Creator Bio
Ilan Averbuch
b. 1953
Sculptor Ilan Averbuch was born in Tel Aviv and lives in New York. His work has been exhibited widely in the United States, Europe, Israel, India, and Canada. Averbuch’s monumental indoor and outdoor sculptures are often made of common construction materials such as stone, wood, metal, and glass, and have architectural, archaeological, and biblical themes. In 2008, the Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York commissioned him to create several large sculptures to celebrate the opening of its new gallery.
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Grapes and Other Promises
Averbuch uses paving stones, railroad ties, steel, glass, and other reclaimed materials in his sculptures, repurposing them but also allowing them to retain signs of their utilitarian past. His works…