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IRA REINES
Ira Reines was born in New York, New York on December 3, 1957. The worlds of fantasy and mythology and the works of Michelangelo, Rodin, and Bernini fueled the imagination of Reines and encouraged him to create elaborate bronzes and to begin to accept private and commercial commissions. In 1980, Ira Reines’ career got a tremendous boost when he was hired to work with Art Deco Master Erte, considered by many as the father of Art Deco. Ira worked closely with Erte, translating the master’s two-dimensional designs into seventy bronze sculptures that were sold world-wide. This symbiotic association with Erte lasted eleven years, up until Erte’s death in 1991. During this period, Reines’ skills and personal style in fine art sculpting began to evolve, undergoing a metamorphosis from classical mythological themes to more contemporary ones.
In the late 90’s Reines embarked on a ten year sabbatical. Marked by deep introspection and intensive studies of human anatomy and metaphysics, this decade of personal growth and awareness came to physical form in Reines’ sculptural creations. The forms that evolved from Reines’ gathered inspiration are referred to as works of “Sculptural Etherealism”, delicate and intricately formed figures of near-perfect beauty, often in poses of extreme balance, sometimes emerging as if in the process of creation, and replete with beauty and spirituality. Beauty born of chaos, form created from formlessness, for Reines feels that “Beauty is a perfect reflection of divinity.”
In the late 90’s Reines embarked on a ten year sabbatical. Marked by deep introspection and intensive studies of human anatomy and metaphysics, this decade of personal growth and awareness came to physical form in Reines’ sculptural creations. The forms that evolved from Reines’ gathered inspiration are referred to as works of “Sculptural Etherealism”, delicate and intricately formed figures of near-perfect beauty, often in poses of extreme balance, sometimes emerging as if in the process of creation, and replete with beauty and spirituality. Beauty born of chaos, form created from formlessness, for Reines feels that “Beauty is a perfect reflection of divinity.”
