Chris McCaw | Marking Time
September 7 - November 2 at Marshall Gallery
Marshall Gallery presents a solo exhibition of new works by Bay Area artist Chris McCaw as an official part of PST ART: Art and Science Collide* organized by The Getty Museum. The show is comprised of intimately scaled and monumental pieces resulting from McCaw's unique “sunburn” photographic process, as well as previously unseen solarized landscapes and color polaroid works.
*Marshall Gallery is part of PST ART as a Gallery Program Participant . Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty.
PRESS RELEASE
Over the past two decades, McCaw (American, b. 1971) has perfected an inventive technique of exposing vintage darkroom papers directly in-camera, creating one-of-a-kind landscapes that trace the sun’s movement while testing the boundaries of analog photographic chemistry. Prolonged exposures burn and scar the photographic paper like a magnifying glass as the sun is focused by his enormous, custom-built cameras. A balancing act between the science of optics, astronomy, and artistic vision takes place as McCaw’s compositions must calculate for the season, weather, and earth’s rotation to create his dramatic views of the West Coast. Each work is a direct recording of celestial time and place.
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