Dan Reisner

Dan Reisner
Dan Reisner
	Dan Reisner.jpg Dan Reisner
Native name	דן רייזנר
Born	1964; Haifa, Israel
🏫 Education	The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem
💼 Occupation	Sculptor and artist
🌐 Website	danreisner.com

Dan Reisner (Hebrew: דן רייזנר; born 1964 in Haifa) is an Israeli sculptor and teacher. He specializes in outdoor sculpture in urban public and private spaces, ranges from small bronze cast sculptures to sculptures in the public space. For several years, Reisner was the head of sculpture department at the Kalisher Art Collage, and has been a sculpture teacher in a variety of academies and schools in Israel.^[1]

Biography

Dan Reisner was born in Haifa, Israel and grew up in the Neve Magen neighborhood in Ramat Hasharon. In 1983, he was drafted to the Paratroopers Brigade and served in the 890th Battalion as a combat medic, as well as in the First Lebanon War (1983-1986). After the his military service Reisner traveled to New York City for a period of six months, during which he worked at Leo Castelli's Gallery. After returning to Israel, he began studying at HaMidrasha – Faculty of the Arts, Ramat Hasharon, and after four years of study (1987-1991), he graduated with a teaching certificate. Reisner completed the post graduate program of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (1998-2000). As of 1992 Reisner taught Art and sculpture at several institutes including 'Kalisher' School of Art in Tel Aviv, where he also served as the director of the sculpture department. Reisner is married to Rinat (artist, art therapist and lecturer), and they have two daughters and a son. Living and working in Jaffa.^[2]

Art career

Reisner works in Noga neighborhood in Jaffa - Tel-aviv. In his work, images of nature and historical memory appear. Along with traditional figurative sculpture (e.g., the head of George Floyd), much of his work consists of urban environmental sculpture.^[3]

Prominent works

'Floyd': On may 26^th, 2020, a day after the terrible murder of George Floyd, Reisner was exposed to the video shot documenting the disaster by Darnella Frazier. Reisner's inner need to offer help to another fellow being was transformed into a burst of tremendous creative energy, and had been casted into bronze directly. This bronze sculpture depicts Floyd's head lying on the floor, while trying to capture in the work the tangible moment separating life from death. As well as being evidence of a transitional moment, The Floyd sculpture is a call for social justice wherever it is needed.^[4]^[5]
'From Strait to Create':

At the beginning of the 21st century Reisner developed the "From Strait to Create" method^[6], which deals with creativity as a tool for healing and change, which has also become a tool for change and development in working with individuals and companies. This process began with his need to heal himself from post-traumatic stress disorder, resulted of his military service as a combat medic In the Paratroopers in the First Lebanon War.^[7]

'The Murmur of the Seas' - to commemorate Rescue of the Danish Jews:

The sculpture "The Murmur of the Seas" was Inaugurated on June 2013 in Haifa, at Dado Beach near Haifa Hof HaCarmel railway station. It deals with the Rescue of the Danish Jews in October 1943.^[8] The name of the square was changed to "Denmark Square". According to Reisner's interpretation, the magnitude of this incident was that it was rescuing people by people. Reisner wanted to mark the happy ending of the story - in a work that is colorful, happy, and kinetic as the oars move in response to the breeze from the sea, thus "sailing" the boat to a safe shore.^[9]

Monument In Memory of Alumni Ironi Alef High School - "Memorial Wall"

'Time Memory Wall' - a memorial project in memory of the graduates of 'Ironi Alef' High School:

"Time Memory Wall" was built in memory of the graduates of the Ironi Alef High School who were killed in the Israeli wars. The sculpture was erected by Dan Reisner and Ram Cohen, the former high school principal. The work is made up of 150 modular units cast in concrete, which are bound together by 11 metal rods and form a curving wall that develops in the shape of unfinished infinity. Each victim was given a separate stone, engraved with his name and date of death. The work is constructed as a timeline from the foundation upwards.^[10]

'Encounter', Beit Zuri, Tel Aviv:

The "Encounter" sculpture is placed in the Micha Garden in Ramat Aviv, in memory of Micha Gottlieb and the victims of the 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster that occurred in 1997. The sculpture is made of two huge granite stones, in black and white. at the meeting point between the stones water flows into a round, harmonious and quiet pool.^[11]

Gallery

Dimaa Venechama
Uplifting
"Buddha in spring", Lutz Ackerman Sculpture Garden, Geopelden, Germany
"Us"

