KATE OH GALLERY
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Title: Edge In Caitlin Berndt
October 30-November 17, 2019
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 30, 6-8pm (RSVP only: RSVP to info@kateohgallery.com)
Kate Oh Gallery is delighted to present Edge In, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Caitlin Berndt. This series of small gouache paintings and larger oil paintings incorporates spray paint, acrylic airbrush, and sand. Like waking dreams, it takes your eyes a minute to adjust and decode what you’re looking at. Couples, little girls, spiky cacti, and Venus flytrap structures flicker in and out of focus revealing themselves in psychedelic-colored worlds. These dreamlands are playful, sexual, and strange.
The title refers to pushing oneself into an uncomfortable or precarious space where truth and fiction commingle. Caitlin’s work stems from personal narrative. In the past, she has drawn source material from fragments of pop culture, personal photographs, and memory. For this new body of work, she created maquettes that she illuminated with digital projection. One of these physical sources was a sculpture of her and her partner camping. Charting a recent transition from marriage cynic to newlywed, the content of her work shifted from selfhood to
the intimacy of partnership, selfhood-within-partnership, and the living myths woven between the two.
While Berndt’s technique is evocative of her experience painting from life, studying color from Italian frescos, and copying master works, her paintings break free of categorization. Utilizing her intuitive sense of color to explore the nuances of intimacy, she has created textural, atmospheric compositions that are steeped in emotion and subversion.
About Gallery
Founded in 2017 by Kate Oh, the gallery is devoted to supporting mid-career and emerging artists who work in a range of media including works on paper and paintings to sculpture, performance, and experimental installations. The mission of the gallery is to advocate for the work of the lesser-known artists through exhibitions to introduce them to collectors and to the general public. The exhibition program is both diverse and inclusive, showcasing the works of people around the world. Kate Oh Gallery aims to establish a broad range of partnerships that will create opportunities for artists to expand their practice beyond the museum and gallery walls.
Kate Oh Gallery is located at 50 East 72nd Street between Park and Madison Avenue and is open Monday to Sunday from 9 am to 7 pm by appointment. For more information, please visit www.kateohgallery.com and follow us @kateohgallery on Instagram and Facebook. For inquiries, images, and interview requests please contact: info@kateohgallery.com