Varda Yoran
Creation The creation of an artist Lies germinating within Until the seed is planted. How does it begin? The one who sculptures Releases And also captures, As the heart of his hand Chisels And also enraptures. Betty Thompsom 3/16/2007
The Continuous Connection Friends Faculty Students Tel Aviv University
This sculpture, created exclusively for Tel-Aviv uniersity.The interconnected knots represent the connection between the donor and the university in supporting the student to aim high. Bronze 9” x 7 1/2” x 3”
These personalized sculptures are presented by the President’s Circle of Tel-Aviv University in Israel to special individuals for their generosity and continued support.
Tai Chi The movement in this traditional Chinese form of exercise is slow, controlled, flowing and graceful. In China, people come to parks and other public places, usually in the early morning, and engage in Tai Chi not in a group but individually, facing in different directions, at different times, exercising at their own pace, a private activity in a public place.
Marplex 26” x 7 1/2” x 6”
This outdoor sculpture is on permanent exhibit on the campus grounds of Tel-Aviv University. It was originally done in African wonderstone, later cast in marplex and in plaster of Paris. It was enlarged to five times its original size.
Granite 11’ x ‘5 x 3 1/2’
PICTURE TO BE REPLACED
Family
Two distinctive beings, one strong and firm, the other softer and gentler, connected by a small being, looking up at them, transforms them into one unit - a family. The texture of the stone is unpredictable, and only upon finishing the piece, a heart shaped white patch positioned itself in the appropriate spot on the left.
Alabaster - 14” x 12” x 7”
On permanent exhibit at the Rabin Medical Center in Israel.
Granite 10’ x 5’ x 2’
Too Threatening To Deal With Wood - 46” round x 19”
They didn’t speak up during the Holocaust They don’t speak up when they are abused They don’t speak up when they see injustice It’s too threatening to deal with It’s safer to hide in their personal nooks Not to see, not to hear, not to speak up
Breaking Up
Stone 21” x 12” x 11”
Every detail in this stone tells its story, both sides of the story. The layers in a relationship, the cracks and flaws, the jaggedness. The beauty, the colors, that drew the people together in the first place. The finality of the breakup, going their separate ways. The only shapes I carved into the sculpture are the expression of the eyes..
Shoah and Revival
A tribute to the survivors of the Holocaust for their courage, strength and resolve inpicking up the pieces of their lives after the horrors thatwereforced upon them gby the Nazis. They had to make up for all thatwasirreplaeable - years of their lives, the loss of their families, their homes and their possession, and their faith in thedecency of people. Some of the survivors shared their experiences, some did not. But they all look back and they all remember. Bronze 6’ x 3’ x 4’ and smashed stones
This sculpture is on permanent exhibit on the campus of Tel-Aviv University.It stands on a brick path overlooking Tel-Aviv. It was commissioned by Dr Felix and Ruta Zandman inmemory of his personal experiences as a survivor of the Shoah.
Swasticide Bronze and marble 34” x 27” x 18”
PICTURE TO BE REPLACED
In tribute to the Jews who participated in the fight against the Nazis in World War II the sculpture uses symbolic images. The hand represents the allied forces - the American, British and Russian military. The broken, creepy, crawly swasstika trying to escape represents the Nazis. The star of David, the spear that is thrust into the swastica is fragmented, because the Jews did not fight as a single unit. They partisipated in the allied forces, the partisans,uprisings in the ghettos and concentration camps, and individual acts of heroism. All these Jewish fighters come together united under the Start of David.
Agony
Lying in agony on a pile of railroad ties connects the figure to a specific time in history - the Holocaust. The clenched fist is meant to convey a fighting spirit despite the suffering. The scratched surface along the entire side of the figure adds to the pain. This sculpture is on permanent exhibit at the Ghetto Fighters Museum in Israel.
Bronze 6’ x 4 1/2’ x 3’
Who were they? Soldiers in the American, Russian, British, Australian, armed forces Partisans in the forests of Eastern Europe Resistance fighters in France and Italy Ghetto fighters Inmates uprising in concentration camps Heroic individuals This is not about Nazis killing Jews This story is about the Jews who fought the Nazis The Star of David against the swastika Presented by JPEF (Jewish Partisans Education Foundation), honoring partisans for their contribution in destroying the Nazi regime
Jews who fought the Nazis Bronze 27” x 16” x 16”
Lotus Flower
In Chinese culture, the lotus flower is a symbol of purity and enlightenment. It begins to grow in the dark, at the bottom of a murky pond and comes to full bloom on the surface of the water in the light. I made this sculpture out of thin sheets of Plexiglas, to capture airiness and lightness
Plexiglas - 18” x 13” x 7”
I Remember China A scroll unravels and reveals a non-Chinese person with a Chinese background. The bamboos, the memories are intangible. The butterflies in the foreground appear to move. The memories in the background are permanent. The transparency of lucite is the medium that enabled me to create my autobiography.
Lucite - 50” x 16” x 7”
Knots In My Stomach
That’s where all my tensions concentrate
Ebony - 53” x 8” x8”
Painfully Shy
Wood - 47” x 7” x 7”
Profile of a Lady Lucite - 18” x 18” x 8”
The Little Mermaid
Ambivalence. A mythical figure, the little mermaid discovers and is drawn to a society where she can really never fully belong. The very smooth stone has the sleekness of fish. She stands like a person, on her tail, unable to construct a pair of legs. Torn between two worlds. Not quite human, not quite fish.
