Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 November 5

Do you know where I can find some information (author, title, date, etc.) about the sculpture, which apparently depicts a pair of trees, standing in the middle of a small roundabout ([https://www.google.com/maps/@31.709191,35.2045427,3a,75y,293.3h,87.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sc5Ghr2uY-bgeBqDVnJdGTQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Google Street View link]) at the intersection of Star Street and King David Street in Bethlehem ([https://www.google.pl/maps/place/31%C2%B042'33.1%22N+35%C2%B012'16.0%22E/@31.7091875,35.2044375,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d31.7091875!4d35.2044375 31°42'33.1"N 35°12'16.0"E])? It's located in the vicinity of the Catholic Action Cultural Center and Grand Park Hotel Bethlehem. — Kpalion^(talk) 16:46, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

:[http://mennicke.blogspot.com/2014/10/ This] is the only mention of it I can find, however it's a very brief mention and does not give any additional information. It looks like olive trees for what it is worth, so that may help narrow your search. --Jayron32 19:19, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

::Thanks, Jayron, though, as you said, not much info there. — Kpalion^(talk) 13:42, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

:::There's no listing for Bethlehem in List of public art in Israel nor Israeli sculpture, but Palestinian art lists several museums and galleries who might have a lead. The sculpture seems to my eye to reference Olive wood carving in Palestine as much as the living trees used by e.g. Ran Morin. Perhaps ask the experts at [https://info.goisrael.com/en/ Israeli Tourism], or contact the office of the mayor of Bethlehem, Vera Baboun? She has been encouraging artists such as Banksy. --Carbon Caryatid (talk) 17:59, 6 November 2018 (UTC)