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After one month of my son’s passing, a close friend from Israel came to New York to spend time with me and to console me. She knew me and my children well and something of what I was going through. During this time, I got a solicitation to participate in theme-based sculpture show to be held in Israel. I had no intention of doing this show; lets face it, I was definitely not in the mood to go down to my studio and start rough cutting raw stone. My friend took the paper from me and said “you are doing this” ! I thought she was nuts, and said to myself “ya right, no way” as she began reading to me what is it they were looking for. They wanted a piece depicting the two different strains of Judaism, Sephardic and Ashkenazi. Growing up as a Sephardic woman in America, I knew what it was like to be in a minority and to have to fight against social norms and boundaries that I no longer accepted for myself. My friend, whom I had known for twenty years by then, knew that what I needed most was to challenge myself and get back to me sculpting. I came up with a concept of two forms starting from the same roots, twisting separate directions and bent down in sorrow. I went to the garage and found a rare piece of purple alabaster weighing about 100 pounds and dragged it into the studio. I chose to work in Alabaster for this project, because it is so soft and it can be rough cut very quickly. As I began to carve the stone, I literally fell into a trance and it felt as if I had lost touch with reality. My friend knew me so well. Sculpting more than anything else was the therapy that I needed to begin to recover from the worst trauma of my life. They never actually selected the piece for the show, because shipping to Israel was too expensive. But all that didn’t matter. What did matter was that it got me back into the working mode and I started to heal myself with my work. This was preparation for my next summer’s project at Marble/marble.
After one month of my son’s passing, a close friend from Israel came to New York to spend time with me and to console me. She knew me and my children well and something of what I was going through. During this time, I got a solicitation to participate in theme-based sculpture show to be held in Israel. I had no intention of doing this show; lets face it, I was definitely not in the mood to go down to my studio and start rough cutting raw stone. My friend took the paper from me and said “you are doing this” ! I thought she was nuts, and said to myself “ya right, no way” as she began reading to me what is it they were looking for. They wanted a piece depicting the two different strains of Judaism, Sephardic and Ashkenazi. Growing up as a Sephardic woman in America, I knew what it was like to be in a minority and to have to fight against social norms and boundaries that I no longer accepted for myself. My friend, whom I had known for twenty years by then, knew that what I needed most was to challenge myself and get back to me sculpting. I came up with a concept of two forms starting from the same roots, twisting separate directions and bent down in sorrow. I went to the garage and found a rare piece of purple alabaster weighing about 100 pounds and dragged it into the studio. I chose to work in Alabaster for this project, because it is so soft and it can be rough cut very quickly. As I began to carve the stone, I literally fell into a trance and it felt as if I had lost touch with reality. My friend knew me so well. Sculpting more than anything else was the therapy that I needed to begin to recover from the worst trauma of my life. They never actually selected the piece for the show, because shipping to Israel was too expensive. But all that didn’t matter. What did matter was that it got me back into the working mode and I started to heal myself with my work. This was preparation for my next summer’s project at Marble/marble.
After one month of my son’s passing, a close friend from Israel came to New York to spend time with me and to console me. She knew me and my children well and something of what I was going through. During this time, I got a solicitation to participate in theme-based sculpture show to be held in Israel. I had no intention of doing this show; lets face it, I was definitely not in the mood to go down to my studio and start rough cutting raw stone. My friend took the paper from me and said “you are doing this” ! I thought she was nuts, and said to myself “ya right, no way” as she began reading to me what is it they were looking for. They wanted a piece depicting the two different strains of Judaism, Sephardic and Ashkenazi. Growing up as a Sephardic woman in America, I knew what it was like to be in a minority and to have to fight against social norms and boundaries that I no longer accepted for myself. My friend, whom I had known for twenty years by then, knew that what I needed most was to challenge myself and get back to me sculpting. I came up with a concept of two forms starting from the same roots, twisting separate directions and bent down in sorrow. I went to the garage and found a rare piece of purple alabaster weighing about 100 pounds and dragged it into the studio. I chose to work in Alabaster for this project, because it is so soft and it can be rough cut very quickly. As I began to carve the stone, I literally fell into a trance and it felt as if I had lost touch with reality. My friend knew me so well. Sculpting more than anything else was the therapy that I needed to begin to recover from the worst trauma of my life. They never actually selected the piece for the show, because shipping to Israel was too expensive. But all that didn’t matter. What did matter was that it got me back into the working mode and I started to heal myself with my work. This was preparation for my next summer’s project at Marble/marble.
