Josh Hadar

Josh Hadar is an American artist and sculptor. He is best known for his dynamic, moving works of art such as motorized bicycles in metal and glass.^[1][2][3][4]

Hadar’s sculptural work continually evolves, earning an enthusiastic global audience and tremendous critical acclaim.^[5] Today he continues to explore the expressive potential of his medium from his Broome street studio,^[6] pushing the boundaries of structural form, fabrication technique and conceptual vision.

Biography

Hadar was born in New Jersey in 1968. Hadar found his earliest artistic inspirations during weekends spent at his father’s apartment in Hell’s Kitchen. The grit of 1970s New York City provided an inexhaustible creative source to draw from and kindled his love of street art, graffiti and film. His obsession with film making (particularly stop motion animation) compelled him to build an animation studio at the age of 10 in the basement of his home where he produced countless claymation films.

Hadar attended Boston University ^[7] where he studied art history and earned a degree in film and broadcasting. He returned to NYC in 1991 to pursue a career in film. After several years of independent documentary filmmaking, he accepted a position managing production facilities for a network soap opera and later went on to manage the largest feature production facility on the East Coast.

In 1998 Hadar developed the former nightclub, Studio 54,^[8] converting the iconic property into a cabaret-style Broadway theatre. In 2004, the Roundabout Theatre Company bought the entire premises and Hadar returned to the full-time pursuit of his artistic career.^[9]

Artist Statement

My sculptural creations are defined by their appropriation of, and radical departure from, the mundanity of familiar objects. A bicycle, a tree, a human heart – each with its own morphology or technology explored and exploded – becomes a platform for artistic discovery and aesthetic reinterpretation.^[10]

References

External links

• Wired.com