Tigermedia - Nothing Gold Can Stay: American Landscapes by Ard Berge
Nothing Gold Can Stay: American Landscapes by Ard Berge
Date: June 1st, 2018
Duration:
4m:25s
My paintings explore the American landscape as a site of personal expression and social transformation. Foregrounding observed scenes of contemporary life, they at once reference America's landscape painting tradition while revealing the social, cultural, and economic pressures that continue to redefine these environments. In the 21st century, we have the illusion of being able to control nature. My painting process acknowledges that we are but an element within it.
Created from life, the imagery invites reflection on scenes that at first glance might appear to privilege the pastoral. Ultimately, the work addresses signs of inexorable change.
Nothing Gold Can Stay:
American Landscapes by Ard Berge
Hosted at the QCC Art Gallery
June 1, 2018 through September 7, 2018
Curator
Faustino Quintanilla
Filmed by
Carrie Blank
Additional Photography by
Leo Correa
Dolly Grip
Cesar Cabezas
Edited by
Carrie Blank
Music
"A Day to Remember"
Benjamin Tissot (bensound.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Project Supervisor
Phillip Roncoroni
QCC Art Gallery Executive Director
Faustino Quintanilla
QCC Art Gallery Assistant Director
Lisa Scandaliato