Spotlight Artist

Patrick Berran

South
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Abstract painting with circular shapes, vibrant colors, and black-and-white striped lines.

acrylic, ink, and collaged papers on canvas in artist frame

Untitled

Abstract painting with overlapping shapes in blue, orange, red, purple, and white.

acrylic, ink, and collaged papers on canvas in artist frame

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Abstract painting with swirling purple, pink, yellow, and black shapes and bold brushstrokes.

acrylic, ink, and collaged papers on canvas in artist frame

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Artist Statement

 Berran’s work plays upon the transformation of visual material through processes of painting, drawing, collage, transfer, and printmaking. His paintings on canvas vibrate with a sense of controlled chaos: static held in the confines of careful construction. Using images originally pulled from sketches or photocopy collages, Berran builds up the surface of his densely concentrated compositions that yield the potential for the process to re-inscribe visual data as both dynamic and unwieldy records of infinite flux.

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