| Roland Bernier at Walker Fine Art |
| Written by Ken Hamel | |||
| Posted: April 01, 2009 | |||
Roland Bernier: "Signature Show"Walker Fine ArtApril 17 - May 23rd, 2009Opening Friday, April 17th from 6:00 - 9:00 pm Roland Bernier - Red Money #3 (from the press release) Walker Fine Art presents Roland Bernier, featuring his mixed media two dimensional works. An opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will be held on Friday, April 17th, 6-9pm at the gallery in the Prado building on 11th & Cherokee Streets in Denver’s Golden Triangle Museum District. The exhibition’s featured artists will attend the opening. The exhibition will continue through Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 during regular gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm, and First Fridays of each month, 6-9pm, or by appointment. For further information call 303-355-8955, or visit www.walkerfineart.com. “To me making art is chancy and uncertain; but these are also essential ingredients for a determined innovative approach to art. This attitude led me to the technique of cutting words out of wood and creating word relief pictures as well as 3-dimensional word sculptures. Some of my pieces are covered in Xerox text or images while others are painted or I allowed the texture of the wood to help carry the idea of the piece. Ideas can be re-used for a thousand variations supplying the framework for a whole body of work rather than just a single piece. I have tried to do work that is new and exciting. Using words in various ways is my primary interest and I hope to continue in this direction. This exhibition is a continuation of the word series and in this case I changed the word to my last name and the object and my name become the work of art.” -Roland Bernier Roland Received a BFA from the University of Texas, Austin, TX, and a MFA from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. He has exhibited throughout the USA with recent exhibitions at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (2008), Phoenix Gallery, NYC (2005), the Denver Art Museum, CO (2004/2001), and the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA (2001). Bernier’s work is included in the collections of the Kirkland Museum, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO. Bernier currently lives and works in Denver, CO. Walker Fine Art 300 W. 11th Ave (11th and Cherokee) Denver CO 80204 303.355.8955 Tue-Sat: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm http://www.walkerfineart.com
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