Artist Gwendolyn Kerber (Yale MFA ’84) invites the Ivy Circle to the finissage of her art exhibit “Ice Melts To Water,” taking place Sunday, March 22 from 2pm-5pm at the HELL gallery at Spittastr. 2, 10317 Berlin. The gallery is owned and run by another Yale School of Art graduate, Alexis Knowlton. There will be a musical performance by the British improvising trio “arc:3” at 3pm. Simple refreshments will be served.
Kerber will provide a tour of her works and be available for any questions.
From gallery owner Alexis Knowlton: In Gwendolyn Kerber’s exhibition, a purple painting, a fragile structure of sticks, and erased drawings of water ripples are resolved at various states of finish. The works depend on each other as much as on natural observation for their creation. The touch of the painter emerges in details that shimmer between information and idiosyncrasy.
The intention of Kerber´s work across several years has been to convey the experience of standing in a clear shallow lake, sunlight creating patterns on the sandy bottom. Water plants moving slowly, catching light. Her solo exhibition at HELL, to which you are invited, shifts attention to the work´s conceptual aspects.
Kerber is a painter who has developed a skill-vocabulary rather than a style or genre. Her working process moves between careful observations of visual phenomena, both on-site and in the studio, and welcoming the unexpected: the physical unruliness of such earnest attempts.
More on Gwendolyn Kerher: Gwendolynkerber.com.
More on Gallery HELL: http://galeriehell.com/
arc:3 Trio are:
Jessica Thomas
Violinist working across baroque repertoire, historically informed performance, and modern projects
Katya Sourikova
Pianist and composer working across modern jazz, art-pop, film, interdisciplinary events and gallery performances
Michael Avery
Bassist and producer working between art-pop and jazz
Performing in close proximity to the paintings, arc:3 will create spontaneous sonic reflections of several works from the exhibition.
Through shifting textures, resonance and gesture, the music will respond to Kerber’s visual language of color, light and form, while suggesting the emotional and narrative associations the images evoke.
We look forward to welcoming everyone to the finissage of the exhibit on March 22!
Cheers!
Carl Kruse
Ivy Circle Berlin
Berlin Chair, Princeton Alumni Association of Germany