Focus Gallery: Oded Halahmy: Models in Wood New York Performances

At the Jewish Museum in New York, **Focus Gallery: Oded Halahmy: Models in Wood** presents small-scale wooden studies by sculptor Oded Halahmy, treating the model as a finished object rather than a mere step toward a larger work. The exhibition traces how pared-down forms carry the imprint of hand labor, edge, and grain, linking process to meaning. Shown in the museum’s Focus Gallery format, the project situates Halahmy within a New York conversation about postwar sculpture and material honesty. One quiet insight emerges: the works resist spectacle and insist on looking closely.