Abelardo Morell
After Monet September 28 - December 22, 2018
Abelardo Morell: After Monet
For After Monet, made in France during the summers of 2015 and 2016, Morell employed his Tent/Camera, a device unique to the artist that utilizes a "periscope-like" mechanism to bring nearby views onto the ground within the tent. Shooting in Monet's Gardens in Giverny, Rouen, and other regions along the Normandy coast where Monet painted, Morell investigates the creative spirit of the artist in a series of romantic and impressionistic large-scale landscapes.
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Gardener on Main Path of Monet's Gardens, Giverny, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of Monet's Gardens with Flowers on the Ground, Giverny, France, 2015
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of Monet's Gardens with Gardener, Giverny, France , 2015
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: On Etretat Beach Looking at D'aval Cliffs, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Monet's Gardens in Early Morning Light, Giverny, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Two Paths in Monet's Gardens, Giverny, France, 2015
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of Le Petit Ailly Near Varengville-Sur-Mer, France, , 2016
Abelardo Morell Biography
Cuban-born photographer Abelardo Morell surveys both the intimate and the majestic in his photographs of American people, objects, and landscapes. Initially, photographer Abelardo Morell worked in the traditions of Lee Friedlander and Garry Winogrand, photographing street scenes in New York. His interests later shifted to a more intimate scale, capturing black-and-white images of domestic objects. In 1991, Morell returned to the street, shooting scenes on a grander scale with a self-constructed camera obscura. The return to this centuries-old process allowed Morell to better understand the origins of his medium and capture in his artwork cities at a...