Yaacov Dorchin

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Yaacov Dorchin also Ya'acov Dorchin ( Hebrew יעקב דורצ'ין; born March 12, 1946 in Haifa ) is an Israeli sculptor, painter and entomologist . His artistic oeuvre includes, among other things: paintings with ink and various colors, book illustrations, room installations. He is best known for sculptures made from rusty iron. Between 1993 and 1995 he made a series of large iron sculptures weighing tons, which he called “blocked wells”. And partly to the foundation were iron blocks with firebricks sheathed, he found a steel plant in the abandoned material storage and re-used.

Yaacov Dorchin, 2017

Life

When Dorchin was born, Haifa was part of the British Mandate of Palestine . He has been painting in Hadar HaCarmel since he was a child . He later lived in Kibbutz Ramat David . As a child, Dorchin was interested in all living things and collected animals. He said he would later become a biologist, but later became more interested in the aesthetics of nature and art. After his military service he worked in the port of Haifa, in agriculture, in a copper mine and as a fisherman. But he always drew and painted intensively in his free time. His development as an artist was not a specific decision, but the result of his personal development. In 1972 it burned in his studio in Kibbutz Kfar Hahoresh. As a result, he gave up painting for a while and finally turned more to sculpture.

Angel by Y. Dorchin (1993)

Dorchin has lived in Kibbutz Kfar HaHoresh west of Nazareth since 1967, where he has a studio. Dorchin represented Israel at the Venice Biennale in 1990. There he met Eduardo Chillida and Anthony Caro , who inspired him. He was also influenced by his acquaintance with Joseph Beuys . Some of his sculptures are also in the spirit of Constantin Brâncuși .

Dorchin was a professor at the Faculty of Art at Haifa University from 1991 . From 1997 to 2002 he was head of the faculty. In 2011 he was honored with the Israel Prize , the highest honor in the State of Israel. Since 2015 he has been the head of the Basis School of Arts, Herzliya.

Dorchin as an entomologist

Dorchin is also active as an entomologist and works on longhorn beetles with a focus on Africa and the Near and Middle East. He also works on the local fauna of Israel. Dorchin has produced a number of scientific publications. For Dorchin, the beetles were always a source of inspiration, but also a way to get away from the sculptural work.

Art exhibitions

Dorchin has exhibited in many galleries and museums in Israel, especially many times in the Gordon Gallery Tel Aviv. But his works have also been shown in New York, Tokyo, Liège (Belgium) and other cities, for example. In 2005, together with Yosef Schlein , he set up a highly acclaimed exhibition in the Munich State Zoological Collection . In 2009 a major retrospective was shown at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art . A selection of his exhibitions can be found on the Gordon Gallery website.

Sculptures in public places

Beelzebub by Y. Dorchin, 1995

Dorchin's works can be seen in many museums and public places. Here is a selection:

  • 1995: Sea Angel , Abba Eban Boulevard, Herzliya
  • 1995: Angel , Sculpture Garden , Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
  • 1994: Ship of fools , The Coastal Road, Herzliya (with Yigal Tumarkin)
  • 1993–1995: Sealed well , The Coastal Road, 83rd kilometer
  • 1993–1995: Sealed well with fossilized lily , Tel Aviv University
  • 1993–1995: Sealed well , Shaul Hamelech Boulevard, Tel Aviv
  • 1991: Well and four dogs , Ben-Zion Street Corner of King George Street, Tel Aviv
  • 1989: Pool with rainbow fish , Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya
  • 1987: Pool with four fish , Tel Hai

Prices (selection)

Dorchin has received many awards as an artist. Here is a selection:

Entomological publications

Blocked Well and Fossilized Lily I, 1993–1995, collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • T. Pavlicek, V. Chikatunov, V. Kravchenko, Y. Dorchin, E. Nevo: Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan a new species for Israeli beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) . In: Communications of the international entomological association , 23 (1/2), 1998, pp. 73–74.
  • S. Ben-Yehuda, Y. Dorchin, Z. Mendel: Outbreaks of the fig borer Batocera rufomaculata and other cerambycids in fruit plantations in Israel . In: Alon Hanotea , 54, 2000, pp. 23-29 (in Hebrew with an English Abstract).
  • M. Uhlg, Y. Dorchin: A new Termophilum species from the Richtersveld National Park in South Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae: Anthiinae) . In: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift , 60, 2013, pp. 241–249
Well and four dogs (fountain and four dogs), sculpture by Dorchin, 1991 in Tel Aviv at a crossroad

literature

  • Mordechai Omer (Ed.): Yaacov Dorchin. Iron and Line Gestures. Retrospective. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2009, ISBN 978-965-7161-9-6 (English and Hebrew)
  • Klaus Schönitzer (ed.): Animals and art from Israel: Yosef Schlein and Yaacov Dorchin sculptors and entomologists. (= Reports of the friends of the ZSM. Volume 2). Munich 2005, ISBN 3-00-017303-X .

Web links

Commons : Ya'acov Dorchin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ M. Omer: Material Presence of a Vanished Brightness: Yaacov Dorchin's Blocked Well . In: M. Omer (Ed.): Yaacov Dorchin . 2009, p. 458-444 .
  2. ↑ a b G. C. Müller, VD Kravchenko: Y. Dorchin and Y. Schlein: Entomologists in Israel . In: Reports of the Friends of the ZSM . tape 2 , 2005, p. 15-17 .
  3. ↑ Yaakov Dorchin. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 7, 2017 ; accessed on June 21, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ilanagoormuseum.org
  4. ↑ Ignacio Villarreal: Yaacov Dorchin's Iron Folds and Line Gestures on View at Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Accessed June 23, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ a b 'Lyrical and Spiritual' Sculptor Yaacov Dorchin Surprised by Israel Prize Award for Plastic Arts . In: Haaretz . February 22, 2011 ( Haaretz.com [accessed June 21, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Ignacio Villarreal: Yaacov Dorchin's Iron Folds and Line Gestures on View at Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Retrieved June 29, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ a b Yaacov Dorchin. In: Gordon Gallery. Retrieved June 26, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Animals and Art from Israel: Yosef Schlein and Yaacov Dorchin. Sculptors and entomologists (=  reports from the Friends of the ZSM . Band 2 ). 2005.
  9. ↑ Hermann Unterstöger: The worm of the prophet. Two Israeli researchers and artists dedicate themselves to the biblical fauna - an exhibition shows their works . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 11, 2005, p. 44 .
  10. ↑ M. Omer: Yaacov Dorchin. Iron Folds and Line Gestures . 2009, p. 501 .
  11. ↑ a b humans.txt: About Basis - Basis Art School. Retrieved June 23, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Dorchin, Yaacov
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Haifa