Photos, videos and docs of Jonathan Cohen, with the keywords: "sculptures"

"Surreal Peace Chair" – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 19:17:16 +0000

"Take a Bite" ... or the Cat Came Back – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:23:28 +0000

Leon Bronstein was born in Moldavia whence he moved to the land of Israel. An engineer and watchmaker by training, he found himself unable to find work in either of those vocations. But he could work with tools and he had molded clay and worked with wood as a child. As chance would have it, in 1979 he found a beautifully grained piece of olive wood that inspired him to fashion a small figurine at a wood shop in the Old City of Caesarea. This statue that was so well received by the shopkeeper that Bronstein’s turned his creative attention to sculpture.

Flipping the Bird – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:18:55 +0000

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Watching the Watcher – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 20:35:18 +0000

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"Yonati" – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 21:32:40 +0000

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Nude at the Foot of the Stairs – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 20:08:07 +0000

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"A Couple in a Sardine Can" – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 21:11:49 +0000

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Benjamin Levy was born in Tel Aviv in 1940. He studied art in Israel under Abraham Yaskil, in Paris at the École de Montparnasse and in New York at the Pratt Graphic Art Center. After his studies he returned to Tel Aviv, where he set up a studio and later got married.

Levy has drawn a great deal of inspiration from his collection of family photos, many of which were taken before he was born. His paintings have absorbed a lot of the magic of these old photos, which is reflected in the distinct rigidity of his figures, the dream-like quality of his paintings and the theatrical setting of most of his portraits and scenes. Figures in full dress are arranged as if for a photograph, and the stage is fitted out with a curtain and scenes.

It is communication by means of gestures, views and symbols. Unexpressed messages are sometimes delivered by a small winged messenger, perhaps the inner voice of one's conscience or temptation. A little bird rests on some straw, a symbol of the human soul.

In 1965 the Levy family moved to New York, where he soon achieved success and recognition. He now lives in New York, Tel Aviv and in the Ein Hod artistic colony in Israel. Since the late 1960s he has held over 80 one-man shows and has taken part in over 100 group shows in Israel, the United States and Europe. His work is included in many private and public collections throughout the world.

"The Lovers on Wheels" – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 20:34:04 +0000

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"Girl on Roller Skates" – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:03:13 +0000

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"Exercises" – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 01:45:52 +0000

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"The Three Angels of Music" – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 21:41:56 +0000

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"David Playing the Harp" – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 21:53:42 +0000

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Sancho Panza – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 19:58:12 +0000

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Don Quixote Near the Bus Shelter – Artists’ Village, Ein Hod, Haifa District, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 19:56:27 +0000

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Chickens in a Basket – El-Muraqa Monastery, Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:03:43 +0000

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A Consort of Vials – El-Muraqa Monastery, Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:02:11 +0000

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Bambi and Friends – El-Muraqa Monastery, Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:00:31 +0000

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A Table of Sheep – Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Tue, 15 May 2018 20:01:50 +0000

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Will Work for Bamboo – Gerrard Street, Chinatown, London, England

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 23:49:49 +0000

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This Law Lacks Teeth – Clink Prison Museum, Southwark, London, England

nobody@ipernity.com (Jonathan Cohen) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 22:41:31 +0000

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The Clink Prison Museum is built upon the original site of The Clink Prison, which dating back to 1144 was one of England’s oldest and most notorious prisons. Spanning for over 600 years, it witnessed a remarkable amount of social and political change in England, and thus housed a multitude of sinners throughout its existence, including debtors, heretics, drunkards, harlots, and later religious adversaries. The origins of the name "The Clink" are uncertain, but it is possibly onomatopoeic and derives from the sound of striking metal as the prison’s doors were bolted, or the rattling of the chains the prisoners wore. The name has become slang as a generic term for prison or a jail cell.

The prison was owned and operated by the Bishop of Winchester and situated next to his residence at Winchester Palace. There has been a prison owned by the Bishop of Winchester in one form or another since the year 860, although at that time it would only have been one cell in a priests’ college. By 1076 an archbishop had listed the types of punishment allowed, scourging with rods, solitary confinement, and bread and water in silence. The building of a chapel and mansion at Southwark by the Bishop of Winchester, as his near London palace completed sometime after the acquisition of the manor territory between 1144 and 1149. The prison was any number of structures within the mansion’s area whereby the local miscreants were kept to await trial. The higher status of some of its internees was solely due to the importance of the Bishop of Winchester as a senior member of the king’s government, usually as Lord Chancellor, who could also put to trial in his ecclesiastic court those accused of heresy and other religious offenses.

The prisoners were ill treated although those with money and friends on the outside were able to pay the jailers to make their time better. As the jailers were very poorly paid, they found other ways to supplement their income. They hired out rooms, beds, bedding, candles and fuel to those who could afford it. Food and drink were charged at twice the outside price. They accepted payments for fitting lighter irons and for removing them completely. For a fee, prisoners would be allowed outside to beg or even to work. Madams were allowed to keep a brothel going, with payments going to the gaolers. Poorer prisoners had to beg at the grates that led up to street level and sell anything they had with them, including their clothes, to pay for food. Winchester House was raided by rioters protesting the Statute of Labourers in 1450. Classing clerics as tax collectors, they murdered them and released prisoners from the Clink before burning it down. The rebellion was put down and Winchester House was rebuilt and extended, including a new prison.

By the 16th century, it had become largely a prison for heretics who held contrary views to the bishops. John Bradford and John Hooper were amongst the inmates. In later years it was mainly a debtors’ prison. In 1649 Winchester House was sold to a property developer and was divided into shops, tenements and dye houses. The Cage was removed temporarily as taxpayers had complained about the cost of upkeep, but the whipping post was still busy. By 1707 both of these and the stocks were all unused because of the cost of upkeep, and by 1732 there were only two registered inmates. In 1745 a temporary prison was used, as the Clink was too decayed to use although, by 1776, the prison was again taking in debtors. It was burnt down in 1780 by Gordon rioters, and was never rebuilt.

The Clink Prison Museum exhibition is located on Clink Street part of the original site at Bankside, Southwark. The Clink Prison Museum tries to recreate the conditions of the original prison. I must admit that I found it to be a sensationalistic tourist trap!