Chazen Calendar October–November 2016 | Page 2

exhibitions
Close Reading: Sewn Works by Katherine Kuehn
August 19–October 16, 2016 | Leslie and Johanna Garfield Galleries

Printer Katherine Kuehn explores words with fabric as matrix and thread as ink in this
selection of sewn works by the Portland, Oregon-based artist. Her interest in the thoughtful
placement of text may be traced to her extensive experience in letterpress printing, and
instruction from her grandmother, who taught Kuehn to embroider tea towels.

Katherine Kuehn (American, b. 1956), Threnos, n.d., ribbon stitched with thread, 2 x 504 in.,
spindle designed and constructed by Tim Moore, 6 ½ x 26 in., poem by David Abel, courtesy
of the artist. Photo by Kerry Davis.

FACADES: Photographs by Markus Brunetti
September 2–December 31, 2016 | Pleasant T. Rowland Galleries

In 2005, Markus Brunetti along with his partner Betty Schoener built a mobile studio and set off across Europe capturing the
façades of historic cathedrals, churches, and cloisters in minute detail. What began as a one-year project has become an openended journey, yielding monumental photographs of exquisite resolution. The buildings, which span the architectural styles from
Romanesque to Baroque, are rendered in extraordinary detail, revealing visual information normally visible only to birds, and
perspectives not seeable on location. To create a single work, Brunetti takes hundreds or thousands of frames over the course
of weeks or, if necessary, years. He then assembles the individual frames into his own hyper-realistic interpretation of the
entire façade, stripped of all modern-day elements. The end result is as much like an architect’s elevation as a photograph.
Markus Brunetti; From the series FACADES
Cortegaça, Paróquia de Santa Marinha, 2013–2014 Archival Pigment Print
©Markus Brunetti, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York