Scott Kiernan

NurtureArt Gallery (new location), New York

Once Around the Block (Twice) excavates a particular familiarity of the recent past, using visuals from 'royalty-free' clip art of the early 1990's. The images are shifted in scale and lack the necessary content that would eventually render them complete advertisements, resulting in a series of starkly contrasted, visually arresting paintings and kinetic sculpture in black and white.

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Curated by Jennifer Junkermeier

NURTUREart Non-Profit is pleased to present its first ever solo exhibition, featuring Scott Kiernan in his first solo show in New York.

Given a time where digital images reign in overabundance around our visual periphery and copyright laws hover over every creative endeavor, it’s difficult to imagine a computerized world in its infancy where advertisements are stocked and shared outside of a global network. Kiernan takes us on a journey through the redolent caverns of pre-internet digital advertising images, which made their mark without the intention of originality that is ubiquitous today.

Once Around the Block (Twice) excavates a particular familiarity of the recent past, using visuals from “royalty-free” clip art of the early 1990’s. The images are shifted in scale and lack the necessary content that would eventually render them complete advertisements, resulting in a series of starkly contrasted, visually arresting paintings and kinetic sculpture in black and white. In his use of these “interchangeable,” stock motifs, Kiernan brings into question the strive for individuality of our current economic climate by posing a recognizable perspective from a not too distant past.

Opening Reception: Friday, February 25, 7-9pm, press preview at 6pm.

NurtureArt Gallery (new location)
910 Grand Street, Brooklyn - New York USA

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