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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – frost, wood”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – water, frost, leaves”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – ice, frost, leaf”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – milkweed pod”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – water, ice, iron rust”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – milkweed pod”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – milkweed pod”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – coral, stone”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – ice, snow, sapling”
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- © Amir Viskin, “Untitled – spiderweb, vine”
Amir Viskin
Ephemeral Abstractions
In this year of the pandemic, we were forced to stay inside and look inward, often in solitude. Our daily routines and habits were upended. Physical and virtual realities merged. Time itself seemed to change.
In this project I experimented with ephemeral elements in nature to create abstract images meant to ask myself questions regarding the perception of time and place. The objects I chose to photograph – ice, frost, spider webs, milkweed pods – all are perceived to be impermanent. I found everything close to home and yet they managed to transport me to imaginary landscapes far away.
I use symmetry as a way to convey change and transformation. Capturing these fleeting moments allowed me to appreciate the beauty of impermanence at my own pace.
Artist Bio
Amir Viskin was born on a communal farm in Israel, grew up in Mexico City, and returned to Israel as a young adult, where he completed his degree in Architecture and Urban Planning – from the Israel Institute of Technology. He was introduced to the joys of photography by his father, who was a movie producer. His family travelled extensively, and cameras were always present.
After practicing architecture in Israel for several years, Viskin emigrated to the US in 1989. Photography continues to be his primary creative outlet.
His photographs convey a sense of wonder and optimism. Viskin is inspired by the interplay of shapes, color, abstraction and composition, as well as the potential of photography to expose the beauty of natural and human-made landscapes.
Viskin has studied photography as part of Ateliers 29 and 33 at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and he has shown his work in several group and juried shows at venues including the Griffin, the Arlington Center for the Arts, the Lexington, Concord and Watertown MA public libraries, and the Jewish Art Collaborative. His work is held in several private collections.
Exhibitions
2007 – Lexington Public Library (juried) – Urban Landscapes
2008 – Concord Public Library (juried) – Collected Travels
2009 – Watertown Public Library
2014 – Kerem Shalom – Concord, MA
2016 – Emerson Hospital – Concord, MA – Light
2017 – Reasons To Be Cheerful – Concord, MA – Near and Far
2018 – Jewish Art Collaborative – The Old Burial Ground
2019 – Jewish Art Collaborative – Morning Landscapes
2020 – Arlington Center for the Arts (juried) – Nature/Nurture
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