A New York artist’s response to 9/11: Ahron Weiner’s “Cycles of Violence”

Abstract

Ahron Weiner and the first “decollage” of the series : Projection. Courtesy of the artist. The series entitled “Cycles of Violence” is a ten-piece visual narrative of advertising manipulations or more exactly “decollages,” that New York-based artist Ahron Weiner created and photographed in the streets of New York City. These images are meant to explore the causes, events, implications and ongoing tragedy of 9/11, thus portraying the ultimate violence of which today’s world is capable. The d...