, and the

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Urban Tree 1, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 280x320x100 cm

stories they seemed to hold within them. Thus, the trees in the areas where the sculptures were to be sited served as an inspiration for both the shape and the story within each sculpture.

In this series of sculptures the tree, a motif towards which I feel

a strong connection, is a “home” or aspect of this inspiration. an actual “frame” for the sculpted Colors of a warm palette were story and figures. chosen for the sculptures, merging The integration of trees with with the landscaped vicinity. the urban environment and their inspir ing connection to that “The Trees“ is a series of four environment are highly significant. sculptures, each one measuring 3.5 The sculpted trees show another meters high by 3 meters wide.

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In this series of sculptures the tree , a motif towards which I f e e l a strong connection, is a “home” or an actual “frame” for the sculpted story and figures.

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Urban Tree 3, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 280x320x100 cm 13

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Urban Tree 4, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 280x320x100 cm

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Bicycle Riders Bike Paths Ashkelon

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Bicycle Riders , Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 280x320x60 cm each 17

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The Dancers, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 210x280x100 cm each

The “Dancers” sculptures are situated alongside Ashkelon’s Cultural Center at the front of the building.

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Jump, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 500x320x100 cm

They relate to the occurrences taking dimension and depth by using place within the building through different sizes of figures in motion. their colorful, circular movement.

The effect created lends the works The sculptures are built as layers both perspective and a dimension of occurrences which add a third of volume.

The sculptures’ bright colors enrich the facade of the modern building.

“Dancers” is a series of three sculptures, each one measuring 3 meters high by 2.5 meters wide.

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The sculpture is

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Street Scene Rabin Blvd.

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Hope, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 400x320x80 cm

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Hope, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 400x320x80 cm (Detail)

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3 Figures with Umbrellas, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 160x300x80 cm each

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Farewell 2, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 380x400x380 cm 25

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Time Chasers 1, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 400x320x100 cm

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Time Chasers 2, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 400x320x100 cm

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Reading Figures Begin Blvd.

Ashkelon

2 Reading Figures, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 300x280x60 cm each

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Time Chasers 3, Ashkelon, 2013, painted metal, 400x320x100 cm

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Farewell, Petah Tikva, 2008, painted metal, 500x400x500 cm

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Sculptural works in Be’er Sheba, a city surrounded by desert in southern Israel, were created during the year 2008.

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The challenge of sculpting for this unique urban space was dealt with by specifically relating to the desert surroundings and the arid climate in the region.

The sculptures selected present nearsurrealistic situations, many of which are contrary to the local climate:

figures with an umbrella in a desert, rainy street scenes, etc.

These seemingly misplaced scenes achieve integration in a humorous manner due to their contradiction with the local ambiance.

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Running Late, 4 figures, Be’er Sheva, 2008, painted metal, 180x240x80 cm each 33

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specifically the desert

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8 Figures KKL Hadassah Park Be’er Sheva

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relating to 8 Figures with Umbrellas, Be’er Sheva, 2008, painted metal, 140x220 cm each

surroundings

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8 Bicycle Riders, Be’er Sheva, 2008, painted metal, 280x240 cm each

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8 Bicycle Riders Ben Gurion Blvd.

Be’er Sheva

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3 Angels Ben Gurion Blvd.

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3 Angels, Be’er Sheva, 2008, painted metal, 80x220 cm each

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Rainy Day, 3 figures, Be’er Sheva, 2008, painted metal, 220x320x80 cm each

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In approaching of sketches, given to the flow of

In and Out - Figures With Umbrella, Ein Sarid, 2013, painted metal, 150x320x150 cm

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Riding in Circles, 5 figures, Ein Sarid, 2005, painted metal, 320x180 cm each

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Reading, 3 figures, Givatayim, 2003, painted metal, 120x180 cm each 42

Reading Katsenelson St. Givatayim

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4 Men with Suitcases, Givatayim, 2003, painted metal, 120x220 cm each 43

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In and Out, Haifa, 2004, painted metal, 150x240x150 cm

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I/O / Woman & Trees Ahi Eilat Blvd.

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Woman and Trees, Haifa, 2004, painted metal, 480x320x100 cm

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The Big Umbrella, 10 figures, Holon, 2004, painted metal, 220x320x60 cm each (Details)

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The Big Umbrella Ha’Yovel Grove Holon

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Angels and a Goat Dov Yossef St. Jerusalem Angels and a Goat, 3 figures, Jerusalem, 2005, painted metal, 180x220 cm each

In 2008 I was asked by the Jerusalem Municipality to submit a proposal for traffic-island sculptures to be placed along a main axis in the city center.

