Synopses & Reviews
The accumulation of ruins and military remnants is an important part of what defines the Israeli landscape today—wounds in landscape that correspond to wounds in the Israeli collective consciousness. Shai Kremer seeks to challenge the viewer, using the landscape as a focus to understand the overwhelming impact of the situation.
Four decades ago, the historian and philosopher Yeshayahu Leibovich forewarned that the Israeli occupation was a cancerous disease in the heart of the nation. As Kremer himself says, “my goal is to reveal how every piece of land has become infected with loaded sediments of the ongoing conflict.”
Synopsis
A unique and powerful depiction of the military disfiguration of the Israeli landscape.
About the Author
Based in New York and Tel Aviv, Shai Kremer has exhibited internationally with shows in the USA, China, and throughout Europe. A finalist in both the 2007 Sante Fe Prize and the 2007 HSBC Award, his work has also been published widely including in the New York Times. Director of Henry Art Gallery, Seattle. Formerly Curator of Photography at The Whitney Museum and The Art Institute of Chicago. Director of the Institute of German History at the University of Tel Aviv, Israel.