CHRIS VERENE

THE GALESBURG SERIES (1984-present)

Chris Verene has been making documentary photographs about his family's rural Illinois hometown of Galesburg for the past two decades. The simple color photographs are unstaged and reflect a plain yet beautiful side of American life that might otherwise pass by uncelebrated. The project has been exhibited throughout the world in galleries and museums, published as a major book, and profiled by many well-known art publications. The works are in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney, The Jewish Museum, The Getty Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, The Walker Art Center, and many others. Verene is a professor of photography at the School Of Visual Arts in New York, and divides his time between New York, Galesburg, Illinois, and his career as a traveling musician.

"Crystal at Eighteen"
2003
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"The Pregnancy Test"
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Pam and Dan's Trailer"
2003
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Candi, Cody and Caity"
2005
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Jewish Witches Return"
2002
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Rozie Meeting Eleanor and Doris"
2001
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Rozie and her new cart, Mae Roze"
2001
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Max is a Bachelor"
2004
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Max and Marlene"
2004
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Max's Basement"
2004
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Max's Junkyard"
2002
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Max's Kitchen"
2002
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Sabbath"
2005
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Lexus"
2005
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"Farm Cats"
2001
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches

"My Twin Cousin's Husband's Brother's Cousin's Cousins"
2003
Type-C Archival print, ed. of 6, with handwritten caption in oil by the artist
30 x 36 inches