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Country: Israel  
Aviva Shemer

    1.100 tikun series, 2009 mixed media on paper 120x220 cm euro 10000   2.103 tikun series, 2009 mixed media on paper 120x220 cm euro 10000   3.106 tikun series, 2009 mixed media on paper 120x220 cm euro 10000   4.107 tikun series, 2009 mixed media on paper 120x220 cm euro 9000   5.108 tikun series, 2009 mixed media on paper 120x220 cm euro 9000   6.109 tikun series, 2009 mixed media on paper 110x110 cm euro 6000   7.110 tikun series, 2009 oil on canvas 110x110 cm euro 5000   8.111 blue series, 2007 oil on canvas 50x44 cm euro 700   9.112 blue series, 2007 oil on canvas 50x44 cm euro 700   10.113 blue series, 2007 oil on canvas 50x44 cm euro 700   11.114 blue series, 2007 oil on canvas 50x44 cm euro 700    12.115 blue series, 2007 oil on canvas 50x44 cm euro 700


 

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The contrast between light and darkness is an iconic template. Aviva' Shemer's art is an expression of an evolution. A brief history of the triumph of light. The evolution is of stubbornness in its most positive sense. Stubbornness of the present light putting all of its power to expand its sphere of influence. It comprises the optimism of the spirit of the enlightenment not from a missionary approach but as a feeling radiating from within and from deep study of the Kabbala. That same process of the triumph of light is the realization of the power hidden within it and the actualization of its potential. Thus another purpose of the artistic work can be derived not just to make us appreciate the beauty harmony and aesthetics but also to lift our spirits. Three concepts are hereby offered to help understand Aviva Shemer's art. The concepts are conflict sequence order. The conflict described here is an internal conflict of the soul. Light and darkness wrestle one another within. Internal dramas are described here. Colors contrasting as part of the design of various figures creating a feeling of order forming within the chaos. The internal world is given precedence in the process of perceiving the world and in the process the artist goes through in dealing with it. The sequence is maintained while describing the continuous conflict between light and darkness. Living colors expressing the vitality of existence and the vitality of the inner struggle. The power of introspection is an expression of will power awareness and willingness to struggle with it. The creation of a new order from the chaos is a perpetual dramatic experience. The light is traveling within the human soul. A light to show the way. The miraculous way in which the light appears transforms its presence from a potential existence to an actual event taking place within a person's soul in every given moment. The power of light is expressed in its ability to lead in its monumental presence in its decisiveness and in its role in setting the path. It gives the viewer a feeling of clarity optimism calm and radiance. Furthermore it expresses the spiritual nature of matter. That nature is evident in the artist's abstract perception that has something of the Remez an allegorical reading of canonical texts. In Jewish tradition light is spiritual and signifies a connection to an abundance and this is symbolically imparted to the viewer. Another question is the choice of letters. Using the symbolic language of letters the artist seeks to create a different order. It seems that the purpose of Aviva Shemer's art is to influence the viewer's awareness, and to do so in a somewhat cathartic way. The light expresses order beauty and also the heroic and the sublime which affect our awareness. We have here a sequence of artworks with an optimistic spiritual message .The optimism is expressed not by ignoring the darkness but by our capacity to contain it within us. During a conversation I had with the artist she quotes from the Hassidic literature: Says Rabbi Nachman When you reach joy pursue sadness bring it into joy and than your joy will be complete. The inclusiveness is therefore a central motif in Aviva Shemer's art . Aviva Shemer chooses in this struggle between light and darkness to create light within her self and radiates that wonderful synthesis of light joy and unity.

      Amikam Yassour  Author and Art critic

 

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 The art of Aviva Shemer

Aviva Shemer’s art is a challenge for every art lover in general and especially for those who love the spiritual depth which is reflected in Israeli Art. The amendment of light from the complex to the simple from the tied to the untied from dark to clear from solitude to connection from paralysis to expression. A breath of shiny fresh air a breath of wide pure and clear air rejoices in the overall darkness.

The Art of Aviva Shemer is of inner unity inherent in everything. Aviva Shemer’s Art reveals the unity between matter and spirit, between light and the vessel between the Creator and Creation a dimension in which all the sparks of the Creation are one infinite soul in the heart of infinity.
 

 

Daniel Dov Stavski Ha’Cohen
 Author Rabi Art critic