Description
Untitled 149 by Carl Chiarenza
2010
Print
$800
33.5″ x 27.5″
Gift of the Artist
About the Artist
Carl Charenza
1935 –
Carl Chiarenza grew up in Rochester and holds degrees including an A.A.S. and a B.F.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology, a M.S. and A.M. from Boston University and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1973. He was the first person in the US to receive a Ph.D. in the History of Photography, and has been an important figure in the Boston, New York, and Rochester art communities for over sixty years.
Chiarenza works predominantly in abstract, black and white photography. His idiosyncratic use of unlikely subject matter and development of an unique visual language have made his work especially recognizable and collectable.
Chiarenza’s work has been shown in exhibitions around the world, including solo exhibitions at the High Museum of Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, the George Eastman Museum, the Tampa Museum of Art, and the International Center of Photography, among others. His work is represented in the collections of over 50 museums including the Getty Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Bibliotheque Nationale (France), and the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (Japan).
Chiarenza has exhibited at RoCo in many Members Exhibitions, and was highlighted in 2014 alongside three of his former students in Makers & Mentors 2014.
Visit Carl’s website for more.
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