Clarissa Bonet

City Space

September 5 - October 30, 2014

The urban space is striking. Its tall and mysterious buildings, crowds of anonymous people, an endless sea of concrete constantly intrigue me. City Space is an ongoing photographic exploration of the urban environment and my perception of it. I am interested in the physical space of the city and its emotional and psychological impact on the body. These photographs reconstruct mundane events in the city that I have personally experienced or witnessed in public. Stark light, deep shadow and muted color are visual strategies I explore to describe the city. I use the city as a stage and transform the physical space into a psychological one. The images I create do not represent a commonality of experience but instead provide a personal interpretation of the urban landscape.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Clarissa Bonet lives and works in Chicago. She received her M.F.A. in photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2012, and her B.S. in Photography from the University of Central Florida. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and resides in the collections of The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Southeast Museum of Photography, and The Haggerty Museum. She received a 2014 Chicago Individual Artist Grant and was named a 2013 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Photographer. Her work has been featured on CNN Photos, Feature Shoot, Lenscratch and many other notable online publications. http://www.clarissabonet.com/