Aliena Scan Cerebri 2023 24x18

Year2023

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassLight Wood Frame w/ White Mat 

Purchased fromArtist 2023 

Provenance / HistoryThis work belongs to a series of drawings that explore the origin and development of morphological characteristics....biological processes concerning the generation of form...essentially how organisms build a functional shape. I am interested in this alignment as it relates to the evolution of forms in abstraction...the trial and error of visual memory and the tension between iconic forms held in memory and the construction of synthetic form ....similar to the concept of superposition in the physics of quantum. 

Story / Additional InfoThe work is a part of a lager interest in art/science collaborations which explore very large data sets from multiple points of view.....a process of "consilience" and a striving for intellectual unity. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

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LID163046

Ed Kerns - United States

Art Brokerage: Ed Kerns American Abstract Expressionist Artist: b. 1945. Ed Kerns (February 22, 1945) is an American abstract artist and educator. Kerns studied with the noted Abstract-Expressionist painter, Grace Hartigan and through the elder artist came to know and work with many artists of that generation including, Phillip Guston, Willem de Kooning, James Brooks, Ernest Briggs, Richard Diebenkorn and Sam Francis. Born in 1945 in Richmond, Virginia, Kerns started painting at a young age. He attended the Richmond Professional Institute, receiving his BFA in 1967. He went on to the Maryland Institute, where he studied with painter Grace Hartigan. Here, Kerns received the Hoffberger Fellowship and graduated with an MFA in 1969. Kerns first gained exposure in 1972, when he was commissioned by art collector Larry Aldrich to paint 100 paintings over the course of the year as gifts.That same year, Kerns had his first solo art show at the AM Sachs Gallery in New York. Over the course of the 1970s and 80s, Kerns formed a close partnership with the Rosa Esman Gallery and exhibited ten solo shows there. Of his work in the late 1970s and early 80s, gallery coordinator Judith Stein says, "He works slowly, creating no more than ten large paintings a year. His media are acrylic, sand, and thread, the last used to stitch together sections of canvas. Often plywood or upsom board is used as support." Listings wanted.