Kelli Connell: pictures for Charis

Abstract

"In Pictures for Charis, American photographer Kelli Connell reconsiders the relationship between writer Charis (pronounced CARE-iss) Wilson and photographer Edward Weston through a close examination of Wilson's prose and Weston's iconic photographs. Connell weaves together the stories of Wilson and Weston with her own and enriches our understanding of the couple from her contemporary Queer and feminist perspective. This exhibition features recent portrait and landscape photographs by Connell along with classic figure studies and landscapes by Weston from 1934-1945 one of his most productive periods and the span of his relationship with Wilson. Using Weston and Wilson publications as a guide, Connell and her partner, Betsy Odom, traveled to locales where Wilson and Weston lived, made work, and spent time together creating new artworks in the process."

Contents

Prologue -- Chicago -- Lincoln -- Grand Junction -- Las Vegas -- Death Valley -- Twentynine Palms -- Lake Ediza -- Lake Tenaya -- Mirror Lake -- Carmel-by-the-Sea -- Santa Monica Canyon -- Oceano Dunes -- Wildcat Hill -- Point Lobos -- Big Sur -- Mojave Desert -- Granbury -- St. Martinville -- Tunica -- Chicago -- Afterword / Betsy Odom.