Ouri’s Corner
| Artist: | Asaf Lifshitz |
| Location: | Technion - Israel Institute ofTechnology |
| Size: | Life size |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Date: | 2007 |
Description
Caption "Ouri Mayseless was an outstanding student in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, who posted equations and links on the Internet as a resource for other students. In August 2003, 21-year-old Ouri was killed during a trip to Alaska. His family, who had seen Asaf Lifshitz’s sculpture in Tel Aviv of the 25-year-old pilot Boaz Gafni killed in flight, commissioned the sculptor to commemorate their son. Ouri’s Corner is a seated, life-size sculpture; his school bag – displaying a coded riddle – lays at his feet."
From the "Technion Trail Tour": sculptures.technion.ac.il/files/technion%20tr...
The sculpture was a gift of Ofra and Meir Mayseless,
From the "Technion Trail Tour": sculptures.technion.ac.il/files/technion%20tr...
The sculpture was a gift of Ofra and Meir Mayseless,
About the artist:
"The tradition of the artist is part and parcel of his very being.In spite of no formal training in the arts, artistry has been interwoven throughout his life. Asaf's statues grace the yards and gardens of Israel from Metulla in the north to Beer-Sheva in the south. Each statue has its contrasts and tensions within the contrast. These contrasts are expressed : by the different materials he chooses to work with, (bronze, stainless steel and basalt, an Ignatius rock) and by their combinations, -some in the natural form and others into another format. And by the appearance of motion in the figures. in contrast to the stationary element of the inanimate objects."
From the artist's web site: asaflifshitz.wixsite.com
"The tradition of the artist is part and parcel of his very being.In spite of no formal training in the arts, artistry has been interwoven throughout his life. Asaf's statues grace the yards and gardens of Israel from Metulla in the north to Beer-Sheva in the south. Each statue has its contrasts and tensions within the contrast. These contrasts are expressed : by the different materials he chooses to work with, (bronze, stainless steel and basalt, an Ignatius rock) and by their combinations, -some in the natural form and others into another format. And by the appearance of motion in the figures. in contrast to the stationary element of the inanimate objects."
From the artist's web site: asaflifshitz.wixsite.com
Other References To see more of the artist's work go to:
For a tour of outdoor sculpture at the Technion: http://sculptures.technion.ac.il/
For a tour of outdoor sculpture at the Technion: http://sculptures.technion.ac.il/