After one month of my son’s passing, a close friend from Israel came to New York to spend time with me and to console me. She knew me and my children well and something of what I was going through. During this time, I got a solicitation to participate in theme-based sculpture show to be held in Israel. I had no intention of doing this show; lets face it, I was definitely not in the mood to go down to my studio and start rough cutting raw stone. My friend took the paper from me and said “you are doing this” ! I thought she was nuts, and said to myself “ya right, no way” as she began reading to me what is it they were looking for. They wanted a piece depicting the two different strains of Judaism, Sephardic and Ashkenazi. Growing up as a Sephardic woman in America, I knew what it was like to be in a minority and to have to fight against social norms and boundaries that I no longer accepted for myself. My friend, whom I had known for twenty years by then, knew that what I needed most was to challenge myself and get back to me sculpting. I came up with a concept of two forms starting from the same roots, twisting separate directions and bent down in sorrow. I went to the garage and found a rare piece of purple alabaster weighing about 100 pounds and dragged it into the studio. I chose to work in Alabaster for this project, because it is so soft and it can be rough cut very quickly. As I began to carve the stone, I literally fell into a trance and it felt as if I had lost touch with reality. My friend knew me so well. Sculpting more than anything else was the therapy that I needed to begin to recover from the worst trauma of my life. They never actually selected the piece for the show, because shipping to Israel was too expensive. But all that didn’t matter. What did matter was that it got me back into the working mode and I started to heal myself with my work. This was preparation for my next summer’s project at Marble/marble.
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After one month of my son’s passing, a close friend from Israel came to New York to spend time with me and to console me. She knew me and my children well and something of what I was going through. During this time, I got a solicitation to participate in theme-based sculpture show to be held in Israel. I had no intention of doing this show; lets face it, I was definitely not in the mood to go down to my studio and start rough cutting raw stone. My friend took the paper from me and said “you are doing this” ! I thought she was nuts, and said to myself “ya right, no way” as she began reading to me what is it they were looking for. They wanted a piece depicting the two different strains of Judaism, Sephardic and Ashkenazi. Growing up as a Sephardic woman in America, I knew what it was like to be in a minority and to have to fight against social norms and boundaries that I no longer accepted for myself. My friend, whom I had known for twenty years by then, knew that what I needed most was to challenge myself and get back to me sculpting. I came up with a concept of two forms starting from the same roots, twisting separate directions and bent down in sorrow. I went to the garage and found a rare piece of purple alabaster weighing about 100 pounds and dragged it into the studio. I chose to work in Alabaster for this project, because it is so soft and it can be rough cut very quickly. As I began to carve the stone, I literally fell into a trance and it felt as if I had lost touch with reality. My friend knew me so well. Sculpting more than anything else was the therapy that I needed to begin to recover from the worst trauma of my life. They never actually selected the piece for the show, because shipping to Israel was too expensive. But all that didn’t matter. What did matter was that it got me back into the working mode and I started to heal myself with my work. This was preparation for my next summer’s project at Marble/marble.

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American sculptor Robin Antar has been called “Brooklyn’s answer to Andy Warhol.” She brings Pop art to stone, carving iconic American food and clothing with her distinct brand of hyperrealism. Antar began sculpting in stone as a teenager in 1974, carving abstract sculptures that were deeply rooted in her emotions. She received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1981. In 1998, her artistic path evolved from Abstract Expressionism to Pop art as she turned to realism, inspired by American popular culture. Antar’s mission is to create a visual record of modern American culture through commonplace objects as she explores the question, “What is America?” Meticulously carved in stone, a hamburger with fries, an American-made work boot, Oreo cookies and a giant Ballpark Frank become lasting monuments to contemporary life. A concurrent series, “What is America Now?” brings strong emotions to sculptures representing major events in recent times that have greatly affected American culture such as the September 11 attack on New York’s Twin Towers in 2001 and the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016. Robin Antar is the recipient of the Wynn Newhouse Grant as well as the Allied Artists of America Gold Medal of Honor. Her sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and museum across the U.S., including Sotheby’s, The National Arts Club, Nabisco Gallery, City Museum of St. Louis, Provincetown Art Museum and the MGM Grand and she has been an elected member of the prestigious Allied Artists of America. She has received commissions to carve replicas of products for companies such as Dr. Martens, Stella Artois, Skechers and Château Haut-Brion. Antar’s work has received has been featured in Food Network Magazine, the New York Post, Art Business News, Huffington Post, Sportswear International, the New York Daily News, HGTV, Fox News and POP Culture Radio, among others. Robin Antar lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

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