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Running Figures Dov Yossef St. Jerusalem

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2 Running Figures, Jerusalem, 2005, painted metal, 180x220 cm each 49

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4 Bicycle Riders, Jerusalem, 2005, painted metal, 220x180 cm each

While planning the works, consideration had to be given to the fact that pedestrian movement is rare along this route and that viewers in passing motor vehicles would be exposed to the sculptures for a brief time only.

Therefore, the message had to be conveyed in a minimalistic manner and using bright colors to ensure that the sculptures would be seen and their message understood during that brief exposure. In addition, the works were to integrate with the new landscaping plan both in terms of sizes and colors.

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Along the traffic island, which is about 5 km in length, 24 sculptures of figures in motion were created, depicting various urban situations.

The average size of each sculpture is 2.50 meters high by 3.0 meters long.

The works are placed along the axis in numerous themebased clusters, their positions having been determined in collaboration with the landscape designer.

The sculptures are especially noticeable on the green landscaped background in which their presence is highlighted under the various lighting conditions.

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Objectives >

In 2009, the Municipality of Ra’anana (a city in central Israel) launched a renovation project in the central axis of the city - Ahuza Street.

This axis is the commercial and social center of the city, accommodating most of the city’s shops, cultural centers and the City Hall.

During the renovation roadside pavements along the shops were restored; bike paths were added, as well as new urban furniture and landscaping.

As part of the process, protective separators were built along the bike paths, with the sidewalk on one side and the bike paths on the other.

On these separators the landscape architects created three platforms on which sculptures were designed to be placed. The Municipality published a tender and chose my work out of the 12 finalists. > 52

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I/O Bicycle Riders Ahuza St. Ra’anana

In and Out Bicycle Riders, Ra’anana, 2006, painted metal, 240x320x80 cm

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In and Out Running Figure, Ra’anana, 2006, painted metal, 240x320x80 cm

In approaching the initial creation of sketches, consideration was given to the flow of traffic in the area, with the Intent of making a reference to the activities taking place along that main thoroughfare.

The three sculptures created for this project deal with figures in motion, and with vanishing presence in terms of material. The sculptures show the 54

figures and their derived material, as if the figures are “coming out” of the material of which they were created, into the urban traffic.Two sculptures relate to the passing pedestrians, and the third to the bicycle riders along the paths.

sculpted, and is associated with the movement of the sculptures.

The colors used for the sculptures are of a warm color palette, which integrate with the gardening and landscape in which they are situated.

Dimensions: platforms 200cm x In addition, the round shape which is 200cm, sculptures H 300cm x W common to the three works creates 150cm x D 150cm. a repetitive theme for the topics

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Time Chasers 1, Rishon LeZion, 2006, painted metal, 400x320x80 cm

In the year 2010, the Municipality of Rishon LeZion (a city in central Israel) decided to redesign landscaped areas at the entrance to the city’s large industrial zone.

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The objective was to link the industrial area to the city’s urban space through development and landscaping, thus integrating its appearance with that of the rest of the city.

The size of the area assigned for sculptures was about 150 meters long by 30 meters.

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Time Chasers 2, Rishon LeZion, 2006, painted metal, 400x320x80 cm

In total, three works were created for this project, each sculpture measuring about 3.5 meters high and 5 meters in length.

The works created for this space are called “Time Chasers”, with figures running inside various structures of clocks and gears. The sculptures emphasize the race to get things The area was located parallel to the done, in which the targets keep access road to the industrial zone, receding and leave us unsatisfied. and - in accordance with the new However, the idea is presented with plan - was to be planted with grass a forgiving smile. The integration and palm trees. of human figures and gears can

also be seen as reflecting the link between the industrial zone and the commercial/residential areas of the city.

Colors of a warm palette were chosen for the sculptures, integrating with the landscape and adding a sense of playfulness to the running figures.

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The three sculptures created for this project deal with figures in motion, and with vanishing presence in terms of material.

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Rainy St. Scene City Hall Square Rishon LeZion

Rainy Street Scene, Rishon LeZion, 2006, painted metal, 120x120x80 cm

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The colors

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are of a warm color with the gardening in which

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used for the sculptures palette, which integrate and landscape they are situated.

Balance, 3 figures, Modi’in Region, 2010, painted metal, 120x320x120 cm each

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The sculpture “Reading”, consisting of four figures in various reading positions, is located in the sculpture garden on the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Ha’Shomer, Israel. > 62

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4 Reading Figures, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Ha’shomer, 2005, painted metal, 220x220 cm each

The sculpture garden, in which works by a number of Israel artists are on display, was established in 2006.

The sculpture is an integrated element of the garden’s unique design, in which the works are viewed from walking trails, thus

allowing observation of the various statuary from multiple directions.

The special layout of the garden required consideration in the planning stage as well as the positioning of the sculpture.

