Sunday, March 29, 2009

Shai Kremer





Bio:

  • Born in Israel in 1974
  • 2003-2005 School of Visual Arts, New York. M.F.A - Photography and Related Media
  • 1998-2002 Camera Obscura School of Arts, Tel Aviv Israel. B.A. - Photography
  • SOLO EXHIBITIONS
    2009 Infected Landscape Israel, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
  • 2008-09
    Reality Check: Truth and Illusion in Contemporary Photography, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

About the Work:
  • "This project is a seven year metaphoric portrayal of the military disfiguration of the Israeli landscape. To describe the complexity of this ever-changing and multi-layered terrain, I chose to keep a distance. The aesthetic, orderly and beautiful compositions parallel the defense mechanism that Israelis have developed in order to protect themselves from the painful reality of the current political situation. The wounds in the landscape correspond to the wounds in the Israeli collective consciousness. My goal is to reveal how every piece of land has become infected with loaded sediments of the ongoing conflict. "- saul gallery, artist statement

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