Shai Kremer
Israeli, born 1974
About
Shai Kremer
Israeli, born 1974
Shai Kremer is an Israeli conceptual photographer whose work has generated worldwide critical acclaim. Kremer’s Perception series, explores the subliminal effects of our individual psychology that influences our interpretation and perception of the powerful and mysterious imagery the artist creates in his studio. Earlier projects include his multi-year series of large scale works, Concrete Abstract, that offer a look at the reconstruction effort at the site of the World Trade Center through the use of multiple image overlays that span the construction from 2001 to 2012. Kremer’s 2010 series, Notes From the Edges, concentrates on views of New York from its perimeter, emphasizing the dichotomy of destruction and reconstruction. Kremer focused his lens on the lesser-known landscapes that exist in the periphery, where the urban structure begins to decay and rejoin with nature. His early series, Infected Landscape and Fallen Empires, examined contested territories throughout Israel where the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has left an indelible imprint on both the land and the psyche of its inhabitants.
Shai Kremer was born in Israel and now lives and works in New York. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Modern, London in 2010; Looking In, Looking Out: The Window in Art at the Israel Museum in 2010; Reality Check at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 2008, the 2007 Guangzhou Photo Biennale in Canton, China; Loaded Landscape at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL in 2007, Engagement-Contemporary Photography at the Israel Art Museum in Jerusalem in 2007, and Disengagement at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel in 2006. His photographs are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Israel Art Museum, Jerusalem; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, among others. There are two monographs of Kremer’s work: Fallen Empires (2011) and Infected Landscape: Israel, Broken Promised Land (2008), both published by Dewi Lewis Publishing.
Concrete Abstract
Shai Kremer
Concrete Abstract #7: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2013
Pigment ink print
Shai Kremer
Concrete Abstract #3: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2013
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Concrete Abstract #2: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2012
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Concrete Abstract #5: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2013
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Concrete Abstract #10: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2013
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Concrete Abstract #15: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2013
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Concrete Abstract #12: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2013
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Concrete Abstract #16: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2013
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Concrete Abstract #13: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2013
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Concrete Abstract #1: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012, 2012
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Concrete Abstract
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Concrete Abstract #7: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #3: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #2: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #5: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #10: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #15: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #12: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #16: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #13: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
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Concrete Abstract #1: World Trade Center, 2001- 2012
Notes From the Edges | New York
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Liberty State Park Memorial, New Jersey, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Waterfront, Brooklyn, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Golf Cage, Chelsea, Manhattan, 2010
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East River Promenade, Manhattan, 2009
Chromogenic print
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East River State Park, Brooklyn, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Target, 2008
Chromogenic print
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Notes From the Edges | New York
Perception
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Perception #1, 2017
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Perception #2, 2017
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Perception #3, 2017
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Perception #20, 2017
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Perception #5, 2017
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Perception #6, 2017
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Perception #8, 2017
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Perception #9, 2017
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Perception #10, 2017
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Perception
Fallen Empire
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Lifta, View of Highway 1, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Shivta, Water Tanks, 2009
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Gidon, Dining Room, 2008
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City of David, Silwan, 2010
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Tel Afek, 2009
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Amona, Wall, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Lifta, View of Givat Shaul, 2010
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Zaura, 2008
Chromogenic print
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Kalya, 2009
Chromogenic print
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City of David, Silwan, Soldiers Tour, 2010
Chromogenic print
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El Araqib, Burnt Structure, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Atlit, 2009
Chromogenic print
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Turkish Railroad Station, 2009
Chromogenic print
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Caesarea, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Lifta, Nuclear Bunker Exit, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Moaz Esther,, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Tel Nitzana, 2009
Chromogenic print
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Zion Gate, 2010
Chromogenic print
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Moaz Esther, panorama, 2010
Chromogenic print
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View From Masada, 2009
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Fallen Empire
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Lifta, View of Highway 1
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Shivta, Water Tanks
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Gidon, Dining Room
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City of David, Silwan
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Tel Afek
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Amona, Wall
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Lifta, View of Givat Shaul
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Zaura
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Kalya
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City of David, Silwan, Soldiers Tour
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El Araqib, Burnt Structure
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Atlit
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Turkish Railroad Station
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Caesarea
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Lifta, Nuclear Bunker Exit
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Moaz Esther,
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Tel Nitzana
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Zion Gate
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Moaz Esther, panorama
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View From Masada
Infected Landscape
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Skyhawk, Air Force training target, Big Rivers Nature Reserve, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Urban Warfare Training Center, Interior, Tze'elim, Israel Training Center, Tze'elim, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Shooting Defense Wall, Gilo Neighborhood, view on Beit Jalha, Jerusalem, Israel , Gilo Neighborhood, Jerusalem, 2004
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Barricadot (barricades), Shooting Defence Wall, Gilo Neighborhood, Jerusalem, 2004
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Abandoned Syrian base, Golan Heights, 2007
Chromogenic print
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The Separation Wall, Baka el Garbyia, 2005
Chromogenic print
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Abandoned Syrian base, view of a minefield, Golan heights, 2007
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Abandoned Arab house, West Bank, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Fire zone near Nachshonim, 2005
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Stairs, destroyed UN base, Kuneitra, Israel-Syria border, 2005
Chromogenic print
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Syrian Pita, former Ground Force Training Zone, next to Tze'elim, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Former ammunition storage area, 2001
Chromogenic print
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The Separation Wall, Jerusalem, 2004
Chromogenic print
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View towards Beit Jhalla, Shooting Defence Wall, Gilo Neighborhood, Jerusalem, 2004
Chromogenic print
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Trench, Chicago Ground Force Training Zone, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Street, 'Chicago' Ground Force Training Zone, Israel, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Former Ground Force Training Zone, next to Tze'elim, Israel, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Burned olive trees and Katyusha crater, Lebanon War, Israel, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Planes, Air Force training targets, Big Rivers Nature Reserve, Israel, 2007
Chromogenic print
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Infected Landscape
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Skyhawk, Air Force training target, Big Rivers Nature Reserve
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Urban Warfare Training Center, Interior, Tze'elim, Israel Training Center, Tze'elim
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Shooting Defense Wall, Gilo Neighborhood, view on Beit Jalha, Jerusalem, Israel , Gilo Neighborhood, Jerusalem
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Barricadot (barricades), Shooting Defence Wall, Gilo Neighborhood, Jerusalem
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Abandoned Syrian base, Golan Heights
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The Separation Wall, Baka el Garbyia
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Abandoned Syrian base, view of a minefield, Golan heights
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Abandoned Arab house, West Bank
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Fire zone near Nachshonim
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Stairs, destroyed UN base, Kuneitra, Israel-Syria border
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Syrian Pita, former Ground Force Training Zone, next to Tze'elim
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Former ammunition storage area
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The Separation Wall, Jerusalem
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View towards Beit Jhalla, Shooting Defence Wall, Gilo Neighborhood, Jerusalem
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Trench, Chicago Ground Force Training Zone
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Street, 'Chicago' Ground Force Training Zone, Israel
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Former Ground Force Training Zone, next to Tze'elim, Israel
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Burned olive trees and Katyusha crater, Lebanon War, Israel
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Planes, Air Force training targets, Big Rivers Nature Reserve, Israel