Current Mpls Photo Center Exhibit
- Stars of India: Its People & Places - Robi Chakraborty
- Perceptual Opponents: Father & Son - Balthazar & Christian Korab
Stars of India: Its People & Places - Robi Chakraborty
Perceptual Opponents: Father & Son
A new exhibit of work from photographer and architect Balthazar Korab and his son, photographer Christian Korab, opens Friday, July 30th 7:00-10:00pm with a wine and cheese reception at Mpls Photo Center.
The exhibit contains Balthazar’s black and white structured and symmetrical architectural photographs containing subjects formed by man, while Christian’s vibrant and fluid images contain a subject found in nature.
Father and son share a common formal language of imaging by design, revealing contrasts and symmetries in their approach to rendering a sense of place. With formal precision and devotion to the illumination of their chosen subjects, both photographers approach a resolution toward balance in the rendering of the images. The images attempt to present a balance between monochrome and color, lyrical and minimal, of a built place and of a natural surround, photos of something and photos of nothing.
Father Balthazar Korab, an architect and photographer, has documented the places where we live and work. His photographs have been exhibited in prominent museums such as The Museum of Modern Art–New York, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Centre Canadian d’Architecture - Montreal and The Venice Biennale. His work is included in many collections such as The Chase Manhattan Collection, The Menil Collection and The United States Library of Congress. Korab has authored and contributed to a vast number of publications including: genius loci: Cranbrook, I Tetti di Roma, Gamberaia, Columbus Indiana, Encyclopedia of American Architecture, The Saarinen House, and multiple volumes on the works of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Son Christian Korab has specialized in photography of architecture, design and engineering throughout two decades. Korab’s imagery has been well published in architectural and related journals. It has significantly contributed to numerous books on architecture. He is the photographic author of three books on the Prairie School: "At Home on the Prairie - The Houses of Purcell & Elmslie," "Prairie Style - Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School" and "Oak Park -The Genius of Frank Lloyd Wright."
Camille LeFevre reviews the Korab exhibit at mnartists.org: A Talent for Seeing