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The Expanding Globe Electra Real Estate Tel Aviv

The Expanding Globe, Tel Aviv, 2006, painted metal, 280x240x120 cm

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Leading the Globe Delek Motors Nir Zvi

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This dialogue with classical sculpting, based on the expression of emotional restraint, subordinationto the ideal of beauty and the plastic harmony of the body, is articulated in this series of sculptures by way of contradictory statements.

Status 1, Tel Aviv, 2013, mixed media, 60x200x60 cm 66

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Status Virtual Sculptures Tel Aviv

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Status 2 Tel Aviv, 2013, mixed media, 60x200x60 cm 68

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Status Virtual Sculptures Tel Aviv

Status 3 Tel Aviv, 2013, mixed media, 60x200x60 cm 69

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Status 4 Tel Aviv, 2013, mixed media, 60x200x60 cm 70

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Status Virtual Sculptures Tel Aviv

Status 5 Tel Aviv, 2013, mixed media, 60x200x60 cm 71

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Status Virtual Sculptures Tel Aviv

Status 7 Tel Aviv, 2013, mixed media, 60x200x60 cm

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The Virtual Sculpture Project positions a series of twometer high, mixed-media sculptures in an urban environment and examines their presence and their statement in the context of the urban landscape.

The sculptures have been virtually placed in various locations around the city of Tel Aviv.

The urban surroundings of each sculpture serve as contemporary backgrounds, thereby positioning the sculptures as integral elements of the day-to-day reality in which we conduct our lives. Â The internal and external images of the figures are presented in mixed media, maintaining a dialogue with classical sculpting, which places the human body in the center of its environment. Â This dialogue with classical sculpting, based on the expression of emotional restraint, subordination to the ideal of beauty and the plastic harmony of the body, is articulated in this series of sculptures by way of contradictory statements. On the one hand, the presence of the restrained person is emphasized, while, on the other hand, the emotional pain is highlighted through a series of symbolic patterns exuding from within the body of each sculpture.

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Status Virtual Sculptures Tel Aviv

Status 6 Tel Aviv, 2013, mixed media, 60x200x60 cm 75

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“Status� consists of a series of sculptures presenting figures that declare their internal state in an open and revealing manner, much like the need for expression in the social networks.

However, in these sculptures the exposure is internal and reflects declarations of extreme emotional states.

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Torso Garden Sculpture

Torso of Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden, 2013, mixed media, 80x160x40 cm 77

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The metal sculptures display figures in scenes which have been removed from the completed narrative - similar to taking leave of the material from which they were formed - leading the viewer to complete the figure’s story using his own imagination.

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Like movie characters acting in a broad story script, the figures stand a midst the new space in which they are exhibited.

Each figure is represented as a twodimensional silhouette situated in its own sculptural environment, a base of stone or a variety of other materials, upon which it plays out its role in the narrative.

The sculpted figures are presented in a forgiving and cheerful light, with an attempt to observe their behavior in routine or slightly dramatic situations with a non-judgmental, positive approach.

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Three Dimensional Metal Sculptures

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Three Dimensional Metal Sculptures

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Three Dimensional Metal Sculptures

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Reading , 2013, hand painted metal, 120x32x4 cm

Red Flowers Path, 2013, hand painted metal, 120x36x4 cm 84

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Hand Painted Three Dimensional Wall Sculptures

Autumn Leaves, 2013, hand painted metal, 120x36x4 cm

Running Late, 2013, hand painted metal, 120x32x4 cm

Pushing Time, 2013, hand painted metal, 120x32x4 cm 85

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The wall sculptures display various images and occurrences, all of which include figures in motion.

Raining Men with Umbrellas 2, 2012, metal, 42x60 cm 86

The animation-like movement, which advances along the sculpture’s space, presents a narrative image situated in different urban environments.

The story unfolds over the sculpture like freezeframes of a process in motion, examining with grace and forgiveness the mood of the figures and the environment’s influence on them.

The figures are presented in various situations; in hasty motion or calm and peaceful, emphasizing different states of mind in urban life and in general.

The narrative background of the wall sculptures alternates between locations which are presented during rush hour (in which the figures are racing against time) to pastoral settings in which nature is accessible and the tempo of life is leisurely.

The sculptures appear to be floating on the wall, thus allowing the shadows created on the wall to add another dimension of depth, which varies according to the lighting in which they are displayed.

