WHEN:
November 23, 2024 — January 18, 2025
WHERE:
Vielmetter Los Angeles
1700 S Santa Fe Ave #101
Los Angeles, CA 90021
For more information and tickets visit the Vielmetter Los Angeles website.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Working with the trope of the Harlequin as "Trickster Whore," Berman examines the societal constructs of the female experience. Continuing her exploration and personification of the Harlequin within her paintings, Berman further reimagines herself as other various characters: the Pierrot, the Fool, the Hoodie, the Aviatrix, the Renaissance Man, and the Fencer. Berman uses these performative characters as a type of auto-fiction to further fuel a narrative that boldly seeks to challenge the construct of the female experience and rejects the objectification of women.
The delicacy of the presentation, grounded in soft hues, graceful brushwork, and filigreed layering, supposes a gentle aesthetic that belies the violent physicality of its making and the immediacy of the figures themselves. Within the paintings, the figures are hidden in plain sight; caught in various poses and postures, assuming the gaze. The characters depicted convey a tragicomical gamut of emotions: fear, grace, longing, and loss, allowing for a confrontational but reflective visual engagement…"
