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Indepth Arts News:
"Edward Weston: The Last Years in Carmel
"
2001-06-02 until 2001-09-16
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL,
USA
Between 1938 and 1948, Edward Weston took the
last photographs of his illustrious career, most of them at Point
Lobos or at his home in the Carmel Highlands on the central
California coast. The first photographs of this period were not
just details, still lifes, or landscapes, as he had done before, but
vistas, horizons, waves, and atmospheres of mood. Photographs
of the latter part of the period reveal a greater psychological
component, as Weston transcended his formalist approach.
His work was both a release and a receptacle as he experienced a
failing marriage, battled Parkinson's disease, and saw his sons
leave for military service. No longer was he a footloose
adventurer. No longer was he making photographs noted
primarily for their technical virtuosity and innovative
composition. Now a different emotional mix, a more somber
state of mind, caused him to reflect directly on the condition of his own. Central to the selection for this
exhibition are Weston's landscapes of Point Lobos. While those photographs alone could make for a
powerful exhibition, the man behind the camera would be lost. Thus, the touching portraits of his family and
the domestic scenes he created in and around his home are included. The majority of the 75 photographs for
this exhibition will be drawn from the collections at The Art Institute of Chicago and the University of
California at Santa Cruz.
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