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alumni galleryJohn Berry

  M I X E D   M E D I A

This series of work investigates the relationship between the visual and the symbolic. The objects represented become two things. It is what it is (an abstraction of an object in reality) and also what it means (the symbolic, allegorical, or otherwise psychological reaction to its abstraction). In other words, the visual and the symbolic are irrevocably attached; they are the heart and nervous system for each other. We activate this unity of physical and cerebral by contemplating its meaning.


Untitled
50inx40in
Acrylic paint, latex paint, watercolor ink, graphite on canvas


one or all moments
14inx12in image on 30inx22in paper
mixed media


sustained belief
14inx12in
mixed media on 160lb paper


death in television
14inx12in
mixed media on 160lb paper


a portrait of Gilbert Fontes
14inx12in image on 30inx22in paper
mixed media


an open mouth
14inx12in image on 30inx22in paper
mixed media on paper


spies
14inx12in
mixed media on 160lb paper



Contact the Artist:

John Berry IL '04 | john@contemplativemind.org | www.johngberry.com


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