Congratulations to Rita Bernstein for the recent announcement of her inclusion in the BWGAllerist "Best of the Best" Emerging Fine Art Photographers of 2011!
Transgression, hand applied silver emulsion on Japanese gampi paper (from the Lament series)
The John Cleary Gallery is also pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Rita's work opening July 14, 2012 and running through the month of August. Make sure to keep checking the blog and gallery website for more information in the coming months!
Still Lives; silver emulsion, beeswax, oil paint on paper
"I explored the sorrows as well as the sweetness of family life and, more generally, the ambivalence that shadows intimate relationships. Although my subjects have often been young people, it is not my intention to examine childhood specifically. Rather, I am interested more broadly in the complex mysteries of the human psyche. I find the uninhibited behavior of children to be a rich source of clues to the interior life generally; with awkwardness and eloquence, they experience the same psychological and social dramas with which we continue to struggle as adults." [via www.RitaBernstein.com]
Alice, hand applied silver emulsion on Japanese gampi paper (from the undertow series)