Ed Kerns
“Field Channels Reverse Topological Plasticity 2022 34x24 HS”
Original Painting : Acrylic on Canvas w/ Various Mediums to Increase Texture
Size: 34.00x24.00 inches | 86x61 cm
Edition: Original
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🔥Hand Signed Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas - Blue Chip $5,500 Very Motivated
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Year2022
Hand SignedUpper Right on the Back of the Work
Condition Excellent
Not FramedGallery Wrapped Does Not Need Framing
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Provenance / HistoryThis painting is within a group of works, post-Octopus Meditations, that explores the fundamental nature of consciousness by using artistic processes and knowledge of neuronal structures .The integrated complexities of physical action are combined in a layered approach . Collaborations with neuroscientists, biologists , and computational engineers inform this work...especially the studies of emergent visual systems. This work enjoys a pedigree that starts with the emotionally driven early works of abstract expressionism particularly the paintings of Grace Hartigan and Bill deKooning. with whom the artist worked. Post war angst settled into the psyche of the expressive New York School which was led by Pollock who set the standard to connective emotionalism as a means of being "in touch" with the process of making a painting....
Story / Additional InfoED KERNS is an American painter. He studied with Grace Hartigan, the highly regarded American Abstract Expressionist. Through his friendship with Hartigan, Kerns came to know and work with many artists of the New York School including Willem deKooning, Sam Francis, James Brooks, Philip Guston, Clyfford Still and Ernie Briggs. Kerns’ career in New York had a meteoric trajectory. In 1972, his first exhibition at the Sachs Gallery on 57th Street in Manhattan garnered high critical praise. The New York times, The Village Voice, Arts Magazine, Artforum and Art News were among the numerous publications to offer accolades for his work. Kerns lived and exhibited in Manhattan for twelve years before taking a position at Lafayette College to Chair and build the modern era Art Department. He became the youngest person to hold an endowed Chair at the college. Kerns continued to show his work in Manhattan at galleries in SOHO and on 57th street.
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