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Three Dimensional Metal Wall Sculptures

Sunday in the Park 3, 2013, metal, 120x26x3 cm

Farewell 2, 2013, metal, 120x30x5 cm

Sunday in the Park 1, 2013, metal, 120x26x6 cm 87

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Jacob’s Ladder, 2008, metal, 120x60 cm

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Three Dimensional Metal Wall Sculptures

Sunday in the Park 4, 2013, metal, 120x26x6 cm

Sunday in the Park 2, 2013, metal, 120x26x5 cm

Running Late, 2013, metal, 120x26x3 cm 89

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The Bicycle Riders, 2008, metal, 120x30 cm

Sunday in the Park 6, 2013, metal, 120x28x4 cm

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Three Dimensional Metal Wall Sculptures

Running Late 2, 2013, metal, 120x26x3 cm

Sunday in the Park 5, 2013, metal, 120x26x4 cm

The Flowers Path, 2013, metal, 120x36x4 cm 91

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Riders by the Trees, 2011, metal, 120x24 cm

6 Bicycle Riders, 2010, metal, 128x24 cm

Time Chasers, 2013, metal, 128x32 cm 92

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2D Metal Wall Sculptures

Evolution of Man with Suitcase, 2008, metal, 120x30 cm

City Life, 2013, metal, 120x26 cm

Up the Stairs, 2008, metal, 120x60 cm 93

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Urban Trees, 2013, metal, 124x26 cm

The Flower Path 3, 2013, metal, 128x36 cm

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2D Metal Wall Sculptures

The Flowers Path 2, 2013, metal, 124x36 cm

Sunday in the Park 7, 2013, metal, 124x28 cm

Sunday in the Park 8, 2013, metal, 124x28 cm 95

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Running up, 2011, metal, 130x34 cm

Running Late 3, 2013, metal, 124x32 cm

Liberty, 2013, metal, 124x26 cm 96

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2D Metal Wall Sculptures

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As with the twodimensional metal sculptures, the bronze sculptures display figures in motion, which are part of a larger plot.

Here, too, the figures have been removed from the complete scene, and are presented as a single frame without sequence, such that the viewer is invited to fill the gaps using his imagination.

However, the added dimension of the bronze sculptures enriches the figures with nuances which don’t exist in the two-dimensional works.

As a result of this added dimension, the bronze figures are more realistic and seem closer to life.

They contain additional details which enable the sculpture to more thoroughly express the nature of the character.

The example that comes to mind is that of a short story rewritten into a novel, rich in details and depth which did not appear in the original short story.The metal sculptures can be seen as a single frame from the short story, while the bronze sculptures present a frozen motion from the detailed novel.

Unicycle Acrobat, 2010, bronze, 35x15x12 cm 98

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Three Dimensional Bronze Sculptures

Farewell 2, 2009, bronze and stone, 30x30x10 cm

The Flower, 2009, bronze, 20x35x10 cm 99

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Autumn Ride, 2009, bronze, 60x30x60 cm 100

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Three Dimensional Bronze Sculptures

Back Home, 2009, bronze, 40x26x20 cm

Angel, 2008, bronze, 40x28x14 cm 101

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Man with Umbrella, 2008, bronze and stone, 45x40x30 cm 102

Reading, 2009, bronze and stone, 18x22x14 cm

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Three Dimensional Bronze Sculptures

The Lovers, 2009, bronze, 50x18x12 cm 103

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Rainy Day, 2009, bronze and natural glass, 40x30x20 cm 104

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Three Dimensional Bronze Sculptures

Rainy Day 2, 2010, bronze and natural glass, 40x30x20 cm

Late, 2010, bronze and natural glass, 45x40x30 cm 105

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Metal and video sculpture, installation proposal, 2010 106

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Indoor Space Sculptures Proposal

Metal and video sculpture, installation proposal, 2010 107

Uri Dushy > Urban Landscape Sculptures

Urban Landscape 2, mixed media on board, 2010, 120x80 cm

The photo collage works were inspired by urban reality as experienced in the pulse of a modern city, and by the exposure to the never-ending dynamic stream of visual information absorbed by the viewer.

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The works were the outcome of an intensive photography session in New York City.

The viewer is overwhelmed by photographic information nearly impossible to digest, thus reflecting the visual cacophony to which we are constantly exposed nowadays.The everchanging images in the urban environment, consisting of unlimited forms of media photography, video, lighting effects,

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Urban Landscape Photo Collage

Urban Landscape 1, mixed media on board, 2010, 120x80 cm

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Urban Landscape 4, mixed media on board, 2010, 140x80 cm

dynamic billboards and more expose us to sights that produce numerous stories simultaneously intertwined. The attempt to capture this succession of information is achieved by submitting the work in a photo-collage technique which produces a single image consisting of scores of “frames” photographed on-site.

visual information. Times Square is a constantly renewing multimedia show in which the viewer undergoes an experience both strong and impressive, as well as incoherent and indigestible.

The original forms of the visual information are conver ted into another “story” by these photocollage works, which lends them a touch of New York City - and Times Square both surrealism and fantasy. in particular - were natural choices as representatives of this torrent of 110

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Urban Landscape Photo Collage

Urban Landscape 3, mixed media on board, 2010, 120x80 cm

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Urban Landscape 5, mixed media on board, 2010, 120x80 cm

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Urban Landscape Photo Collage

The new Chapel, mixed media on board, 2010, 120x80 cm

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