Bill Viola is a contemporary video artist whose work focuses on the ideas behind fundamental human experiences, like birth, death, and aspects of consciousness. Throughout his career he has drawn meaning from his main interests in mystical traditions, such as Christian Mysticism, Zen Buddhism and Islamic Sufism. One of his main themes represented by his art is dualism, the idea that you can't understand what you are looking at unless you know the opposite. (ex. light and darkness, life and death, stress and calm, etc.) Viola also includes water and fire in most of his art.
I find myself saying this about every other artist I do research on, but this is by far my favorite artist. I love all of Viola's work and it's so captivating reading into his art. I am constantly thinking about the human transitions one must face and it's great to see them included in Viola's art.
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