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David Rabkin

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Self-portrait (2021)

About the work
My work explores what we feel but don’t necessarily see in the moments that touch us. What’s lost on us visually may be present yet unrecognized. Perhaps we’re distracted, overwhelmed by things that capture our attention yet are not what actually stirs our feelings. Each of my works is a visual collection drawn from a moment then combined into a new experience that’s both more and less than what is captured by my camera.

About the artist
I think of myself as a creator of experiences. While grounded in photography, my works often incorporate other media and jump from two dimensions into three. I have been blessed with a grandfather who was a photographer, painter and woodworker, a mother with a keen eye for craftsmanship in all its forms, and a few talented and inquisitive mentors. Two careers, in software engineering and in the museum field, have provided the opportunity to create experiences using a range of media and the vast “canvasses” – exhibition halls, art galleries, and planetarium domes – that comprise science museums. My work on often-immersive experiences, combined with a keen interest in the human mind, has shaped how I see and create. Through my work, I explore the nature of perception and the ways in which we make meaning of the things we sense.

Exhibitions

Cambridge Art Association's 2024 Members Prize Show featuring Winter Silence on the River

2023

  • Cambridge Art Association CAA@University Place Gallery, Fall Salon, Cambridge, MA, September/October 2023 
  • Griffin Museum of Photography, Winter Solstice 2023, Winchester, MA, December/January 2023/4

2024

  • Concord Art Society, Members Juried Exhibition, Concord, MA, February/March 2024
  • Cambridge Art Association Kathryn Schultz Gallery, 2024 Members Prize Show, Cambridge, MA, February-April 2024
  • Marblehead Arts Association, Variations Exhibition, Marblehead, MA, April-June 2024 
  • Concord Arts, Francis N. Roddy Exhibition, Concord, MA, September/October 2024
  • Cambridge Art Association Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Fall Salon, Cambridge, MA, September/October 2024
  • Marblehead Arts Association, Winter Artist Member Show, Marblehead, MA, November/December 2024 
  • Griffin Museum of Photography, Winter Solstice 2024, Winchester, MA, December/January 2024/5

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