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Solo exhibition: FAMILY, Marcia Wood Gallery, October
9 - November 13, 2010 - installation images
The exhibition Family at Marcia Wood Gallery coincides with the
release of Chris Verene’s second book of photographs from
the 26 year long Galesburg series, also titled Family. Photographs
from the book will be on exhibit and during the reception Chris
Verene will be signing the new book. The book is published by Twin
Palms Publishers who also published the first monograph, Chris
Verene, in 2000.
Family is presented in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography.
Heartbreaking in their candor, Chris Verene’s photos are
an exquisite view into the true personal stories and private lives
of the photographer’s extended family and their small community
in economically depressed Galesburg, Illinois, over the past 26
years. Verene’s photos depict the repercussions of economic
and social upheaval. The pictures show the realities of divorce,
loss of income, and mental imbalance. Despite their pathos, these
images also forecast a greater good – the power of the human
being to survive. Verene is a compassionate storyteller, focusing
on the whole, intimate truth of human narratives. His photographs
capture moments that crystallize entire constellations of meaning
and emotion.The photographs are accompanied by captions, written
in Verene’s best schoolboy penmanship, that guide the viewer
to a more complete level of understanding.
Chris Verene was born in 1969 in Galesburg, Illinois. He earned
an MFA in photography/studio art at Georgia State University, Atlanta,
GA and currently lives and works in New York City. Chris Verene’s
work is in the collections of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art
Center, the High Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Arrt, and others.
Verene was the first-ever photographer to receive a Pollock-Krasner
Grant for full support (2002-2003).
solo exhibition at Marcia Wood Gallery: "Galesburg,
Yes" - Oct-Nov 2007
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