GENIUS SERIES
Let us know if you'd be interested in an art exhibit of the series, or a long-term installment/donation along Central California, or elsewhere among the United States. This is Morris' pop art dedication to the well-know geniuses around the world that are Jewish as well. The idols are placed in and among symbols (representing letters of the Jewish Alphabet) and objects that best represent what supports their legacy. Morris himself is a Jew. A great deal of his donations are made on behalf of Jewish communities and academic facilities.
“Leonard Nimoy ” AKA Spock. In Star Trek- Spock's Vulcan salute references a sacred hand position used by the ancient Jewish priestly class. Desilu vice president Herbert Solow believes Nimoy was the key contributor to the character's depiction.[24] Nimoy recalled, "As a Jew from Catholic Boston, I understood what it was like to feel alienated, apart from the mainstream. There were a number of values in 'Star Trek' that I felt very comfortable with as a Jew".[25] Morris Squire pop art.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history.[2][3] He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect".[4]. Morris Squire art
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim. According to The New York Times, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."[2]. Music director of the New York Philharmonic, conducted concerts. Morris Squire pop art sculpture
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (February 22, 1857 – January 1, 1894) was a German physicist who clarified and expanded the electromagnetic theory of light that had been put forth by Maxwell. He was the first to satisfactorily demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves by building an apparatus to produce and detect VHF or UHF radio waves. This Morris Squire pop-art Genius Series sculpture is constructed of fiberglass, steel, rebar, acrylic paints and stands over seven feet tall.
Sigmund Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the mechanism of repression, and for creating the clinical method of psychoanalysis for investigating the mind and treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient (or "analysand") and a psychoanalyst. Freud postulated that sexual drives were the primary forces of human life. Pop art Morris Squire.
Paparosin represents the struggle of all those who enduring the Nazi concentration camps and their will to survive. "I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. Morris Squire art sculpture fiberglass steel rebar, painted in acrylics.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (April 5, 1902 OS[1] – June 12, 1994 NS). Known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or just the Rebbe among his followers,[3] was a prominent Hasidic rabbi who was the seventh and last Rebbe (Hasidic leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, 5th in a direct paternal line to the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. In January 1951, a year after the death of his father-in-law, he assumed the leadership of the Lubavitch movement. Morris Squire pop art
Marie Skłodowska Curie, born Maria Salomea Skłodowska (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish–French physicist–chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes[1]—in physics and chemistry. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris. She was the first woman to be entombed on her own merits (in 1995) in the Paris Panthéon.[citation needed]. Morris Squire pop art Genius Series.
(27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952). Was a Zionist leader, President of the Zionist Organization, and the first President of the State of Israel. He was elected on 1 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952. Weizmann was also a chemist who developed the ABE-process, which produces acetone through bacterial fermentation. He founded the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. A Morris B. Squire sculpture.
Golda MeirBorn Golda Mabovich (Голда Мабович); May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel.Meir was elected Prime Minister of Israel on March 17, 1969,[2] after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister. Israel's first and the world's third woman to hold such an office, she was described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics years before the epithet became associated with British prime minister.