Clarissa Bonet

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City Space

The urban space is striking – its tall and mysterious buildings, crowds of anonymous people, the endless sea of concrete. 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.

Stray Light

Building facades melt into darkness, their architectural details vanish, leaving only glowing windows in a sea of pitch black, like stars in the night sky.

Stray Light is an ongoing photographic project aimed at imaging the nocturnal urban landscape. We have all but lost the night for our progress. In its place we have formed a new cosmos, one of vanished surfaces and flecks of light. Carefully constructing each image from multiple photographs, I reform the urban landscape in my own vision - one that seeks to reconstruct the heavens in its absence above the cityscape. Light emanating from each window references a world unknown, evoking a sense of mystery and awe. We no longer look up to the night’s sky with awe. Instead, that is how we look out at the city.

From Shadow to Sun

From Shadow to Sun is a body of work that came into being during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. We found ourselves in a moment of pause, uncertainty, and reflection, stripped of our daily routine and just making do. Early on, I found comfort in isolation by keeping my mind and hands at work. I turned to photographic abstraction as the vehicle for exploration. With simple materials, and the natural light illuminating my domestic space, I set out to create images that would confuse and transform the objects before my lens. Activated by the sun, the resulting abstractions reflected my own layered, internal emotional state, and the push-and-pull of my new daily life.

Clarissa Bonet lives and works in Chicago. Her work explores aspects of the urban space in both a physical and psychological context. 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. Interested in the physical space of the city and its emotional and psychological impact on the body, she uses the camera to transform the physical space into a psychological one, providing a personal interpretation of the urban landscape. Her work has been exhibited nationally, internationally, and resides in the collections of The Museum of Contemporary Photography’s MPP collection, The South East Museum of Photography, and The Haggerty Museum. Most recently she received the Chicago Individual Artist Grant and was curated into a group show at Aperture Foundation Gallery.

City Space images are available as 24 x 30" and 32 x 40" pigment prints made in editions of 6 + 2 AP's. Pieces range in price from $3600 to $6000, depending on size.

Stray Light images are available as 24 x 24", 42 x 42" and 60 x 60" pigment prints made in editions of 6 + 2 AP's, 6 + 2 AP's and 3 + 2 AP's, respectively. Pieces range in price from $3600 to $10,000 depending on size and availability.

From Shadow to Sun images are available as 16 x 12" pigment print with sand blasted Art Glass UV in a metal frame, made in an edition of 6 + 2AP's. Pieces start at $3600 each.

Please email catherine@edelmangallery.com for prices of specific pieces.
Prices are print only unless otherwise indicated.