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Bert Green Fine Art presents John U. Abrahamson: Flesh & Blood

Bert Green Fine Art is pleased to present a long-overdue solo exhibition by San Francisco based artist John U. Abrahamson. Open through April 24, 2010.


John U. Abrahamson Puddle Oil on Panel, 5 x 7”, 2009. Bert Green Fine Art

John U. Abrahamson’s “Flesh and Blood” includes 20 oils on wood and paper with a central installation work of the same title. The installation is steel, glass, wood, journals, blood and flesh: 650 suspended vials of the artist’s own blood and flesh create the shape of a prone human form that hovers 3 feet over 30 journals, 220 pages each, opened upon a table for the viewer to destroy—15 years worth of the artist’s daily writings. This is an interactive experience — the public is encouraged to tear and keep pages from the journals to assist in the purging of the artist’s history.

In the artist’s words, “‘Flesh and Blood’ is catharsis. From the flesh and blood letting needed for the installation work to the subjects I gave form to in paint culminating in the destruction of 15 years worth of writings. An artist in midlife contemplating the waste, sloth and slowly approaching mortality of his life framed by moments of self-flagellation. My figures seem to have a resigned appreciation of their own personal hells.”

All gallery events are free and open to the public.

Bert Green Fine Art, 102 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90013, 213-624-6212 Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12 – 6 pm

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