Israeli Artist Branches Out in London
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
Israeli artist Zadok Ben-David has been approved by the Westminster City Council to display his “Four Seasons” sculpture in London, at Hanover Square. The sculpture depicts four metal trees and is sponsored by Sotheby’s of London. It comes on the heels of the artist’s similar installation on the grounds of the Chatsworth House, the ancestral hall of the Dukes of Devonshire located southwest of Manchester.
Hanover Square is hosting sculptures for the month of March. As the viewer approaches, the leaves and branches of Ben-David’s piece take the shape of hundreds of abstract human forms, interconnected in midair. All the sculptures are made of COR-TEN steel, a fabricated metal that oxidizes at a fast rate. Consequently, the trees will rust as rain showers arrive.
Ben-David’s work has been featured in exhibitions around the globe, and he has also collaborated with other London-based Israeli artists. “We’ve collaborated in a few mixed-theme shows, but not on Israeli or Jewish subjects,” wrote Ben-David in an e-mail to the Forward. “I am a Jewish person by religion, but I do not create ‘Jewish art.’”
This is a moment of great uncertainty. Here’s what you can do about it.
We hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, we’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s independent Jewish news this Passover. All donations are being matched by the Forward Board - up to $100,000.
This is a moment of great uncertainty for the news media, for the Jewish people, and for our sacred democracy. It is a time of confusion and declining trust in public institutions. An era in which we need humans to report facts, conduct investigations that hold power to account, tell stories that matter and share honest discourse on all that divides us.
With no paywall or subscriptions, the Forward is entirely supported by readers like you. Every dollar you give this Passover is invested in the future of the Forward — and telling the American Jewish story fully and fairly.
The Forward doesn’t rely on funding from institutions like governments or your local Jewish federation. There are thousands of readers like you who give us $18 or $36 or $100 each month or year.
Support our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
