Aileen Bassis
Gallery
Holocaust Books
2004 -2005  Found books with   transfer  
prints, paint,  wire, thread.
Immigrant
2003 - 2004
Photocopy transfer prints, thread, wire,
book arts.
The Aftermath (9/11)
2002
Installation
I create series of  images around social / political topics.  My work includes  installations and
bookarts.  My mediums are photography, collage and printmaking combined with other media.

Double click a series title below to see images. These images may not be reproduced without
written permission or emailed permission.

Please contact me for price information. Most artworks are $600 - $1200.

Here's a link to a sketchbook that I did for  "The Sketchbook Project" about  my relationship with my elderly mother. :  
http://www.arthousecoop.com/library/4461
Madhouse
2006  Bookarts and prints  about aging and       
dementia.
Queens Stories
2007  Altered books created for Jamaica      
Flux:  Workspace and Windows 2007
(public art project)
Netherlands
art about multiculturalism,  created at a residency
This digital photograph was created
for an exhibit at the
Holocaust Center of Detroit,
opening in February 2012.  It's one
of a group of 4 that are part of a
show :
Silent Witnesses: Migration
Stories through Synagogues  
Transformed,, Rebuilt or Left
Behind

I'm using an old fairy tale book and
photos of former synagogues in the
Bronx (where I grew up).
See more about this project
by clicking here.