Dan Reisner
{{Short description|Israeli sculptor }}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dan Reisner
| native_name = דן רייזנר
| native_name_lang = he
| image = Dan Reisner.jpg
| birth_date = 1964
| nationality = Israeli
| education = Master of Fine Arts
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
| occupation = Sculptor, sculpture teacher
| known_for = urban and public sculptures
| website = {{URL|danreisner.com}}
}}
Dan Reisner ({{Langx|he|דן רייזנר}}; born 1964) is an Israeli sculptor{{Cite web |title=Dan Reisner, izlediği dehşet dolu anları bir heykel ile ölümsüzleştirdi |url=https://www.salom.com.tr/haber/116663/dan-reisner-izledigi-dehset-dolu-anlari-bir-heykel-ile-olumsuzlestirdi |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Şalom Gazetesi |language=tr}} and sculpture teacher.{{Cite web |title=Information Center for Israeli Art {{!}} The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |url=https://museum.imj.org.il/artcenter/newsite/en/?artist=Reisner,%20Dan&list=R |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=museum.imj.org.il}}
Early years and education
Dan Reisner was born in Haifa and grew up in Ramat HaSharon.{{Cite web |last=Relf |first=Nina |date=2021-05-25 |title=Commemorating George Floyd: Interview with Dan Reisner |url=https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/interview-with-dan-reisner/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=DailyArt Magazine |language=en-US}} From 1983 to 1986, Reisner served as a war doctor in a paratrooper unit, among others in Lebanon.{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Jessica |title=A veteran of 'Israel's Vietnam,' sculptor casts his traumas in bronze |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-veteran-of-israels-vietnam-sculptor-casts-his-traumas-in-bronze/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}} As a result of his service, Reisner suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.{{Cite news |title=The Story Behind This George Floyd Head Sculpture, Made by Israeli Artist |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/magazine/2023-07-02/ty-article-magazine/.premium/capturing-the-moment-between-life-and-death-dan-reisner-creates-statue-of-george-floyd/00000189-136c-dc81-a9db-5b6ef1e70000 |access-date=2023-07-13}}{{Cite web |last=Hacohen |first=Hagay |date=2023-10-31 |title=Art roundup: Trolling terrorist sympathizers with 'Dear Hamas' |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-770902 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}
Later, Reisner studied art at HaMidrasha Faculty of Arts, Ramat Hasharon, where he graduated with a teaching certificate in 1991. He obtained a Master of Fine Arts from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, in 2000.
Career
Reisner works in his studio in Jaffa.{{Cite web |last=Constantinoiu |first=Marina |date=2020-10-18 |title=George Floyd's death, as captured by an Israeli artist |url=https://www.israel21c.org/george-floyds-death-as-captured-by-an-israeli-artist/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=ISRAEL21c |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last1=Heidegger |first1=Gerald |last2=ORF.at |last3=ORF.at |first3=Guy Lichtenstein für |date=2020-04-22 |title=Dan Reisner: "Action-Painting" gegen den Covid-Stress |url=https://orf.at/stories/3162471/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=news.ORF.at |language=de}} He has taught sculpture at the Meirhof Center for Art Education at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Ort Evin High School, Ramat Gan, and Kalisher School of Art at the Tel Aviv-Jaffa, where he served as the director of the Sculpture Department.
In 2020, Reisner sculpted a bronze cast of George Floyd's head. The statue was made right after the tragedy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2020. The sculpture is lying on its left ear with its eyes closed{{Cite web |title=Israeli sculptor chisels rendering of George Floyd |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israeli-sculptor-chisels-rendering-of-george-floyd-644557 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |date=6 October 2020 |language=en-US}} and has tree rings-like around its neck, indicating the eight-plus minutes of his killing. Reisner's bronze bust of the late George Floyd was acquired by the International African American Museum (IAAM) in Charleston, South Carolina.{{Cite web |last=Hacohen |first=Hagay |date=2023-07-14 |title=New art attractions in Israel |url=https://www.jpost.com/must/article-749976 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}
References
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