Abelardo Morell: Tent Camera Obscura
Overview
Jackson Fine Art is proud to present Tent Camera Obscura, a solo exhibition of photographs by renowned artist, Abelardo Morell. This will be his second exhibition with Jackson Fine Art, running in tandem with Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door, a touring retrospective on view February 23rd through May 18th at the High Museum in Atlanta. Over the past 25 years, Morell has created photographs that are full of magic and wonder, revealing unseen beauty in our everyday world. Citing classical and contemporary influences ranging from Giovanni Battista Piranesi to Ernest Hemingway to Minor White, Morell takes a modernist approach to his photographs, while exploring timeless themes and conveyors of cultural meaning such as family, books, maps, money and museums. His keen interest in optics and the mechanics of photography has compelled him to explore a number of techniques including photograms, still-life tableaux, stop-motion studies, camera obscura and his self-devised tent camera.
Works
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Tent Camera Obscura, View Looking Southeast Toward The Chisos Mountains. Big Bend National Park, Texas , 2010
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Tent Camera Image on Ground- View of the Golden Gate Bridge From Kirby Cove, 2012
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Abelardo Morell, Blurry Upright Camera Obscura: Santa Maria della Salute with Scaffolding in Palazzo Bedroom, 2007
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Abelardo Morell, Tent Camera Image on Ground- View of the Golden Gate Bridge From Kirby Cove, 2012
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Camera Obscura: Garden with Olive Tree Inside Room with Plants, Italy, 2009
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Camera Obscura: Times Square in Hotel Room, 2010