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Skyway 2020

Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration

June 14 – September 1, 2021
 USF Contemporary Art Museum + Online

 

USFCAM HOURS + ADMISSIONS

Monday-Friday 10am-5pm; Closed Weekends and USF Holidays (July 5) – Reservations required for visits June 14–25. No reservations required starting June 28 when USF lifts COVID restrictions on public access to campus. 

Admission to the Museum is free; however, a USF parking permit ($5.00 daily) or pay-per-space parking is required. Please call (813) 974-4133 for questions regarding reservations, parking, directions, or more information on events associated with the exhibitions.  

 

CAM EXHIBITION ONLINE

Exhibition Home   //   Essay by Sarah Howard   //   Foreword + Acknowledgements
Rosemarie Chiarlone   //   Danny Dobrow   //   Babette Herschberger   //   Akiko Kotani
Cynthia Mason   //   Ry McCullough   //   Casey McDonough   //   Kodi Thompson

 

ROSEMARIE CHIARLONE

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Rosemarie Chiarlone’s work explores the physical and psychological boundaries of human connection through the visual structure of text. Inspired by the poetry of her longtime collaborator and friend Susan Weiner, Chiarlone’s elegant constructions are layered with social and political contexts. Delicately crafted handmade books, perforated works on paper, and sculptural installations incorporate graphic expressions of poems addressing the coronavirus. Issues of equity and otherness that are obscured, or challenging to decipher, generate layers of meaning to be reconstructed and expanded by the viewer.  

Artist's Website: rosemariechiarlone.com

Artist's Instagram: @chiarlonerosemarie 

INSTALLATION VIEWS
Rosemarie Chiarlone, In the Marrow, 2019. folded and perforated paper. text by poet Susan Weiner. 30 x 22 in., each of six panels; 66 x 46 x 4 in. as installed. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, In the Marrow, 2019. folded and perforated paper. text by poet Susan Weiner. 30 x 22 in., each of six panels; 66 x 46 x 4 in. as installed. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

 

Bones
In the marrow
Where the knowing
And love Reside
Written in the core
Sequestered in the scaffolds
Souls emerge

Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Rosemarie Chiarlone and Kodi Thompson. Photo: Will Lytch.

Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Rosemarie Chiarlone and Kodi Thompson. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Mask of Corona, 2020. stab bound book: Japanese silk black book cloth, beaded form, Irish linen blue book cloth, hand perforated Stonehenge Aqua Cold Press black paper; text by poet Susan Weiner. Edition of three, one in English, Spanish and Creole. 11 x 11 x 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Mask of Corona, 2020. stab bound book: Japanese silk black book cloth, beaded form, Irish linen blue book cloth, hand perforated Stonehenge Aqua Cold Press black paper; text by poet Susan Weiner. Edition of three, one in English, Spanish and Creole. 11 x 11 x 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

 

Mask of Corona

mask of corona
another too soon
lost
in pandemic shadow
breath squeezed
still and distant
connections
severed

 

La Mascara del Corona
 Spanish translation by Fernando Alvarez-Perez

la mascara del corona
otro tan pronto
perdido
en la sombra de la pandemia
aliento apretado
quieto y distante
conexiones
cortados

 

Mask Corona
 Creole translation by Brendy Leo, Gyna Jouissance, Nadeige Decoste

mask corona
yon vi anko
ki pedi two vit
nan lonbraj pandemi an
san pran souf
nan kaj e byen lwen
koneksyon
koupè

 

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Mask of Corona, 2020. stab bound book: Japanese silk black book cloth, beaded form, Irish linen blue book cloth, hand perforated Stonehenge Aqua Cold Press black paper; text by poet Susan Weiner. Edition of three, one in English, Spanish and Creole. 11 x 11 x 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Mask of Corona, 2020. stab bound book: Japanese silk black book cloth, beaded form, Irish linen blue book cloth, hand perforated Stonehenge Aqua Cold Press black paper; text by poet Susan Weiner. Edition of three, one in English, Spanish and Creole. 11 x 11 x 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Mask of Corona (detail), 2020. stab bound book: Japanese silk black book cloth, beaded form, Irish linen blue book cloth, hand perforated Stonehenge Aqua Cold Press black paper; text by poet Susan Weiner. Edition of three, one in English, Spanish and Creole. 11 x 11 x 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Mask of Corona (detail), 2020. stab bound book: Japanese silk black book cloth, beaded form, Irish linen blue book cloth, hand perforated Stonehenge Aqua Cold Press black paper; text by poet Susan Weiner. Edition of three, one in English, Spanish and Creole. 11 x 11 x 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Mask of Corona (detail), 2020. stab bound book: Japanese silk black book cloth, beaded form, Irish linen blue book cloth, hand perforated Stonehenge Aqua Cold Press black paper; text by poet Susan Weiner. Edition of three, one in English, Spanish and Creole. 11 x 11 x 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Mask of Corona (detail), 2020. stab bound book: Japanese silk black book cloth, beaded form, Irish linen blue book cloth, hand perforated Stonehenge Aqua Cold Press black paper; text by poet Susan Weiner. Edition of three, one in English, Spanish and Creole. 11 x 11 x 3/4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Otherness, 2021. 32 bricks, cut and torn paper with hand perforated; text text by poet Susan Weiner. 8-1/2 x 140-1/2 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Otherness, 2021. 32 bricks, cut and torn paper with hand perforated; text text by poet Susan Weiner. 8-1/2 x 140-1/2 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

