Joel Amit

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  • Joel Amit, Circle of Life - Butterfly (Black Gradient)
    Joel Amit
    Circle of Life - Butterfly (Black Gradient)
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    23 x 23 in
    60 x 60 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Circle of Life - Butterfly (Blue)
    Joel Amit
    Circle of Life - Butterfly (Blue)
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    23 x 23 in
    60 x 60 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Circle of Life - Butterfly (Candy )
    Joel Amit
    Circle of Life - Butterfly (Candy )
    Metal Wall Sculpture
    55 x 55 in
    140 x 140 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Circle of Life - Butterfly (Candy)
    Joel Amit
    Circle of Life - Butterfly (Candy)
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    23 x 23 in
    60 x 60 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Flying Love
    Joel Amit
    Flying Love
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    40 x 40 in
    100 x 100 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Flying Love (Blue)
    Joel Amit
    Flying Love (Blue)
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    20 x 20 in
    50 x 50 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Flying Love (White/Grey)
    Joel Amit
    Flying Love (White/Grey)
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    20 x 20 in
    50 x 50 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Hamsa
    Joel Amit
    Hamsa
    Metal Wall Sculpture
    55 x 47 inches
    140 x 119 cm
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  • Here Comes the Sun by Joel Amit
    Joel Amit
    Here Comes the Sun
    Metal Wall Sculpture
    48 x 48 in
    120 x 120 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Here Comes the Sun
    Joel Amit
    Here Comes the Sun
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    40 x 40 in
    100 x 100 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Here Comes the Sun
    Joel Amit
    Here Comes the Sun
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    59 x 94 in
    150 x 240 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Infinity
    Joel Amit
    Infinity
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    47 x 70 in
    120 x 180 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Love
    Joel Amit
    Love
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    40 x 40 in
    100 x 100 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Ocean Soar
    Joel Amit
    Ocean Soar
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    28 x 78 in
    70 x 200 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Shooting Star
    Joel Amit
    Shooting Star
    Metal Wall Sculpture
    95 x 71 inches
    240 x 180 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Vertigo
    Joel Amit
    Vertigo
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    47 x 70 in
    120 x 180 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Vertigo (triptych)
    Joel Amit
    Vertigo (triptych)
    Metal Wall Sculpture
    118 x 79 in
    300 x 200 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Wave
    Joel Amit
    Wave
    Metal Wall Sculpture
    94 x 94 in
    240 x 240 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Wave
    Joel Amit
    Wave
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    47 x 95 in
    120 x 240 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Woman
    Joel Amit
    Woman
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    70 x 60 in
    180 x 150 cm
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  • Joel Amit, Yin Yang
    Joel Amit
    Yin Yang
    Painted Metal Wall Sculpture
    55 x 55 in
    140 x 140 cm
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Biography
Joel Amit

"Through the process of combining new technologies with the sensual processing of material in my work, the constructing units of both realities come to the foreground. On the one hand, is the dialogue between the individual pixel and the broader images, and on the other, the emergence of the material from the “screen”. And the play of light, shadow and color. My hope is that we will be humble enough to continue exploring the frontiers of our abilities, without losing our roots in nature."

Joel Amit was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1982 and has been painting, sculpting and designing from a young age. His passion for creating influenced him to study architecture at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, where he graduated with honors. Following Amit’s higher education studies he relocated to the Negev desert, where he then lived for five years designing, planning and building villages. During Amit’s time in the desert, he experimented with a wide range of building materials. His new building designs utilized a slew of different building materials ranging from concrete and wood to cardboard and paper. His interest in new materials did not stop there and soon began imagining up ways to utilize small scraps of unclaimed metal in his large-scale structures and projects. Over time, Amit developed his extraordinary style that he is so known for today. 
 
Amit starts each of his sculptures by creating a detailed drawing and rendering of his ideas. Most details are mapped out before the composition has begun in a blueprint map, which includes the positions of each individual metal component along with the color composition and location of each splatter of paint that adorn much of his work. Every piece of metal has a different shape and each are individually manipulated by hand to give each composition life. As the daylight changes, each metal shape casts a unique reflection against the baseboard to give his seemingly stationary sculptures a sense of movement and fluidity. The small metal components that make up Amit’s pieces are raised from the background at varying heights in order to give the three-dimensional illusion of butterflies swarming or birds flocking towards the viewer. 
 
Each metal component is individually cut from either stainless steel or scrap metal, painted by hand and then welded onto individual spokes. Once all the pieces are assembled, Amit carefully layers them amongst one another to create each composition. Working with butterflies, cranes, fish and more, Amit juxtaposes the hard, industrial steel he works with against the delicate nature of the shapes he cuts them into. Through his techniques, Amit achieves a sense of depth in space that exceeds beyond the layers of simple painted metal. It is as though his butterflies will disperse at the slightest touch or his cranes will spread their wings and take to the skies .

 


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