Cara Barer

Cara Barer is an internationally recognized established American photographer known for her abstract compositions of books and printed material.

In her experimentation with curling irons, clothes pins and water, Barer transforms volumes of irrelevant and outdated information into coiled, crumpled objects of beauty. By photographing each object as the last step in her creative intervention, Barer affords a second life to the cast-off books and paper she re-reinterprets. Fanciful and symbolic, Barer’s works allude to the status of the book in the contemporary digital age while offering an open narrative for each viewer to contemplate. In Barer’s latest work, the artist’s creations – books bound with sheet music, wallpaper, and pictures from her travels – are captured after being transformed into magnificent abstract compositions.

Cara Barer has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the US and Canada since 1994. Her work has been featured extensively in such publications as New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Harper’s Magazine, The Boston Globe and The New Yorker, and can be found in the collections of Bloomingdale’s, Saks, Lehigh University, Nordstrom, United States Embassy, Kyiv, Ukraine, VISA, Wells Fargo Bank and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Barer lives and works in Houston, Texas.

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Water - Available in 3 Sizes
Air - Available in 3 Sizes
Pink - Available in 3 sizes
History - Available in 3 sizes
How to Do Almost Everything - Available in 3 sizes
Waterfall - Available in 3 sizes
Voices - Available in 3 sizes
Violet - Available in 3 sizes
Supernatural - Available in 3 sizes
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Victorian Pulp - Available in 3 sizes
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
Cara Barer Artwork | Colourful and monochromatic photography orbs circular and organic abstract book art sculpture.
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