Clara Gutsche Explained

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.^[1]

She was a founding member of the artist-run Powerhouse Gallery (now La Centrale galerie Powerhouse) in Montreal.^[1]

In 2024, Gutsche won the Scotiabank Photography Award.^[2]

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.^[1]

Her photographs have been exhibited at the McCord Museum, the, the Canadian Centre for Architecture,^[3] Montréal, the Canadian Centre of Photography in Toronto and the Americas Society building in New York City.^[4]

Her work is held in public collections, including the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Canadian Centre for Architecture,^[5] the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec^[6] and Library and Archives Canada.^[7]

Clara has worked frequently with her spouse, fellow photographer David Miller; they collaborated on her Milton Park series.^[8]

Photography series ^[9]

• 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^[10]
• Windows II / Les vitrines II, 2000 – 2008, 2020 – 2021 ^[11]
• Siblings, 2008 - 2022 ^[12]

External links

• Web site: Clara Gutsche's website.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margaret Griffin and Clara Gutsche collection . Archives & Special Collections Catalogue . Concordia University.
2. Web site: Montreal-based artist Clara Gutsche wins 2024 Scotiabank Photography Award . 2024-06-03 . www.scotiabank.com . en.
3. Web site: Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). An Industrial Landscape Observed: The Lachine Canal. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180201023229/https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/2772/an-industrial-landscape-observed-the-lachine-canal . 2018-02-01 . 2020-06-05. www.cca.qc.ca. en.
4. News: A Radiant Spirit at Home in Quiet Geometries . New York Times . July 9, 1999.
5. Web site: Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). Clara Gutsche Photographs. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20091015223141/http://www.cca.qc.ca:80/en/search . 2009-10-15 . 2020-06-05. www.cca.qc.ca. en.
6. Web site: Gutsche, Clara.
7. Web site: Clara Gutsche . Montreal Museum of Fine Arts . 2018-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180623113431/http://expositionvirtuelle.ca/artiste-artist/gutsche_clara-eng . 2018-06-23 . dead .
8. Web site: Lafortune . Marie-Josée . Exhibition Notes from Children. Portraits d'Enfants . OPTICA Centre d"Art Contemporain . 5 June 2024.
9. Web site: Fonds documentaire de la photographie québécoise . 28 November 2018 . Vox, Contemporary Image.
10. Web site: 2014-07-01 . Sonoran Desert Landscapes . 2024-10-29 . Clara Gutsche . en.
11. Web site: 2014-06-28 . Windows II / Les vitrines II . 2024-10-29 . Clara Gutsche . en.
12. Web site: 2014-06-28 . Siblings . 2024-10-29 . Clara Gutsche . en.