"Dani Karavan is one of Israel’s most outstanding environmental sculptors, who has won numerous awards for his monumental memorials which 'blend into the environment' in which they are created. Karavan was born in Israel in 1930 and studied at the acclaimed Bezalal Academy of the Arts in Jerusalem. He began his artistic career in the mid 1950's after studying Italian fresco technique at the Academia delle Belle Arti in Florence and drawing at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris. Karavan is well known for his numerous memorials which include several dedicated to the Holocaust & the 6 million Jews who perished in that terrible episode in history. He has designed sculptures dedicated to life & peace, including his Jerusalem City of Peace sculpture (1964) as well as wall relief works such as his Tree of knowledge to the Tree of life relief; and a special one dealing with the Holocaust. His sculptures, many of them done as special memorial commissions, are on display in a number of countries, including France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Spain & Switzerland." Click here for "Where is Dani Karavan?"
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 | A L L |  August 31, 1966 - Jerusalem City of Peace wall relief, Plenary Hall, Knesset (Israel parliament), Givat Ram, Jerusalem (Israel). By Israeli sculptor Danny Karavan. Karavan represented Israel with his Jerusalem City of Peace sculpture at the Venice Biennale in 1976. See other works by Karavan, including Nurnburg (Germany).
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| O N | 1968 - Monument to the Negev Brigade, Beersheva, Negev (Israel). "Also called Andarta. Constructed between 1963 & 1968. Commemorates members of the Palmach Negev Brigade who fell defending Israel during the 1948 Arab Israeli War. Situated on a hill overlooking the city of Beersheba from the east. Constitutes a recognized symbol of the Negev & Beersheba. In addition to its strengths as a memorial, it was a precursor to the land art movement."
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 | O N | 1988 - Kikar Levana / White Square, Edith Wolfson Park, Tel Aviv (Israel). At the highest point in Tel Aviv. By Dani Karavan. Constructed between 1977 & 1988. "Spans an area of 30 x 50 meters. Features many of the elements that are familiar in Karavan’s other works -- a pyramid, a water channel, a tower (with wind flutes), and a dome with an olive tree in its center."
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| T R E E T |  October 24, 1993 - Straße der Menschenrechte / Way of Human Rights, Germanisches Nationalmuseum /German National Museum, Nuremberg (Germany). "Sited on the street between the new and old buildings of the musuem, connecting Kornmarkt Street and the medieval city wall. Consists of a gate, 27 round pillars made of white concrete, two pillars buried in the ground showing only a round plate, and one columnar oak, for a total of 30 pillars. Engraved in each pillar is one article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. "Part of Nuremberg's efforts to shake off its Nazi-era reputation as the 'City of the Party Rallies' and reinvent itself as a 'City of Peace & Human Rights.'" "By Israeli sculptor Danny Karavan. See similar use of stone pillars by Karavan at Nitzana Settlement in the Negev Desert (Israel).
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  | E M | 2000 - Path of Peace, on Israel/Egypt border near Nitzana Settlement, Negev Desert (Israel). Also called "Way of Peace." "Environmental sculpture" by Israeli sculptor Danny Karavan.
"An outstanding desert sculpture by the artist. Dedicated to the path of peace. Commemorates Israel’s peaceful relations with Egypt & took four years to complete (1996-2000)." Nitzana is a border crossing between Israel & Egypt. See similar "Way of Human Rights" by Karaan in Nuremburg (Germany) & Jerusalem City of Peace wall relief, Plenary Hall, Knesset (Israel parliament), Givat Ram, Jerusalem. Left image copyright by www.israelimages.com. 
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| E M | 2005 - Memorial, Regensburg (Germany). "A memorial created by Dani Karavan in 2005, depicting the foundation of the Regensburg Synagogue that was destroyed during a pogrom in 1519. The Hebrew inscription means 'east' in English."
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|  October 24, 2012 - defaced in 2015 - Memorial to the Sinti & Roma Victims of National Socialism, Simsonweg, Tiergarten (across from the Reichstag), Berlin (Germany). Designed by Israeli artist Dani Karavan. Consists of a dark, circular pool of water at the centre of which there is a triangular stone. /// "...defaced on Thursday morning [29 October 2015] with a spray-painted swastika & a neo-Nazi message, 'Gas them,' according to the foundation that runs the memorial... The paint was quickly removed, security was tightened, and the German federal police have opened a criminal investigation, according to Uwe Neumärker, the director of the foundation that runs the memorial, which honors hundreds of thousands of people in the Sinti & Roma communities (often referred to as Gypsies) who were killed during World War II. As refugees continue to pour into Germany, officials have expressed concern about right-wing violence against ethnic minorities." /// The memorial was expected to be inaugurated in 2009 but delayed during a controversy between the artist & German government as the awarding authority.
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