CARL CHIARENZA: JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN
A retrospective for the work of former HAA Professor Carl Chiarenza will be on display at The George Eastman Museum from February 4–June 20, 2021.
“Throughout his career, Carl Chiarenza (American, b. 1935) has demonstrated that photographs can provide much more than just documentary evidence. Rather than create straightforward records of the cast-off materials that appear before his camera, Chiarenza photographically transforms them into new and provocative images. His photographs often bear little resemblance to their actual subjects and instead suggest mysterious worlds that viewers are invited to explore.
This retrospective exhibition spans the Rochester-based artist’s entire career, beginning with early photographs Chiarenza made as a high school student in Rochester in the 1950s and concluding with a large selection of his most recent work in collage. The exhibition will give visitors the opportunity to follow the continuities and ruptures in Chiarenza’s artistic journey as his career enters its seventh decade.”
Read more about this retrospective exhibition and access a full digital tour via the Eastman Museum website.
