Israeli Sculptor Designs TCT Career Achievement Award

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要点：Akiva Huber通过他的艺术向介入医生敞开了心扉。

每年TCT期间， Huber的思想中有一个目标，那就是：科学和艺术走向融合。在过去的8年间，在Walter E. Washington会议中心雕刻家已经设计和展示了数十件艺术作品。尤以The Heart of the Matter这件铜雕作为著名，每年授予获得TCT终身成就奖的介入医生。Huber说这件雕刻作品是根据他本人对于人生中的双重性和诱惑性而创作的。

今年，在他题为源自心脏的艺术展览中展示了20多件雕刻作品。Huber居住在以色列的海法，也在那里雕刻创作和工作。他说：“每年的TCT会议期间安排我的作品展览已经成为一项传统。每年我都会带来新的作品，就像每次都有新的生命诞生，对我来说都是一次巨大的挑战。”他还说：“我深信绝大多数的介入心脏医生都会认为在科学和艺术之间存在着紧密的联系，尽管在两者之间也存在着有显著的不同点。会议期间，如此近距离的接触艺术对介入医生而言的确也是一个难得的机会。”

Huber本人就是科学和艺术融合体。他是海法Rambam医疗中心介入心脏科的主要放射学专家。就在2004年的TCT会议上他收到了相当大的赞誉。他说：“对于我而言最有意义的奖赏就是我的作品The Heart of the Matter授予了Eugene Braunwald医生，他承诺将会把它陈列在他的办公桌上。”

Huer从他的经历中获取创作的灵感。1947年出生在法国，是匈牙利大屠杀的幸存者，后来在海法长大。在那里培养出了敏感、热情以及认知了人生具有双重性等方面的魅力。他的作品的主题包括性别关系、分离以及圣经主旨等方面。除了在TCT的展览以外，Huber的作品曾经在世界上无数的画廊和展览会当中展示。最近他的雕刻作品曾在华盛顿的Caprice画廊和Zenit画廊中展示。他本人也曾经是以色列画家和雕刻家协会的一名会员。

如想获得Huber本人和他的作品更多的信息，可到会议中心的L Street Bridge参观他的作品。

Israeli Sculptor Designs TCT Career Achievement Award

Key Points:

• Through his art, Akiva Huber opens his own heart to interventionalists.

By TCT Daily Staff

Akiva Huber has one goal in mind during TCT each year: to merge science and art.

For the past eight years, the sculptor has designed and displayed dozens of works in the halls of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Most notable is his bronze sculpture, The Heart of the Matter, which is given each year to the recipient of the TCT Career Achievement Award. The sculpture, Huber says, is based on his interpretation of the duality and temptation of life.

This year, more than 20 of his sculptures are on display as part of his exhibit titled The Art Comes From the Heart.

"It has become a tradition to arrange my exhibitions during the TCT meetings. Every year I bring new sculptures to this exhibition – it is like a birth each time – and is always a great challenge," said Huber, who lives, sculpts, and works in Haifa, Israel.

"I am deeply convinced that the majority of interventional cardiologists feel a close link between science and art, despite the obvious differences between them. This is a real chance for the interventional community to feel more close to art during this meeting," he said.

Huber, too, merges science and art – he is chief radiology specialist of the division of invasive cardiology at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

It was here at TCT in 2004 that Huber says he received the ultimate compliment. "The most meaningful award for me was the fact that my sculpture, The Heart of the Matter, was awarded to Dr. Eugene Braunwald, who promised to keep it on his working desk," he said.

Huber draws inspiration from his past. Born in France in 1947 to Holocaust survivors from Hungary, he grew up in Haifa. There he acquired his fascination with the sensitivity, compassion, and awareness of the duality of life. Topics of his artwork include gender relations, separation, and Biblical motifs.

In addition to his exhibit at TCT, Huber’s works have been displayed in numerous galleries and exhibitions around the world. Most recently, his sculptures were on display at Caprice Gallery and in a group exhibit at Zenit Gallery in Washington, D.C. He also is a member of the Israeli Association of Painters and Sculptors.

For more information on Huber and his art, visit his exhibit on the L Street Bridge of the convention center.