Clint Baclawski (born 1981) is a Boston-based artist who works with photography and light, shooting on an analog camera and transforms the prints into light-filled installation pieces.[1][2][3]
Clint Baclawski | |
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| Born | 1981 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
| Known for | Photography and installation art |
| Website | https://www.clintbaclawski.com/ |
Biography
editBorn in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Baclawski attended Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for his BFA and Bucknell University for post-baccalaureate study. He then attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design for his MFA.[4][1][5]
Style of work
editBaclawski's installations are film image fragments stuffed inside polycarbonate tubes, which are then placed on mirrored Plexiglas and back-lit by LED lights.[6][7] The Boston Art Review noted how Baclawski's work connects to his undergraduate degree in advertising photography especially the use of "back-lit imagery" to convey glamour to rural photographs.[6] In 2018, Frame Magazine wrote that he "works with light, imagery, and installation, pushing the boundaries of the traditional photographic frame."[1] Cate McQuaid of the Boston Globe Said of his solo show “Fringe” that "Baclawski models the enchantments and perils of desire. From afar, an object of yearning — a lover, salvation, relief from pain — floods the imagination with its perfections.[8]
Solo exhibitions
edit2014 Chromogenic, The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA [9][better source needed]
2014 Pink Church, 301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA [10][better source needed]
2015 Lush, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA [11][better source needed]
2015 ACTINIC, Alternative Photography Festival of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland [12]
2016 Clint Baclawski: Luminous, Adelson Galleries, Boston, MA[13]
2017 Zephyr, HUBweek Boston, City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA [5][3]
2019 Fringe, Abigail Ogilvy, Boston, MA [8]
References
edit- ^ a b c Elena Castle, Kanae Hasegawa, Amara Holstein, Tracey Ingram, Sophie Lovell, Billy Nolan, Jonathan Openshaw, Inês Revés, Anna Sansom, Louise Schouwenberg, Jane Szita, Femke de Wild (25 September 2018). One Artist, One Material: Fifty-five makers on their medium. Frame Publishers. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-94-92311-27-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Clint Baclawski creates seemingly endless environments with ethereal light installations". Frame Publishers. 2018-02-26. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ a b "A former ad man becomes a full-time artist, by way of film and light". Frame Publishers. 2019-06-02. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "Clint Baclawski". MassArt. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ a b HUBweek (2017-08-01). "HUBweek Artist of the Day: Clint Baclawski". HUBweek. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ a b Zminda, Phil (2018-08-02). "Clint Baclawski Images an Ad-Less America in Flashing Lights". Boston Art Review. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ McQuaid, Cate (2014-01-22). "The myth of the west, and its murky construction". Boston Globe.
- ^ a b "With a new show, Boston artist Clint Baclawski invites viewers closer for the full story - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- ^ "The Hallway Gallery Opening Reception for Chromogenic [01/11/14]". www.thebostoncalendar.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "Gallery Update: Clint Baclawski at Frame 301 Gallery". Montserrat College of Art. 2014-01-29. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "Exhibit Photographs by Clint Baclawski Oct. 29-Dec. 4". Art and Design Department. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "apsnew | Features". Alternative Photography Scotland. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ McQuaid, Cate. "Artist Clint Baclawski helps us see photographs in a different way - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.