Transcendent Presence is a portfolio of seven new abstract photographs by Ron Kern. The exhibition has been very well received, and I am very pleased to present this new work by Ron. Recently, the exhibition was reviewed by Dan Grossman of NUVO:
Last stop of the night was Circle City Industrial Complex. Ron Kern had some striking work in Satch Art Space, the gallery space named after Julie “Satch” Kern, an artist working with assemblages and collage.
Kern was making abstract black-and-white digital photographs informed by solid, real-world subjects. His exhibit is titled Transcendent Presence. Kern has shown his more abstract photography before, but his usual photographic subject is small-town Indiana.
I was drawn to one particular photograph because it engaged me, with the intricate and peculiar forms in grayscale against a white background. The photograph being abstract, of course, makes it infinitely open to interpretation — that is, wherever your mind wants to take it.
It made me think of the Jewish concept of tikuun olam, translated as repair of the world, and the goal — through performing good deeds and practicing love and compassion — of raising divine sparks of light to conquer the darkness.
Kern used a computer program in place of a dark room to accentuate certain features on this engaging image captured in the real world.
Jill Ditmire, on Instagram checked in about the exhibition:
Capturing the abstract in the natural world thru the lens of this talented photographer. Gorgeous presentation- see it thru September.
Ron Kern describes the exhibition:
I’ve always been interested in the abstract within the natural world. While on the surface, this idea appears to be a dichotomy, the abstract and natural world are not mutually exclusive.
In fact, in my mind, the natural world is comprised of various abstract elements and components that are a result of nature’s processes over a period of time, within the environmental realm.
This photographic portfolio presents seven works that renders a found natural process into an abstract visualization.
Click here for the exhibition reception’s Facebook Event on Friday, September 6, 2019.
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