Gadi Fraiman

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גדי פריימן

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| birth_place = Łódź, Poland

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Gadi Fraiman ({{Langx|he|גדי פריימן}}) is an Israeli sculptor and painter. He is best known for his work with painted bronze sculptures, which incorporate movement and interact with the environment. He owns the studio Gadi Fraiman Sculpture Garden - Art gallery in Mishmar David, Israel, where he displays his work.{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/1.1048092|title=בין הפסלים|newspaper=הארץ }}

Early life and career

Fraiman was born in Poland to parents Itzhak, a holocaust survivor and Anna. He moved to Israel at age 8 with his family in 1966. In Kibbutz Mishmar David, he began working as a farmer during his early 20's.{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/buyers-guide/spotlight-gadi-fraiman-2004699|title= Spotlight: How Israeli Artist Gadi Fraiman, Once a Farmer, Found Expressive Freedom in Sculpting|date= 2 September 2021}}

Fraiman started carving stones in his free time using tools he found in a warehouse on the Kibbutz in 1982. He decided to build a larger studio in 1995, located on the top of a hill in the outskirts of the Kibbutz. He restored the building and displayed his work in the gallery he opened up there. In 2002, he established a school for sculpting in bronze and stone in his studio. He continues to create art in his studio in Mishmar David.{{cite web|url=https://www.bluefineart.com/gadi-fraiman/|title= GADI FRAIMAN – Blue Gallery}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/562525|title=המועצה שהפכה ליעד מרכזי לטיולים}}

Works

Fraiman's work is exhibited in several galleries.{{cite web|url=https://www.artbrokerage.com/Gadi-Fraiman|title= GADI FRAIMAN – Artist Bio}} Apart from his bronze and colored artworks, Fraiman has series such as the Butterflies Series that include the pieces Momentum, Magic, The Butterfly Effect and Courtship. The butterflies in stone and bronze refer to the symbol of freedom.{{cite web|url=https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-Butterfly/1778475/8422922/view|title= Butterfly Sculpture }} The Dance Series includes Ballet, Colored Dance, Dancer and Tango.{{cite web|url=https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-Tango-Contemporary-Bronze-Sculpture/1778475/8625086/view|title= "Tango" Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Sculpture }} His interest in movement resulted in his Dancing Sculptures, in which two dancers that create a new form together. The Mask Series in which two flowing, interconnected figures join to dance, include Games of Masks, Pretenders, Observers and Chess.{{cite web|url=https://www.artbeat.co.il/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D|title=אתרי אומנות}} In his Relationship Series sculptures, he reflects on the nature of human relationships. These include Relationship, Shadows, Evolution, Lovers, Dating Battle and Bonded,{{cite web|url=https://www.da-magazine.co.il/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%97/|title=גדי פריימן}} while the Bird Series includes Swan, Flamingo, Bird of Paradise and Black Swan.{{cite web|url=https://www.foodis.co.il/%D7%92%D7%9D-%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%90-%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%98%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%92%D7%96/|title=איריס לוי חזרה מיום ביקור ברחבי המועצה האזורית גזר השוכנת ממש במרכז הארץ, כשהיא עמוסה רשמים, מסוחררת}}

Fraiman's work with metal includes Tango, Innocence, Balloon Girl series, Blossom Ball City of Bat Yam, Solar system Kiryat Bialik and Teva Square, Neot Hovav, Israel and his work with stone includes Gezer Calendar, Kansas, The Fallen Soldiers Elkana, Mushrooms and Gnomes, and Restoration of Ancient Coins.{{cite web|url=http://docplayer.net/46268112-Introduction-to-gezer-park-leawood-s-newest-gem.html|title= INTRODUCTION TO GEZER PARK Leawood's Newest "Gem" }}

= Works =

2023 - Flamingo, Public Monument, Nassau, Bahamas
2021 - Innocence, Monument, Bat Yam, Israel{{cite web|url=https://bluevalleypost.com/2022/04/12/leawood-75th-anniversary-sculpture-138214/|title=Leawood reviews final work contending to be city's 75th anniversary sculpture|date=12 April 2022 }}
2020 - Perspective Public Monument, Bat Yam, Israel
2019 - Blossom Ball, Public Monumnent, Bat Yam, Israel
2018 - Solar System Public Monument, Kiryat Motzkin city hall, Israel
2015 - Solar System monument, Ramat Hovav, Israel
2015 - The Band, Givaat Shmuel, Israel
2014 - The Church of God Monument, Horns of Hattin, Israel
2009 - Son's Inheritance monument, Elkana, Israel
2009 - Gezer ancient tablet reproduction, Leawood, Kansas, USA
2008 - TEVA Fountain, Beer Sheba, Israel
2006 - Dwarf Park Holon, Israel
2004 - Animals, The Biblical Zoo, Jerusalem, Israel{{cite web|url=https://leawood.org/portfolio/the-bull/|title="The Bull" – City of Leawood, KS}}
2001 - Creation, Beilinson Hospital, Israel
1999 - A Tribute to Yitzhak Rabin, Beilinson Hospital, Israel
1998 - Rotem Lookout, Jerusalem, Israel
1997 - The Stork's Visit, Shoham, Israel
1995 - Sculptors working in the street, Shoham, Israel
1992 - Hat Lady Ramat Hasharon, Israel
1991 - Lovers, Ganei Tikva concert hall, Israel
1990 - No Title Rishon Lezion, Israel

Exhibitions

2018 - Solo Exhibition, Discount Bank, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 - ‘Gadi Fraiman’ Gallery launce, Mishmar David, Israel
2014 - Bartoux Gallery, Cannes, France
2004 - Harvey Krueger's Sculpture Garden Dedication, New Jersey, USA
1993 - Solo exhibition, Migdal gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1992 - Sculpture Garden Dedication, Brogues, Belgium

References

Category:Israeli artists

Category:Living people

Category:1958 births

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