While reflecting on nearly seven decades of work, photographer Carl Chiarenza hasn’t stopped evolving his artistic practice.
Carl Chiarenza
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Art Review: “The Opposite of Concrete”
Abstract art is a challenge to approach, and more than once I’ve overheard a frustrated dismissal of the entire genre. But the reward of spending time with a bewildering puzzle can be great. The various reasons that abstract art is important are explored in a fascinating letter by art critic Jerry Saltz. Abstraction is a […]
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ART REVIEW: “Transmutations: Photographic Works by Carl Chiarenza”
Of the transmission of experience through art, poet Robert Frost wrote, “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” Though renowned photographer Carl Chiarenza creates abstract works that are purposefully open to viewers’ interpretations, the crystallized emotional experience of the artist is present […]
