ALEXANDER VAISMAN was born in 1967 in Chernovtsy
(Czernowitz), a city with a long-standing and strong Jewish tradition,
once an important Jewish center in Eastern Europe. Alexander graduated
from the Chernovtsy Musical College and worked as a book illustrator and
poster designer. Currently Alexander lives in Israel with his wife and
four children.
Alexander Vaisman's one-person exhibition in the State Museum of Bukovinian Diaspora in Chernovtsy in 1992-1993 was featured in a TV documentary ?A Letter to Son?. He also participated in several exhibitions in the United States and Israel. Alexander?s drawings and paintings illuminate
the experience of being Jewish under the different and often very difficult
circumstances. His works are motivated by a strong sense of belonging to
a rich and venerable culture. They reflect the eternal themes of Jewish
family life, faith, and ritual as well as the turbulent events of our era.
Alexander?s rendering of Yiddishkayt, of the world of Shtetl is far from
apologetic. The artist loves the world he is portraying, but he does not
enshrine it. In this world zaddikim peacefully coexist with the commissars
from the Babel?s ?Red Cavalry?. Chalutzim armed with shovels and machine
guns build their future under watchful eyes of klezmorim armed with violins
and clarinets. Young lovers and respectable sages soar high above the earth,
where only abandoned gravestones mark once vibrant and lively places.
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