One of my sculptures stands on a small plaza near the main square of the commercial and industrial zone in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem. I built it as a tribute to the builders of Jerusalem from the times of the Kingdom of Solomon, who built the temple on Mount Moriah, up to and including the builders of today. Since those times, the town has grown in all directions over the hills surrounding Jerusalem.

The sculpture represents what one might see through a telescope when watching a far-away galaxy which from the time of its inception continuously grows from the inside out, looking like a huge agitated mass. The background of the sculpture represents a stirring motion, matching the design on the floor.

In the lobby of the building, the floor is made of local marble, combined with imported, brown shaded marble, in the shape of the stirring motif. In the center of the stirring design is a verse written in copper lettering: "to build the house of carved stone" (Kings 1, 5:31).

A large modern builders' perpendicular or plumb bob hangs over the middle stirring assembly, representing a connection between the ancient and modern building professions. The main sculpture combines the words of the verse "four copper wheels to each machine" (Kings 1, 7:30), describing the ritual instruments in use in the Temple, as well as the industrial neighborhood of today's Talpiot. Four cogwheels are connected to one, as a modern interpretation to the ancient verse.

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Installation
Adorned with the artist's family
In the lobby
Other sculptures Möbius ex-machina
Möbius ex-machina (closer)
Pendulumantis
Pendulumantis (closer)
PomPi d'ou
Le Grand CHARLLES
Le Grand CHARLLES (closer)
Spring Time an homage to Will Shakespeare	In spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding a ding; Sweet lovers love the spring
Domestic Quasar
Ironic Tree (Adansonia digitata Ferrum)
Other works	Three-dimensional, multi-meaning combinations of old or quaint objects, designed to change completely the meaning of the constituent parts. Humor and amusement are a none-too-subtle goal. Some are reminiscent of Edward Leer's nonsense poems, and others are like cryptic crosswords Each "nonsensesculpture" is a conglomeration of objects, presented as a decorative object, to be placed on a wall or shelf. These "sculptural mutations" are a bit like "the immortal kitsch"; but they contain a deeper meaning too. Objects from different times and cultures are used to form a double meaning in a different connotation of language or culture. By mixing objects of different cultures and periods, this kind of art is an antithesis to culture and to art itself.
Little Green Ming
Piss-Off
Perpetuum-Mobile
Roll-Britania
Algometer
All My Eggs
Can't Make Head or Tail of It
Chairman of the Board
Fire!
Handicap
Headache/Capsulitis
Penicillate
Picklock
Pistil
Slow Pigeon
King Saul
Horscope
Jouster Joe Pops the Pope
Egregious
Buccinal-Trumpery
Horsefeathers Horse fly Fly wheel Wheel horse
A Horse of Another Color
Relatively Totem One-stone statue displays a statute of much stature.
Niagara
A Gesture to Ladino The Language of "The Errant Jew" of Spain	Translation: Comparative Measuring. Comparison of energy to distance. The measuring tool contains 100 milliliter of beans. Every cubic milliliter of beans produces 2 calories, altogether 200 calories. By walking three kilometer, the body burns 200 calories. Conclusion: 100 milliliter of beans equal three kilometers.
Who can afford an odd old Ford	A. "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants…" B. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
RICHARD GEAR
Cutterpeeler

Old drawings
The Watermelon Eater

Pets

Zoo Walker

Through the Looking Glass

Fast Food

Fish Eye

Udi Cain (Ehud Chaikin) chaikin@netvision.net.il