David Gerstein (artist)
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David (Dudu) Gerstein (דוד (דודו) גרשטיין b. Jerusalem, 1944) is an Israeli sculptor. He works in different metals and other materials. He's also a painter and an illustrator. His works are world-wide recognized.
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[edit] Biography
Gerstein was born in Jerusalem in 1944. When he was 21 he studied at the Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem. He then studied at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris and at the Arts Students League, New York. In 1973 he did post graduate studies at St. Martin's School of Art, London. He was a Senior Lecturer at the Bezalel Academy from 1971 to 1985.
[edit] Exhibitions:
[edit] Selected Solo Exhibitions
1971 Engel Gallery, Jerusalem.
1972 The Artists' House, Jerusalem.
1980 Horace Richter Gallery, Tel Aviv.
1982 Horace Richter Gallery, Tel Aviv.
1984 Radius Gallery, Tel Aviv (a member of Radius Group).
1987 Israel Museum, Jerusalem ("From Dudu to 3-D") Albert White Gallery, Toronto.
1988 Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art ("Frames").
1989 Herzliya Museum ("Totems") - Albert White Gallery, Toronto - "Art 20" International Art Fair, Basel.
1992 Yavneh Art Workshop ("Pupils") - "Art Frankfurt" International Art Fair.
1993 Ashdod Museum ("Extended Pupils").
1994 Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv ("Cutouts").
1995 "Art Multiple", Dűsseldorf Conzen Gallery, Dűsseldorf.
1996 Center of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv - Moria Gallery, Washington D.C. - "Art Multiple", Dűsseldorf - Zimmermann und Heitmann Gallery, Dortmund - Breitbach Gallery, Unna.
1997 "Encircled People", Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv - Conzen Gallery, Dűsseldorf - Galerie IM Kornbrennerei Museum, Telgte - Edition of Art, Innsbruck Gallery 33, Essen - Gallery Ostendorf, Műnster.
1998 Gallery Regenbogen, Stuttgart - Gallery Menzel, Bad Honef - Gallery Auf der Treppe, Limburg - Gallery Konig, Darmstadt.
1999 Ambassador Gallery, Palm Beach, FL - Gallery Silecchia, Sarasota, FL - Newbury Fine Art Gallery, Boston - Stricoff Gallery, New York - Aduko France Fine Art, Lyon - Art Symbol, Paris - Art Seiler, St Paul de Vence - Gallery Plakart, Frankfurt - Gallery Veith, Ludwigsburg - Gallery Hohmann, Koln - Gallery Krombholz, Koln.
2000 Gallery 33, Essen - Gallery Fischerplatz, Ulm – Galerie de Cannes, Cannes - Art Symbol, Paris - Danielle Peleg, West Bloomfield - MI Gallery "PZ", Krefeld.
2001 New River Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Galleria Silecchia, Sarasota, New York - Newbury Fine Art, Boston - Barrington Gallery of London, New York.
2001 “Tango Sur Seine”, paintings, Artists House, Jerusalem.
2001 “Pixul”, Art Gallery at The Memorial Center, Kiriat Tivon.
2001 “The Private Sector”, Meirov Municipal Art Gallery, Holon.
2002 “Balance Trial”, The Municipal Gallery “On the Cliff”, Netania.
2002 Osklen Multimedia Space, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2002 Peter’s Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2002 Mensing Gallery, Hamm, Germany.
2002 “No Favorite Color”, Street Installation during Documenta, Kassel , Germany.
2003 Nord L/B Gallery, Hannover, Germany.
2003 Nouances et Lumiere Gallery, Lyon, France.
[edit] Selected Group Exhibitions
1972 The Print Biennale, Florence.
1973 "Israeli Graphic Art Today", Tel Aviv Museum.
1981 "Four Artists", Sara Gilat Gallery, Jerusalem.
1983 "New Acquisitions", Israel Museum, Jerusalem - The Triennale of Israeli Graphic Art, Haifa Museum - "New Prints", Jerusalem Print Shop.
1985 "Four Sculptors", Aika Braun Gallery, Jerusalem - "Towards a Godless Myth", Artists' House, Jerusalem.
1986 "There are no Bad Animals", travelling exhibition, Omanut La'am - "Artists on Miluim (Army Reserves)", Debel Gallery, Ein Kerem.
1987 "Flags", Israel Festival, Jerusalem - "Towards a New Israeli Realism", Uri and Rami Nechushtan Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov - "Four Artists", Meimad Gallery, Tel Aviv - "Quotation-Painting-Quotation", Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan - "Six Israeli Artists", Billboard Sculptures, Israel 40th Anniversary, Fairs Center, Tel Aviv.
1988 "Haifa, Portrait of a City", Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art - International Biennale of Graphic Art, Ljubliana.
1989 "Via Maris", Bat Yam Museum - "These Sabras", Municipal Gallery, Jerusalem - "Artists' Studios", Aika Brown Gallery, Jerusalem.
1990 "Health and Long Life", Humor in Israeli art, Omanut La'am, travelling exhibition - "Leaves", Artists' House, Jerusalem.
