| New Discover Portsmouth Exhibit is In Motion |
THRU DECEMBER 21, 2012
Exhibit closed, but see video CLICK HERE
Through the holidays Discover Portsmouth features contemporary sculptor Kim Bernard in the exhibition In Motion on Friday, November 9, 2012, opening reception 5-8 pm, running through December 21st. The exhibit will be in the Academy Gallery’s main exhibit hall at
Bernard’s installations resonate with liveliness. Through movement and repetition the audience experiences the direct relationship between the object and its meaning. These kinetic pieces are set in play by gallery docents and engineered to trigger a psychological response by the viewer. Pendulum 9 uses organic material, encaustic, combined with the artist’s mark to create the illusion of movement within a polychromatic frame. Kim pushes and pulls between the worlds of automation and chance. In
“My present projects investigate the intersection where the hard and fast science of physics collides with sublime spirituality, playfulness and a pinch of humor. This quest for the magical moment where awe is directed at subjects more powerful than the objects and the ‘aha moment’ happens in the hands rather than the grey matter. These recent kinetic works invite the viewer to engage the sculptures’ motion, as an extension one’s own energy, and break the no-touch rule of art.”

Kim Bernard shows her sculpture, installations and encaustic works nationally and has been featured in many exhibits, some of which include the Art Complex Museum, Saco Museum, Currier Museum of Art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Montserrat College of Art, UNH Museum of Art, Merrimack College and Phillips Exeter Academy and the 2011 Biennial at the Portland Museum of Art. Her work has been reviewed in the Boston Globe and Art News and is featured in the recent publication 100 Artists of
For more information about the exhibit contact: (603) 436-8433
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