The Art of Hagar Fletcher

There's a joy, an exuberance, an energy in Hagar Fletcher's sculptures that embraces you through their fluidity and sense of movement. They lean forward and outward, insisting on more space around them, as if inviting you on their journey. hagar2 There isn't a wasted element: leaping legs, pointed feet, taut arms, hair blowing in the wind or bristling with fear, all in perfect spatial harmony. A twisted body, a hanging head, a poised arm: the slightest of physical suggestions hint at a deeper meaning that absorbs the onlooker. After completing her military service, Hagar left her kibbutz in the Jordan valley to study photography for three years in Nottingham, England, before setting out as a Camera Press news photographer in Africa. She studied art and design for two years in the Ecole des Arts Appliques and the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Back in Israel, she photographed portfolios for actors and models, designed furniture and candlesticks and decorated shops in Tel Aviv. Hagar studied for four years in the Basis School of Sculpture in Israel. Hagar works in mixed media, bronze, wood and found objects. This collection, shown for the first time in America, is an introduction to her smaller works in bronze and wood. She lives in Israel with her husband, noted journalist and writer Martin Fletcher.