LARRY SILVER’S CONNECTICUT PHOTOGRAPHS
2022-05-23The first part of the exhibition’s title is a nod to poet Wallace Stevens, who also called Connecticut his home for decades, and specifically his poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” The exhibition layout will echo Stevens’ iconic poem and be installed in clusters. Similar to what Stevens called “sensations,” each grouping of Silver’s photographs will gather images across several of his series and reflect upon different facets of his work, while offering the audience a unique viewing and spatial experience.
This multifaceted, but still focused, theme will showcase Silver’s work from several areas of the state and different kinds of “-scapes.” Exuding a sense of quiet contemplation and a studied approach, Silver engages ideas of observation and framing in his lyrical compositions. Many of his photographs, for example, feature figures looking out at the view or back towards the photographer, along with scenes seen through and transformed by weather and atmosphere, light and shadow, perspectives and formats, and nature and the built environment.
Exhibition runs through to June 18th, 2022
Fairfield University Art Museum
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield
CT 06824