“Each work is slightly off focus and whilst your brain tells you you know exactly what you are seeing the unfocusing of the image insists for you to look closer, that everything might not be what it seems, that this out of focus image may (or may not) suggest there is something blurry or “off-kilter” about this person’s life. ”
Online Gallery
“These are paintings of exquisite beauty that reminds us daily that life is not black and white, it is not off and on, it is not “on point” most of the time, things are not always crystal clear ( they are often murky), there is not always clarity-most of the time we occupy a space somewhere in the middle, muddling along, making it up as we go along, even sometimes just in the “in between”-kind of the twilight zone. ”
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Gentleman’s Hat, H20 x W45 X D50 cm, Collection of the Zepter Museum, Belgrade (the author is not allowed to reveal the price).
About Sherry's Work
My paintings and drawings are dedicated to my unending search for the narratives that lie beneath what appears to be the immutable concrete surface of reality. I have experienced that every circumstance has many layers to it. I am trying to achieve the seemingly impossible and contradictory task of painting that which cannot be seen but intuited. I have given up trying to know the one exact “truth” and discovered the pleasure of the mystery.
I paint in a diffused, soft lyrical style that is meant to mimic the transitory nature of an object or a figure. Many of the paintings are done in black and white in an attempt to bend reality to another perceptual level. Each painting is usually confined to a focus on one or two objects in order to more fully explore their unique worlds. The scale of the work is small to create a sense of intimacy. These formal elements are there to support my sense of narrative—the soul of my work.
Sherry Kerlin Live
THIS ROOM NO LONGER HAS WALLS
In his extraordinarily visionary 1831 short novel "The Unknown Masterpiece”, Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) introduces three painters of different ages and in different cycles of artistic maturity: the young and inexperienced Poussin, the respected and established painter Porbus and the old master Frenhofer. Balzac raises, among other questions, the dissolution of the limits between painting and being, the fascinating metamorphosis of the pictorial object into what it represents and the role that the artist plays in that transformation, fueled by the erotic-loving impulse. "The Unknown Masterpiece" was the trigger and curatorial pivot of this virtual exhibition entitled "This Room No Longer Has Walls", made up of seven painters from different geographical origins and generations. Unlike that mythical Parisian studio, "This Room No Longer Has Walls" proposes a fluid room, without temporal or spatial walls, alluding to the possibility of visiting the exhibition in a virtual room that lacks physical barriers and whose starting point, as well as its point of arrival, is painting itself: present, past, and future.
Sep 23 - Nov 25, 2021
Online Gallery
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Selected Recent Exhibitions
Solo Shows
Elysian Fields
Top Danmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
Celestial Bodies
Alka!
Copenhagen, Denmark
Twisted Flesh
Timisoara Fine Arts Museum
Timisoara, Romania
Group Shows & Fairs
Group Show
Art Square Gallery
Toronto, Canada
Photo Beijing
The China Millennium Monument
Beijing, China
The European Festival of Nude Photography
Espace Van Gogh
Arles, France
“Most of us have something from our past that makes us much more complex than we appear. Mostly though what I love about each of Sherry’s paintings is that Sherry knows exactly what back story they all have. Whether the artist decides on this back story before she embarks on the painting or whether it emerges through the paint I don’t know, but Sherry is an acute observer of human nature and for me, what I think is the true genius of this work is that I see an element of myself in every painting-however flawed, damaged, vain, or vulnerable that might be.”
Studio Visit
ABOUT SHERRY KERLIN
Sherry Kerlin is an artist who lives and works in New York City. She has had her paintings and drawings exhibited in prominent galleries throughout the United States.
Take a look at Sherry’s creating and hear from him directly in this short film.
“I am honored to have my work be a part of this online exhibition, “This Room No Longer Has Walls”. This online exhibition was created and curated by the writer and curator Pilar Alfonso”
from an interview WITH Sherry
Q: How did you develop your paitings in capturing the human form?
A: I am in love with the abstract. My first painting passion was using a macro lens to photograph the minuscule unseen treasures of the world we casually walk past every day. The two elements of macro photography that truly fascinated me were texture and form. Eventually I discovered the immense possibilities of working with the human figure and began focusing my attention on using the body as a medium.