BOOK RELEASE + EXHIBITION: Sunburn
Sunburn
CHRIS MCCAW
SEPTEMBER 7 – OCTOBER 27, 2012
Preview + Artist Talk: Thursday, November 1st, 5 – 8pm
Opening: Friday, November 2nd, 6 – 9pm
The book…
Sunburn is now available for purchase at candelabooks.com! Candela’s third book release, in collaboration with Chris McCaw and Scout Design, features a collection of forty-three extraordinary images with essays by Katherine Ware of the New Mexico Museum of Art and Allie Haeusslein of Pier 24 Photography. In Notes on Watching Shadows Move in this volume, McCaw writes, “During [this project], I’ve become attuned to the reality that we’re all running around on a spinning marble orbiting a fiery ball. It’s that simple and amazing, but we rarely give ourselves time to ponder this.”
The exhibition…
Running until October 27th, the exhibition of 23 unique paper negatives offers Richmond a chance to experience this intimate, yet iconic work. McCaw, with his massive handmade cameras that can weigh up to 125 pounds and require specially-made carts, and the almighty sun co-create images that push photography into the realm of sculpture. The creation/destruction cycle so inherent to life on this planet is harnessed by the hand of the artist into unpredictable, highly-crafted and sublime images.
Among notable private and public collections, McCaw’s work is found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.