Displaced

Michael Gitlin

1985

Mixed media on wood sculpture of two interlocked "C" shapes.
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Creator Bio

Michael Gitlin

b. 1943

Sculptor Michael Gitlin emigrated with his family from South Africa to Israel as a child and has lived in New York City since 1970. Gitlin is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2005) and a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant (1991). His work is found in such collections as the Detroit Institute of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Jewish Museum.

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