Buky Schwartz

Augusta Stylianou Gallery

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Buky Schwartz (pronounced BOO-kie) (Hebrew: בוקי שוורץ‎; born 1932, died September 1, 2009) is an Israeli sculptor and video artist.

Biography

Schwartz was born in Jerusalem in 1932. From 1956 to 1958, he studied sculpture with Yitzhak Danziger (1916-1977) at the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv. In 1959, he moved to London, where he studied at the St. Martin's School of Art from 1959 to 1962. After returning to Israel in 1963, he created severely geometrical painted steel sculptures. In 1971, he moved to New York City, and began incorporating videos into his large constructions. He lived and worked in both Tel Aviv and New York until his death in 2009.

Awards

* In 1965, Schwartz was awarded the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture.[1]

Public sculptures

Schwartz's sculptures in public places include:

* White from 0 Degrees to 180 Degrees, 1969, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
* Gates, 1969, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
* Memorial to Jonathan Netanyahu, 1986, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Metropolis, 1990, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
* Mosquito, 2007, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

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