 

Otherness

Souls
Forfeited
For skin
Deep
Fear
And Hatred

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Otherness (detail), 2021. 32 bricks, cut and torn paper with hand perforated; text text by poet Susan Weiner. 8-1/2 x 140-1/2 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Otherness (detail), 2021. 32 bricks, cut and torn paper with hand perforated; text text by poet Susan Weiner. 8-1/2 x 140-1/2 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Otherness (detail), 2021. 32 bricks, cut and torn paper with hand perforated; text text by poet Susan Weiner. 8-1/2 x 140-1/2 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Otherness (detail), 2021. 32 bricks, cut and torn paper with hand perforated; text text by poet Susan Weiner. 8-1/2 x 140-1/2 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Otherness (detail), 2021. 32 bricks, cut and torn paper with hand perforated; text text by poet Susan Weiner. 8-1/2 x 140-1/2 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Otherness (detail), 2021. 32 bricks, cut and torn paper with hand perforated; text text by poet Susan Weiner. 8-1/2 x 140-1/2 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Cynthia Mason and Rosemarie Chiarlone. Photo: Will Lytch.

Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Cynthia Mason and Rosemarie Chiarlone. Photo: Will Lytch.

Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Rosemarie Chiarlone and Kodi Thompson. Photo: Will Lytch.

Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Rosemarie Chiarlone and Kodi Thompson. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Consequence, 2019. embroidered silk organza sewn to silk chiffon leaves, masonry nails. text by poet Susan Weiner. 14 x 14 in., each of 28 fabric pieces; 112 x 90 x 7 in. as installed. Courtesy of the artist and Priscilla Juvelis Rare Books. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Consequence, 2019. embroidered silk organza sewn to silk chiffon leaves, masonry nails. text by poet Susan Weiner. 14 x 14 in., each of 28 fabric pieces; 112 x 90 x 7 in. as installed. Courtesy of the artist and Priscilla Juvelis Rare Books. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

 

Consequence
Single/handed
Fascination
hand/on heart
waving/blue
no doubt
just go

 

on board
piled high
sucking /fumes
no more room
living/the dream

 

butterflies/flutter
free for
their short/life
outside of
their cocoon
crossing/boundaries
never/mind
consequences

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Consequence (detail), 2019. embroidered silk organza sewn to silk chiffon leaves, masonry nails. text by poet Susan Weiner. 14 x 14 in., each of 28 fabric pieces; 112 x 90 x 7 in. as installed. Courtesy of the artist and Priscilla Juvelis Rare Books. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Consequence (detail), 2019. embroidered silk organza sewn to silk chiffon leaves, masonry nails. text by poet Susan Weiner. 14 x 14 in., each of 28 fabric pieces; 112 x 90 x 7 in. as installed. Courtesy of the artist and Priscilla Juvelis Rare Books. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Equity, 2020. nylon flag. 48 x 72 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

Rosemarie Chiarlone, Equity, 2020. nylon flag. 48 x 72 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.

 

ROSEMARIE CHIARLONE (b. 1951, Philadelphia, PA)

Rosemarie Chiarlone has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows nationally and internationally. Her works are included in notable public and private collections including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY; Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT; Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, North Miami, Florida, among others. Chiarlone received The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award and was awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, and The Deering Estate, Miami, FL. Chiarlone received her BFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and an MS from Florida International University, Miami, FL. She lives and works in Tampa, FL, and Miami, FL.

 

Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration at the USF Contemporary Art Museum is supported by the Gobioff Foundation, the Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation, the Lee and Victor Leavengood Trust, and Dr. Allen Root in honor of his late wife Janet G. Root.  

 

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