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Nature鈥檚 Tapestry
A听Project Space* Exhibition
Bernis von zur Muehlen, Artist
Ori Z. Soltes, Curator
September 9鈥揇ecember 10, 2023
鈥淏ernis von zur Muehlen is a magician and an artist 鈥ho engages the realm of the spiritual and the everyday, creating by re-visioning reality again and again.鈥
鈥擮ri Z. Soltes
Bernis von zur Muehlen, #10 Bald Cypress Knees, 2014. Chromogenic silver halide on Kodak Premier Endura paper, 20 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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Bernis von zur Muehlen,听#28 Koi, 2022. Chromogenic silver halide on Kodak Premier Endura paper, 20 x 18 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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9/23:听Gallery Talk
Exhibition Overview
See how photographer Bernis von zur Muehlen forms a 鈥渢apestry of nature鈥 with this evocative series of images:
- Bald cypress knees in mysterious assembly at a water鈥檚 edge.
Bald cypress knees, inhabiting the regions between land and water, create a sense of mystery and magic in landscapes that are miniature in scale but often startlingly cosmic in their effect on the observer. - Trees undergoing seasonal changes, as viewed from the windows of the artist鈥檚 home.
The trees, viewed again and again in different lights, show the inevitable progress of the seasons, an intimation of mortality and rebirth. In this tapestry of nature binding space and time, behind the weft of color and form, is an invisible warp of mystery. - Shadowy scenes evoking landscape as a dream.
Images such as a child looking out across the water suggest nature鈥檚 promise, while shadows silhouetted in the foreground intimate mortality, a future seen as 鈥渢hrough a glass darkly.鈥 - Koi fish in playful movements stopped in time.
The Koi, symbolizing courage, patience, and transformation, seem to dance in some imagined cloud-scattered sky.
Bernis von zur Muehlen is a widely exhibited photographer who began showing her work in the mid-70s in commercial galleries and museums in the United States and abroad.
*About听Project Space.
Bernis von zur Muehlen, #53 Little Girl Looking out over the Water, 2022. Chromogenic silver halide on Kodak Premier Endura paper, 32 x 38 inches. Courtesy of the artist.