Embodying the Ephemeral
EMBODYING THE EPHEMERAL
Two-person Exhibition with Shelley Warren
www.shelleywarrenstudio.com/
CULTURAL DC FLASHPOINT GALLERY
Washington, D.C.
October 17th - November 15th, 2014
Culturaldc.org
Berns’s photographs and performance video show a woman in black, holding forms that suggest flowers or mandalas. There also are wood-and-cloth wall reliefs of similar motifs. Along the gallery’s longest wall is the local artist’s “One Drop Rule/I Dreamed I Was a Butterfly,” a series of Matisse-like cutouts with blossoms in shades of tan, brown, white and black. The distinction between the last two colors — so toxic in terms of this country’s racial history — appears gentle and unremarkable. Berns depicts connections, not a divide. - Mark Jenkins
WashingtonPost.com
Photo Credit:
Brandon Webster Photography