Zigi Ben-Haim
Zigi Ben-Haim (born 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an American-Israeli sculptor and painter who lives and works in New York City and Israel.[1]
Zigi Ben-Haim | |
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 Zigi Ben-Haim (2008) | |
| Born | 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | sculptor painter |
Current projects
On August 9, 2017, Ben-Haim unveiled his sculpture, Treasure the Green, in SoHo on Broadway. The project was sponsored by the SoHo Broadway Initiative and the New York Department of Transportation's Art Program. The sculpture is considered to be the first sculpture to receive permission to be installed on a bus bulb on Broadway. The sculpture was made to "emphasize the importance of nature in our lives," and stands as a reminder of "the importance of reconnecting with the pure nature of the green." The sculpture uses the symbol of the leaf, which has been a major icon of Ben-Haim's work for the past 30 years. It symbolizes nature and it is a metaphoric way of emphasizing nature and the surrounding environment.
Selected public collections
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
- Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
- Israel Air Force Center Foundation, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- NASA, Houston, Texas
- Bank Leumi USA, Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
- Pfizer Company Collection, New York, NY
- Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
- Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
- Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- New School, New York, NY
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden.
- Jewish Museum, New York, NY
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
- Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY
- Buscaglia-Castellanni, University Museum, Lewiston, NY
- Dan Eilat Hotel, Israel.
- International Paper Company, New York, NY
- World Bank, Washington D.C.
- Davis Polk & Wordwell, New York, NY
- Westminster Bank, New York, NY
- Israel Embassy, Washington D.C.
- Frederick R. Weisman, Los Angeles, CA.
- Rikers Hill Sculpture Park, Livingston, NJ
- Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zigi Ben-Haim. |
- Zigi Ben-Haim's website
- Grant recipient profile at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- Galerie Rother Winter
- Stux Gallery
- Chelouche Gallery
- "Small Step For Artist, Splendid Step For N.Y.C." New York Observer. 20 October 2003. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