1991 "Who's Afraid of Kitsch?", Yad Labanim Museum, Ra'anana.
1992 "Homage to the Cit?", Artists House, Jerusalem "Flowers", Omanut La'am, travelling exhibition "Receptacle and Contents", Artists' House, Jerusalem.
1993 "Persistent Image", Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art, Bat Yam Museum - "Childhood Reminiscence", Memorial Center in Kiryat Tivon - "Tel Aviv in the Tracks of the Bauhaus", the old building of the "Ha'aretz" newspaper, Tel Aviv.
1994 "Israeli Sculpture, The Last Decade", Tefen Museum.
1995 "Object-Object: Dialogue between Art and Design", Municipal Gallery, Kfar Sava - Ashdod Museum.
1996 "Local Line" Neve Tsedek Gallery, Tel Aviv - "Art Multiples 96'", Dusseldorf.
1997 "Box", Israel Museum, Youth Wing, Jerusalem - "When the Dinosaur Met the Bird", Bat Yam Museum - "Samson and Delilah", Ashdod Museum.
1998 “Look at the Vase”, Arad Museum Land Marksn - Open Museum, Teffen.
1999 “End 2000”, Haifa.
2000 “Public Art”, Givataim – “The Year of Brand ‘, The Villa, Jaffa – “I Have a Dream”, The Holon Interdisciplinary Center for Art and Science.
2001 “Childhood”, Waddi Nisnass, Haifa.
2001 “Balances”, The Tel Aviv District Court.
2001 “Work in the Eyes”, Ha’Shfela Museum, Kfar Menahem.
2001 “Betzelem”, Ten Years to the Organization, Givatayim Theatre.
2002 “The Dolphins Project”, Tel Aviv.
2002 “The Lyons Project”, Jerusalem.
2002 “An Homage To Yoseph Hirsh” Tel Aviv’s Artist’s House.
2002 “Markers”, The Electricity Company in Kassel, Germany.
2002 “Markers”, Jerusalem Theatre and Yaalom Theatre.
2002 “Sculpture as Toy”, Bat Yam, Arad, Ashdod, Rechovot, Kfar Saba Museums.
2002 “Art on the Line”, for the Haifa Museum of Art Friends.
2002 “W.C. Environment”, The Stage Arts Center, The Opera House, Tel Aviv.
[edit] Selected art in Public Spaces
1985 "Bicycle Rider", Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.
1988 Sculptural children's playground, Weiller Park, Jerusalem.
1989 "The White Rider", City of Lod.
1992 "Kiosk", Israel Museum, Jerusalem - Six sculptures at Avdat archeological site, the Negev.
1993 "Great Tree", billboard project in Ramat Hasharon - Wall relief, main office of the Electric Company, Jerusalem.
1994 "Ladder of Motives", Open Museum, Tefen.
1995 Two wall pieces for Bank Leumi, Tel Aviv - "The Flower Vase", Bank Leumi, Rehovot - "Jacob's Ladder", Israel Festival, Jerusalem.
1995 Tree of Donors, The Science Museum, Jerusalem.
1996 "Scientific Orange", Rehovot shopping & central bus station Mall Israel Festival, Jerusalem "Head Within a Head", the Hebrew University, Jerusalem - "Island of Flowers", Brigada Street, Herzliya.
1997 "Above the Head", Installation, Hebrew University Givat Ram, Jerusalem - "City Square", Center of Performing Arts, Tel Aviv "Pupils", Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv.
1998 “Cow”, Raanana Park, Raanana, “Cats Hill”, Neve Amal, Herzliya.
1999 “A Whole World”, Hebrew University, Jerusalem – “The Bus”, Hebrew University, Jerusalem - Homage to Alterman, Dizingoff Street, Tel Aviv.
2000 “Audience”, Jerusalem Theater, Jerusalem.
2001 “Day and Night”, Bezeq Lobby, Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv.
2001 “Colors from Nature”, Horev Center, Haifa.
2001 “Things that come from the Heart” (sculptures), Ramat Alon Park, Haifa.
2002 “Soul Bird”, Holon.
2002 “Digital Zabar”, Waddi Nisnass, Haifa.
2002 “No Favorite Color”, 3 months Installation, Kassel, Germany.
2002 “Shalom On Israel”, Rabin Building, Judaism Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
2003 “Blue Mermaid”, Kiryat Yam, Haifa.
[edit] Selected other Projects
1978-84 Illustrations for children's books.
1991 Design of "Winged Paint-Tube", gift of the Israel Museum to its donors on the occasion of its 25th anniversary Designed object-sculpture for the exhibition.
1993 "To Live in Jerusalem", Israel Museum, Jerusalem Curator of "Artist Fosters Artist" exhibition, Artists' House, Jerusalem.
1994 Performance with Anat Shamgar (dance) and Jean Claude Jones (cello), Habama Theater - One-year calendar for Flying Cargo (Fed-Ex) Company Illustrations for Ha'aretz and Kol Ha'ir newspapers.
1996 Billboards for "American Express".
1997 Series of Brooches.
2002 Objects created for “Doolittle Articles” Company.
2002 Renew of Brooches by “2Doo” Company.
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