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'''Sruli Recht''' (born 1979<ref name=horset>{{cite web |title=Horset |url=https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/horset-2012951 |website=risdmuseum.org |publisher=RISD Museum |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>) is a designer and artist based in [[Reykjavík]], Iceland. He was born in [[Jerusalem]], Israel, and holds Australian and Icelandic citizenship. {{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Recht studied Fashion Design at [[RMIT University]] in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/tailormade-art-suits-sruli/2005/09/04/1125772410149.html|title=Tailor-made art suits Sruli|date=5 September 2005|publisher=|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

In 2005 Recht left Australia to London where he worked with British designer [[Alexander McQueen]] before relocating to Reykjavik, Iceland, where he has been based since 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jcreport.com/features/fashion-features/new-designer/2009/12/08/sruli-recht-slows-down-fashion/ |title=ArchivedJC copyReport &#124; Inside Global Fashion Trends - FEATURES – Sruli Recht Slows Down Fashion |access-date=5 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509000500/http://jcreport.com/features/fashion-features/new-designer/2009/12/08/sruli-recht-slows-down-fashion/ |archive-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Recht's work is considered to be innovative in its use of indigenous, new and unconventional materials and technologies<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wooden-clothing|title=Haute Wooden Menswear|date=23 January 2013|work=TrendHunter.com|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> though also seen by many to be controversial due to the use of materials such as [[minke whale]] foreskin, [[spider silk]], [[Pinniped|seal]] and [[Anthropodermic bibliopegy|human skin]].<ref>{{cite webnews|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/801eb298-7ce4-11e0-a7c7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2SMKhkuxw|title=London, Paris, New York, Lima?|work=[[Financial Times]]|date=13 May 2011|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

* The Damned: A [[pocket square]], or handkerchief, made from [[bullet-proof]] [[kevlar]], intended to be worn in the breast pocket of a suit to protect the heart.<ref>{{cite webmagazine|url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/bulletproof-handkerchief-protects-a-gentlemans-heart/|title=Bulletproof Handkerchief Protects A Gentleman's Heart|date=29 December 2009|workmagazine=[[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]]|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

And his arguably his most controversial piece:

*Forget Me Knot: In 2012 Recht documented a one-off surgery/performance during which a plastic surgeon removed a 110&nbsp;mm × 10&nbsp;mm strip of skin from his abdomen while he was awake. The piece of skin with the hair still attached was tanned and mounted to a 24kt gold ring<ref>{{cite avAV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn-c7aML81I|title=Artist Sells Ring Made of Own Skin|date=25 January 2013|publisher=|accessdate=16 January 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=January 2016}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dianepernet.typepad.com/diane/2013/03/hard-core-not-for-the-faint-heartedforget-me-knot-rings-from-skin.html|title=Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104530/http://dianepernet.typepad.com/diane/2013/03/hard-core-not-for-the-faint-heartedforget-me-knot-rings-from-skin.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=January 2016}}

His solo commercial career began with the launch of a shoe collection under the Sruli Recht label in 2007, described by [http://www.wgsn.com [WGSN]] as "...one of the most intriguing and imaginative footwear collections seen."{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} This collection was highlighted by the controversial use of one boot made from [[minke whale]] skins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2011/03/15/hannar_fot_ur_forhud/ |title=Hannar föt úr forhúð|publisher= |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> Prior to the [[2008 economic downturn]] Recht began to release one product a month under a collection titled Non-Products, while preparing to launch the main clothing line. Recht launched the seasonal clothing line in Paris in 2011 that he had developed during the crash in Iceland, in 2010 from his studio based on the outskirts of Reykjavik<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1938538,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118143458/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1938538,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 November 2009 |title=Iceland's Fashion Designers Flourish in the Downturn|date=14 November 2009|work=TIME.com |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

Recht's studio was raided by the Icelandic police in August 2009 where they seized stock of The Umbuster (a combination of an umbrella and brass knuckles) and charged Recht with prohibited weapons importation, prohibited weapons manufacture, and intent to sell prohibited weapons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/akaerdur-fyrir-brot-a-islenskum-vopnalogum-vegna-regnhlifar/article/2010440742746|title=Ákærður fyrir brot á íslenskum vopnalögum vegna regnhlífar|author=Þorbjörn Þórðarson|date=5 October 2010|work=[[visir.is]]|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> Recht initially lost the case brought against him by the police, though appealed, while at the same time opening a new case with the supreme court of Iceland to de-categorise The Umbuster as a weapon. In October 2010 Recht won the case, the court deciding that The Umbuster was not a weapon, and was acquitted of the earlier charges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/sruli-syknadur-af-thvi-ad-flytja-inn-hnuajarn/article/2010319116065|title=Sruli sýknaður af því að flytja inn hnúajárn - Vísir|date=10 July 2010 }}</ref>

[[Category:21st-century Icelandic artists]]

[[Category:21st-century Israeli Jews]]

[[Category:21st-century Australian Jews]]

[[Category:PeopleArtists from Jerusalem]]