Clara Gutsche
{{Short description|American-born Canadian photographer, educator and art critic}}
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Clara Gutsche (born April 20, 1949) is a Canadian photographer, educator and art critic living and working in Montreal, Quebec.
She was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She studied visual arts at Concordia University and obtained a MA in photography. She teaches photography part-time in the Studio Arts department at Concordia.{{cite web |url=https://concordia.accesstomemory.org/margaret-griffin-and-clara-gutsche-collection |title=Margaret Griffin and Clara Gutsche collection |work=Archives & Special Collections Catalogue |publisher=Concordia University}}
She was a founding member of the artist-run Powerhouse Gallery (now La Centrale galerie Powerhouse) in Montreal.
In 2024, Gutsche won the Scotiabank Photography Award.{{Cite web |title=Montreal-based artist Clara Gutsche wins 2024 Scotiabank Photography Award |url=https://www.scotiabank.com/content/scotiabank/ca/en/about/perspectives.articles.impact.2024-05-scotiabank-photography-award-spa.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.scotiabank.com |language=en}}
Work
Gutsche's work portrays the relation between people and their environments. Her series La série des couvents ("The Convent Series") shows nuns in various convents in Quebec.
Her photographs have been exhibited at the McCord Museum, the {{ill|Musée d'art de Joliette|fr}}, the Canadian Centre for Architecture,{{Cite web|last=Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)|date=|title=An Industrial Landscape Observed: The Lachine Canal|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/2772/an-industrial-landscape-observed-the-lachine-canal|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201023229/https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/2772/an-industrial-landscape-observed-the-lachine-canal |archive-date=2018-02-01 |access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.cca.qc.ca|language=en}} Montréal, the Canadian Centre of Photography in Toronto and the Americas Society building in New York City.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/09/arts/photography-review-a-radiant-spirit-at-home-in-quiet-geometries.html |title=A Radiant Spirit at Home in Quiet Geometries |newspaper=New York Times |date=July 9, 1999}}
Her work is held in public collections, including the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Canadian Centre for Architecture,{{Cite web|last=Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)|date=|title=Clara Gutsche Photographs|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015223141/http://www.cca.qc.ca:80/en/search |archive-date=2009-10-15 |access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.cca.qc.ca|language=en}} the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec{{Cite web | url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600004952 |title = Gutsche, Clara}} and Library and Archives Canada.{{cite web |url=http://expositionvirtuelle.ca/artiste-artist/gutsche_clara-eng |title=Clara Gutsche |publisher=Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |access-date=2018-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113431/http://expositionvirtuelle.ca/artiste-artist/gutsche_clara-eng |archive-date=2018-06-23 |url-status=dead }}
Clara has worked frequently with her spouse, fellow photographer David Miller; they collaborated on her Milton Park series.{{cite web |last1=Lafortune |first1=Marie-Josée |title=Exhibition Notes from Children. Portraits d'Enfants |url=https://optica.ca/decades/thumb/communiquegutsche22_web.pdf |website=OPTICA Centre d"Art Contemporain |access-date=5 June 2024}}
= Photography series =
- Milton Park, 1970 - 1973
- Six Sisters / Les six soeurs, 1974 - 1976
- Inner Landscapes / Les paysages vitrés, 1976 - 1980
- Parkscapes / Les paysages domestiques, 1982 - 1984
- Sarah, 1982 - 1989
- The Lachine Canal / Le canal de Lachine, 1985 - 1990
- Convents / Couvents, 1990 - 1998
- High School Series / Les collèges, 1993 - 1998
- The Bedroom Series / La série des chambres, 1999 - 2001
- Windows / Les vitrines, 2000 - 2002
- Inhabited Landscapes / Les paysages habités, 2004 - 2005
- Sonoran Desert Landscapes, 2003 - 2007{{Cite web |date=2014-07-01 |title=Sonoran Desert Landscapes |url=https://claragutsche.com/sonoran-desert-landscapes/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Clara Gutsche |language=en}}
- Windows II / Les vitrines II, 2000 – 2008, 2020 – 2021 {{Cite web |date=2014-06-28 |title=Windows II / Les vitrines II |url=https://claragutsche.com/windows-ii-les-vitrines-ii/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Clara Gutsche |language=en}}
- Siblings, 2008 - 2022 {{Cite web |date=2014-06-28 |title=Siblings |url=https://claragutsche.com/siblings/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Clara Gutsche |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=https://claragutsche.com/ |title=Clara Gutsche's website}}
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Category:Canadian women photographers