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The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
Serving Coltimbus and Central Ohio
Jewish Community for Over 60 years
VOLUME 69
NUMBER 32
AUGUST 8,1991
28 AV 5751
DEVOTED   TO   AMERICAN   AND   JEWISH   IDEALS
Cantor Vicki L. Axe
installed by ACC as
first woman president
page 2
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Rabbi Harold Berman
reappointed to Cabinet
page 2
Breakthrough for
peace in reach
page 3
Associate Awards
Banquet held on July 16
page 5
Roman will headline
'Boys'Night Out'   -/ ;\
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1992 Divisional leaders
announced by CJF • v>
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NAVSTAR CREATED
Stephen Canneto weaves history into his art
By Ina Horwitz
Artist Stephen Canneto has
spent almost 25 years creating
works that give viewers a
sense 'of time and place. He
first developed his theme of
interweaving history throughout his art in 1967 when he
lived in Israel for two years.
His desire to bring the "past
to today and make it alive"
has been dramatically fashioned into his most recent
piece, "Navstar," an enormous stainless steel sculpture
with three billowing sails and
three fountains, one below
each sail.
Naystar will be the focal
point of the 4.2 acre Christopher Columbus Mallway at
Ameriflora '92, the largest
sanctioned Quincentennial exposition in the United States.
It's being built at DeFabCo,
an eastside fabrication company, and is expected to be installed at the expo site this
month.
According to Canneto, the
sculpture will be the largest
piece of public art in central
Ohio when unveiled. The work
is considered extremely
unique by all involved in its
creation, so much so that time
capsules have been built into
the north-pointing sail.
The Ohio Historical Society
is interested in preserving all.
documentation of the work's
design and plans to open the
capsules in 100 years. Ameriflora '92 officials are calling
the piece "a legacy to the city
of Columbus," and it will remain as a permanent exhibit
in Franklin Park.
Standing 30 feet high with a
diameter of 80 feet and weighing 40,000 pounds, Navstar is
an environmental sculpture;
its three sails head west, taking its cue from Christopher
Columbus' adventures.
"Discovery, then and now,
is its theme," Canneto said.
"Its classic image evolved
from the triangular form of
the early navigational instruments that made Columbus'
voyage possible. Redefined,
these forms become sleek sail
shapes appearing at first as a
ship on the horizon riding the
waves from the fountains below."
Canneto, 47, designed the
sculpture so that the westernmost sail points to the North
Star and its 40-degree inclination equals the latitude of Columbus. On approach, Ameriflora visitors will arrive at a
terrace surrounding the sculpture. Paths will allow them to
move around and through the
sculpture's forms and fountains to discover the changing
relationships of the sail
shapes.
Canneto's career in sculpture had an unusual beginning. Arriving in Israel at the
time of the Israel-Arab War,
he had filled out a public form,
listing his occupation as artist.
He had actually worked for
U.S. Steel Corporation in management, which, he said, has
played a vital role in developing his art into a business.
He joined the Israeli military, serving with a tank battalion for a few months. (At
that point, the Israeli Jewish
Agency asked him to design a
monument for battle-scarred
Kibbutz Magal.
This was the turning point in
his life, he believes. Before he
built his "Wall of Stone," he .
gathered as much information
as possible on Kibbutz members who had died in the war.
From various stones, he
carved figures, including a
warrior and a farmer, exemplifying the theme of "turning
swords into ploughshares."
On another level, he created
a fountain and garden. This
first piece served as a baas
for his later work, particularly
for Navstar with its fountains
and garden setting.
While touring Israel and going to archaeological digs or
walking the old city of Jerusalem, Canneto said that for the
first time in his life, he truly
felt at home. He also felt like
he was taking a trip back into
time.
Canneto's ties to Israel run
deep and strong. He wanted to
go there when the Persian
Gulf War started, but he faced
a dilemma of social conscience in terms of his own
familial needs. He has a wife,
Deborah, a writer, and a
20-month-old daugher, Luisa
. Max.
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