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Opening May 3, 4-6pm
The exhibit will hang until June 5
Free to the public during regular theatre hours. |
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PERSISTENCE OF THE PRECIOUS
Photographs and other work by Fern Berman
Painters are the greatest inspiration for the
photographs I take. The paintings of Mark Rothko, Paul
Klee, Vassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse, Lyonel
Feininger,
Franz Marc, and Gabrielle Munter.
For many years, I would walk up to a painting in a
museum I would visit and stand close enough to see the
brush stokes of the artist and try to see if I could
smell the oil paint which was used. I’m not sure if it’s
my imagination but I thought I smelled the paint many
times. And this made me feel close to the artists.
When I create my work I mainly shoot and print full
frame. Color is the commonality. I think of it as
a celebration of color. Kandinsky and Marc talked about
“revealing associative properties of color, line and
composition.”
One of my goals is to do just that in my
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It is important to me to
shoot film and print on archival paper to get the color
density that defines my work. When people ask me why I
don’t shoot with a digital camera I reply that I like to
have the limitation of how many photographs I can take.
My photographs are thought out and composed. And like
most other photographers, I’m catching a moment in time.
In other words, each photograph I take is precious to
me. Each day is precious. Each moment is precious.
Persistence of the Precious.
Recently I’ve started to work on pieces that include
words, type and design. The Side Effects series was
created when I realized that most of us have no idea
what the possible side effects are of medications we
take. Every single side effect in these three pieces are
direct quotes from the pharmaceutical web sites,
brochures and information given out to people with their
prescriptions.
-Fern Berman |