Awards and recognition

2016 [Mifal - HaPais] scholarship for a printed catalog, Mifal HaPais cultural enterprises
2015 Traces of Dialogue, Symposium, Munster, Germany
2008 Artist in Residence at the Luts Ackermann Foundation, Gäufelden, Germany
2008 “Infinity Art”, Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, 2nd prize
1999 Artist-in-Residence at the Cit`e International Des Arts, Paris
1997 Creative Arts Award from the Israeli Ministry of Education
1993 Young Artist Award from The Israeli Ministry of Culture
1991,92,93 America Israel Cultural Foundation Award
1990 Ha'midrasha Art School Grant for Excellence

Outdoor sculpture

2022 "Alef Beit", Tel Aviv, Israel
2019 "Outer Limits", upstate New York
2018 "Matchbox” Ramat Hasharon, Israel
2016 “Encounter”, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015 "Auto Portrait", Münster, Germany
2013 “The Murmur of the Seas”, Haifa, Israel
2012 "Tears and Consolations", Ramat Hasharon, Israel
2008 “The Buddha of the Sacks”, Lutz Ackermann Sculpture Garden, Nebringen, Germany
2008 “My World”, Israel Land Development Company, Herzeliya, Israel
2007 “Andromeda”, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel
2005 “Time-Memory Wall”, 'Ironi Alef' High School, Tel Aviv, Israel
2003 Arts & Science Center, Givat Ze’ev, Israel, Memorial Rachel Corrie Statue, East Jerusalem, Israel
2001 “Open Space: Close Space”, Amal Beit, Petah Tikvah (3 sculptures), Israe, Oranim School, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
2000 Jordan Company, Paris
1998 Raanana Park, Israel, Weizmann St, Raanana, Israel
1996 Bar Dror Institute, Petah Tikvah, Israel

Solo exhibitions

2016 “Chromophobia”, Beit Yad Labanim, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
2016 "a Tribute to Brancusi”, Embassy of Romania in Tel Aviv, Israel^[12]
2013 "My Art is Yours”, Artist’s Studio, Jaffa, Israel
2010 "Rupture, Repair “, Tel Aviv Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2000 "Sculpture Garden”, The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel^[13]
1998 "Shiyut (Cruising)”, 'Sadnaʼot ha-omanim', Tel Aviv, Israel

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 "a Step Forward, a Look Back", The Artists' House, Tel Aviv
2021 "Hearing Silence", Jerusalem Fifth Biennale, Israel
2021 “Art & Antique”, Residenzhof Salzburg, Austria
2021 “Art Austria”, Museumsquartier Wien, Vienna, Austria
2021 “Ferstl Spezial”, Palais Ferstl Wien, Austria
2021 “בִּלְבּוּל بَلْبَلَة Confusion", Oasis Gallery, Neve Shalom, Israel
2018 “Kabbalah”, Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2018 “Be Right Back”, Zadik Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
2017 “Following (Be’Ikvot)”, Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015 “Traces of Dialogue", Münster, Germany
2012 “Exposition Consul'Art”, Palais des Arts, Marseille, France
2011 “Freedom of Expression”, The Cube Gallery, Manchester, England
2009 “Zulu”, Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 “Blocked Space”, The Gallery in Kibbutz Kabri, Kabri, Israel
2008 “Art Of Emergency", Artneuland Gallery, Berlin
2007 “Space/Street”, The Artists Residence Herzliya, Israel
2003 “Unnatural Nature”, Yanko Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
2002 “Ha’amini Yom Yavo”, Umm El Fahem Art Gallery, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2001 “Salon d'Automne”, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1999 Sotheby's Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1999 Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
1998 "Unconscious Wire", Sotheby's Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1995 “Suggestion for Salon d'Automne”, Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Israel
1995 “Fragmentations”, Yanko Dada Museum Ein Hod, Hamishkan Le'omanut Holon, Arad Art Center, Israel
1994 American Israel Cultural Foundation Grants Winners, Museum of Art Ein Harod
1994 “Between the Slits”, Tower of David Museum (ArtFocus), Jerusalem, Israel
1993 American Israel Cultural Foundation Grants Winners, TAU Gallery, Israel
1993 "Antipathos", Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1992 Yefet 28 Gallery, Tel Aviv Jaffa, Israel
1992 "Two / Three Dimensions", The Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Israel
1992 American Israel Cultural Foundation Grants Winners, Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Israel

References

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↑ Relf, Nina (2021-05-25). "Commemorating George Floyd: Interview with Dan Reisner". DailyArt Magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
↑ Dan Reisner Talking about his sculpture of George Floyd on - i24NEWS, retrieved 2022-11-21
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↑ Inauguration of the sculpture "The Murmur of the Seas" in Haifa
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