WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- The Norton Museum of Art announced today that Rami Maymon is the winner of the Museum’s biennial photography prize. Maymon, who is based in Tel Aviv, was nominated for the Prize by Israeli artist Adi Nes. Maymon is the second photo-based artist to win the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers. Los Angeles-based Analia won the inaugural Prize in 2012.
“Rami’s photographs are elegant and complicated, and engage the viewer with their intellectual rigor and stunning visual layers,” said Tim B. Wride, the Norton’s William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography. “Immersing himself in the myriad ways we experience photographic imagery, Rami has succeeded in giving form to both the conceptual underpinnings and the visual complexities of the photographic process. We’re thrilled to award the Rudin Prize to Rami Maymon and look forward to seeing him continue to push photography’s potential.”
“We created the Rudin Prizeto recognize artists working on the cutting edge of photography, exploring new and intriguing directions for the medium,” said Norton Photography Committee Member Beth Rudin DeWoody, who established the prize in honor of her late father, Lewis Rudin. “With an incredible depth of talent, it’s always difficult to choose just one winner. Rami’s intriguing work captivates the imagination and truly reflects what is special about photography and what it can capture. I can’t wait to see where he goes next.”
The other nominees for the second Rudin Prize were:
• Miriam Böhm (based in Berlin and Mannheim, Germany), nominated by Thomas Demand
• Delphine Fawundu (based in Brooklyn), nominated by Deborah Willis
• Renato Osoy (based in Guatemala City, Guatemala), nominated by Luis González-Palma
Maymon’s work and the other nominees’ work can be seen at the Norton in a group exhibition on view through January 11, 2015. The Norton’s Photography Committee, along with Executive Director Hope Alswang and William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography Tim B. Wride selected the winner.
Selected works from the each artist in the exhibition will become part of the Norton’s permanent collection of photographs.
Rami Maymon studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem earning a Bachelor in Fine Arts before moving onto the Bezalel Post Graduate Program of Art, Tel Aviv. He is keenly interested in the manner in which images and their contexts construct and subvert meaning. For much of Maymon’s work, the ways in which books sequence, juxtapose, and format is central. He has exhibited his work throughout Israel and Europe and teaches at The Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl, Israel. Maymon’s works have been published in many journals, books, and magazines both in Israel and abroad.
