Katherine Bernhardt paints images that include everyday items such as fruit and vegetables, cigarettes, toys, and fast food, removed from their original context. In doing so, Bernhardt gives these ordinary objects expression through colour and composition.
Julia Wachtel, Encore (1988). Oil, flashe, lacquer ink o/c. 165.1 x 248.9 cm. Courtesy the artist and Perrotin.
Related Press KATHERINE BERNHARDT'S PATTERN PAINTING AT THE MODERN IN FORT WORTH 7 April 2017, Whitewall Katherine Bernhardt’s paintings are pleasing to the eye. Her pattern paintings mix images of everyday objects like a Windex bottle and cigarettes, or the Pink Panther with jungle foliage. Her work, which is on view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth from April 8 to July 9, elicits delight with its vibrancy, Whitewaller spoke with the New...