African wonderstone - 15” x 6” x 3”
Seated Figure
A one-line sketch in three dimensions
Bronze - 11” x 10” x 9”
Pensive Bronze 10” x 5” x 5”
Siblings
Bronze - 4” x 3” x 3”
Bronze - 5” x 4” x 4”
Secrets Bronze - 11” x 10” x 9”
Ballerina Bronze - 14” x 5” x 4”
Spent Bronze - 14” x 5” x 4”
King David And His Harp
The harp was an integral part of King David, and I made them inseparable. Part of the stone is unfinished, rough, with the King emerging from it. While he is playing, he doesn’t need to wear his crown.
Marble - 24” x 13” x 10”
Madonna
The stone wraps around the ethereal head of the Madonna
Stone - 19” x 19” x 6”
Abstract
Alabaster - 14” x 15” x 8”
Woman
Expectation of woman - she should be strong but soft, nurturing, sensual, colorful, controlled, spontaneous, unpredictable. Stone - 16 “ x 12” x 8”
Self-Destruction
Building up from the bottom, at some point it turns in and starts destroying itself, stage by stage relationships, career, health, life. African wonderstone 30” x 18” x 12”
Exit
Exiting is difficult, not usually good. Leaving a job, a relationship, a country, life, going into the unknown, carrying a lifetime’s accumulation of memories, hopes, disappointments, expecaions, success and failures’ experiences and lessons, is a heavy load. Granite, wooden door and rope 61” x 32” x 15”
Zen
The inner glow - spirituality Persian Onyx - 16” x 12” x 8”
Nocturne Music of the Night Stone - 15” x 11” x 11”
Animals
Wood - 26” x 6” x 6”
Solo
Wood - 27” x 9” x 9”
Danielle
Wrapped in her shawl, naked, alone and vulnerable. Bronze 8” x 8” x 5”
The Kiss
Bronze - 7” x 13” x 9”
Street Urchin
In the streets in China, little children begging for money would perform the most incredible stunts of acrobatics. This is one of their contortions. The barefoot little boy, with a string holding up his shabby pants, with his little dish of coins beside him, is definitely not a professional acrobat or circus performer.
Bronze and stone - 9” x 12” x 11
Pilates
Clay - 15” x 10” x 9”
Struggle
Pulling, pushing, clawing, pressing... Clay - 8” x 9” x 8”
Optimist and Pessimist Influencing each other
Lucite - 15” x 7” x 7“
Depleted
African wonderstone is a beautiful gray stone with hardly any grain in it. When it is smoothed, it feels almost silky to the touch. African wonderstone - 15” x 7” x 7”
Losing My Self
Gradually, from existence to non-existence Collage in 3D, clay on lucite - 12” x 19” x 9“
Yin Yang
The Chinese philosophy of Yin Yang teaches that the entire universe is comprised of opposites - black and white, big and small, good and bad, young and old, fast and slow, male and female, cold and hot, wise and stupid, sick and healthy, life and death, and so on. In three-dimensional art form, I included smooth and textured, straight and round, negative and positive, flat and curved, flowing in and flowing out.
Bronze - 24” x 37” x 20”
Lotus Flower
In Chinese culture, the lotus flower is a symbol of purity and enlightenment. It begins to grow in the dark, at the bottom of a murky pond and comes to full bloom on the surface of the water in the light. I made this sculpture out of thin sheets of Plexiglas, to capture airiness and lightness.
Plexiglas - 18” x 13” x 7”
Caress Bonded Bronze - 10” x 14” x 7”
Harmony
Seeing with our hearts Bronze - 5.5” x 4.5” x 1.5”
Shall We Dance Bonded Bronze - 12” x 12” x 12”
Variation in lucite
PLea
Communicating With God
Tiger Eye - 24” x 10” x 7”
Origami Bird
Origami, the Japanese art form of paper folding creates complex images entirely of sharp edges, flat surfaces and straight lines, and still captures the essence of the object. The unusual color of this stone said nothing soft. It also said bird ready for takeoff. Lava 13” x 10” x15”
Grief
Intense grief is so personal. Standing close, there’s no power in the touching. Unable to provide or even accept support. The limp arms, the head leaning loosely on the shoulder of a person whose head is turned away, and the arm is slack, not at all supportive. Apart even in their togetherness. Bronze 11”x 5” x 5”
Bronze 11”x 5” x 5”
Utterly Dependance Pending
Pending
Mid Motion
Plexiglas 12”x 7” x 6”
Plexiglas 12.5”x 9” x 6”
Growth
Plexiglas 11”x 9” x 7.5”
Plexiglas 15”x 11” x 11”
Plexiglas 15”x 12” x 10”
Plexiglas 15”x 20” x 8”
Plexiglas 15”x 9” x 6”
Plexiglas 8”x 11” x 5”
Plexiglas 8”x 11” x 5”
Plexiglas 6”x 9” x 6.25”
Pending
Plexiglas 13”x 18” x 8”
Plexiglas 8.5”x 10” x 7.5”
Plexiglas 7.5”x 10” x 6.5”
Plexiglas 8.5”x 22” x 10”
Plexiglas 11.5”x 9” x 6.5”
In Memory of Shalom Yoran
Bronze - 10.25” x 8.25” x 9.5”
The Lives he Touched Intimately, Peripherally, Vicariously
Bronze - 10.25” x 8.25” x 9.5”
Monkey
Clay - 7” x 6.25” x 6.5”
Giraffes
Reaching for sustenance Clay - 10” x 10” x 13”
Portrait
Clay - 9.75” x 9.5” x 9.5”
Father of the Bride
Clay - 16” x 9.75” x 9.5”