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 This exhibition will be the first time two generations of the Ciarrocchi-C
 aplan family will exhibit together. Sandra Caplan (b. Winnipeg\, Canada\, 
 1936) focuses on still life\, Ray Ciarrocchi (b. Chicago\, Illinois\, 1933
 ) on landscape\, and Maya Ciarrocchi (b. Winnipeg\, Canada\, 1967) works a
 cross disciplines. The worlds they create and the realities they express a
 re intimately connected to the times and places in which they work.\n\n \n
 \nSandra Caplan works almost exclusively in still life\, using vivid color
 s and staged tableaux that she carefully assembles and paints directly fro
 m observation. What results\, however\, is fantastical. Flowers\, fruits\,
  fabric\, mirrors\, and personal objects are painted in bold\, saturated c
 olors and at large scale. Among the objects Caplan includes are “photos as
 sociated with people and places from the past\,” including “reproductions 
 of paintings that hold an emotional connection\,” Caplan has explained. In
  Downtown View\, September (1989)\, for example\, she juxtaposes the subje
 ctive\, internal world\,  symbolized by the still life\, with the objectiv
 e reality represented by the New York City skyline beyond the studio windo
 w.\n\nRay Ciarrocchi has a strong formalist practice related to the physic
 al aspects of landscape. His vibrant compositions begin with observation a
 nd become fantastical places all their own with the dramatic color and sha
 dow that appear within his works. Describing his process\, Ciarrocchi stat
 es\, “the canvas . . . becomes more ‘real’ than the subject which initiall
 y inspired it.”\n\nCiarrocchi uses light as a way to explore the potential
  of color\, transforming observed reality into something dreamlike. For ex
 ample\, the rhythmic stylization of natural forms and saturated pinks\, gr
 eens\, blues\, and purples of Field by a River (1989) present a view of th
 e Susquehanna River—the longest river on the East Coast and a subject that
  Ciarrocchi has returned to many times over the years—as a transcendent\, 
 surrealistic landscape\, at once recognizable and strange.\n
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 his exhibition will be the first time two generations of the Ciarrocchi-Ca
 plan family will exhibit together. Sandra Caplan (b. Winnipeg\, Canada\, 1
 936) focuses on still life\, Ray Ciarrocchi (b. Chicago\, Illinois\, 1933)
  on landscape\, and Maya Ciarrocchi (b. Winnipeg\, Canada\, 1967) works ac
 ross disciplines. The worlds they create and the realities they express ar
 e intimately connected to the times and places in which they work.\n\n \n
 \nSandra Caplan works almost exclusively in still life\, using vivid color
 s and staged tableaux that she carefully assembles and paints directly fro
 m observation. What results\, however\, is fantastical. Flowers\, fruits\,
  fabric\, mirrors\, and personal objects are painted in bold\, saturated c
 olors and at large scale. Among the objects Caplan includes are “photos as
 sociated with people and places from the past\,” including “reproductions 
 of paintings that hold an emotional connection\,” Caplan has explained. In
  Downtown View\, September (1989)\, for example\, she juxtaposes the subje
 ctive\, internal world\,  symbolized by the still life\, with the objectiv
 e reality represented by the New York City skyline beyond the studio windo
 w.\n\nRay Ciarrocchi has a strong formalist practice related to the physic
 al aspects of landscape. His vibrant compositions begin with observation a
 nd become fantastical places all their own with the dramatic color and sha
 dow that appear within his works. Describing his process\, Ciarrocchi stat
 es\, “the canvas . . . becomes more ‘real’ than the subject which initiall
 y inspired it.”\n\nCiarrocchi uses light as a way to explore the potential
  of color\, transforming observed reality into something dreamlike. For ex
 ample\, the rhythmic stylization of natural forms and saturated pinks\, gr
 eens\, blues\, and purples of Field by a River (1989) present a view of th
 e Susquehanna River—the longest river on the East Coast and a subject that
  Ciarrocchi has returned to many times over the years—as a transcendent\, 
 surrealistic landscape\, at once recognizable and strange.\n
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SUMMARY:Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan\, Maya Ciarrocchi\, and Ray Ci
 arrocchi with Derfner Museum (Hybrid)
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