Etrog's work dots the urban landscape in Toronto and many other
urban centres in Canada and shows an overriding concern for the
human body's transformation in an increasingly mechanized
world.Sorel Etrog (1933-2015) is a renowned Canadian sculptor and
painter. He left his native Romania for Israel in 1950, where he
studied at the Tel Aviv Art Institute. From Tel Aviv, he moved to
New York and in 1963 to Toronto.Etrog represented Canada at the
Venice Biennale in 1966. He created major public commissions for
Expo 67, the Sun Life Centre, the Los Angeles County Museum, and
the Olympic Park in Seoul, Korea, and he designed the Canadian Film
Awards' statuette (originally known as the "Etrog"). His drawings
and watercolours explore mechanics and biology: mechanistic bodies,
wrench-shaped hands, pure machines, blends, labyrinths, and
monsters.Sorel Etrog: Five Decades was published in 2013 to
accompany the last major retrospective exhibition of his work. It
includes his archetypal sculptures as well as drawings, paintings,
book illustrations, and prints, as well as images from his rarely
seen film, Spiral. The book also includes texts by Ihor Holubizky
and critics Gary Michael Dault and Florian Rodari, as well as
Marshall McLuhan, Sir Philip Hendy, Theodore Allen Heinrich, and
William J. Withrow that explore the depth and range of his
work.Etrog's work is included in major collections worldwide,
including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the
Guggenheim Museum, New York; the MusA (c)e d'Art Moderne, Paris;
the Museo Novecento, Florence; and the Tate Gallery, London.
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