ARTcnet Presents Nili Kook Bronze and Terra Cotta Sculpture about motherhood, women and politics.

	Nili Kook
	bronze and terra cotta sculpture
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I began my artistic career relatively late in life. I was first attracted to working with clay, as it gave me the feeling that it guides me in my work. Every medium dictates to some extent, of course, but clay is particularly pliable and flexible. From there I moved to stone and to other forms of plastic art, including video. My interest was first in the plastic aspect of my work and I am still atracted to issues such as motherhood, women, the human body as well as abstract shapes that emerge from. Later on I looked for a way for using my abilities to develop committed art - committed to the idea of my husband Hillel Kook (alias Peter Bergson, who fought during World War II for the rescue of Europe's Jews and for a Hebrew Government in Exile), concerning the importance of the separation of nationality from faith here and now. I dealt with the essential and conceptual aspects of this issue; values, principles and culture join in order to bring forth a message, intuitively interpreted, in a work of art. The examples I am proud of are a group statue which I called "Cohanim Blessing", depicting the ritual of Cohanim blessing in the synagogue, except that instead of being covered by a prayer shawl they are covered by the national flag; as well as a photo of a prayer shawl and a flag intermingling in a conflict and a contrast. I also made a video (a loop of three minutes) depicting a theoretical lecture on the topic delivered by my granddaughter, who was then four years old, against the background of suitable photographs.
Bronze and Terra Cotta Sculpture Please click on paintings for enlargements and details Nili Kook page 2 \| Nili Kook page 3

Nili Kook Bronze Sculpture: Birkat Cohanim
$24,000.00
60 cm x 113 cm x 60 cm; 24" x 44 ½" x 24"; Bronze; "Birkat Cohanim" translates in English to "Priests' Benediction." Shipping and insurance are included. A smaller version of 28 cm x 53 cm x 36 cm (11" x 21" x 11") of the sculpture is available with either a tallis or a flag. Please email phyllis@artcnet.com for further information. The price of the smaller "Birkat Cohanim" is $6500.
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Nili Kook Terra Cotta Sculpture: Birth of the World
$6,500.00
29cm x 24cm x 24cm; 11 ½" x 9 ½" x 9 ½"; Terra Cotta; Shipping and insurance are included. In "Birth of the World" 7 women give birth to the globe. 7 is an important number to Nili. In "Birkat Cohanim" the 7 priests , when covered by the tallis, form the topography of Jerusalem (7 hills).
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Nili Kook Bronze Sculpture: A Bedouin Woman
$4,500.00
42cm x 44cm x 30cm; 16 ½" x 17 ½" x 12"; Bronze; Shipping and insurance are included.
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Nili Kook Bronze Sculpture: Einat
$0.00
67cm x 60cm x 47cm; 26 ½" x 24" x 18 ½"; The sculpture is shown in terra cotta but it will be cast in bronze. Please email phyllis@artcnet.com for the price in bronze. Einat was created as a tribute to Nili's sister who gave birth to twins.
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Nili Kook Bronze Sculpture: Time Out
$3,000.00
33cm x 24cm x 23cm; 13" x 9 ½" x 9"; Bronze; Shipping, handling and insurance are included.
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Nili Kook Bronze Sculpture: Liberty
$3,000.00
40cm x 20cm x 18cm; 16" x 8" x 7"; Bronze; Shipping, handling and insurance are included. Ammon Barzel: "In Nili Kook's sculptures, which deal with the theme of fertility, with the fullness of the woman's body, with the eroticism of fertility, the volumes of the body appear to have been determined by an impulse that emerges from inside the sculpture outwards."
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Nili Kook Polished Bronze Sculpture: Peace
~~$5,500.00~~ $4,900.00 On Sale!
39cm x 30cm x 15cm; 15 ½" x 12" x 6"; Polished bronze; Shipping, handling and insurance are included. The sculpture "Peace" is also cast in bronze and sells for $4000. The bronze sculpture is also on sale for $3600. Please email phyllis@artcnet.com for further information.

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