With a presentation centered on the artist’s relationship with symbolism, the work alludes to the push and pull between familiarity and mystery, the new and old. Berryhill is well known for his pursuit of something that is not immediately nameable. He strengthens this practice by not settling into a style, moving between abstraction and figuration without conveying an allegiance to either. He …
With a presentation centered on the artist’s relationship with symbolism, the work alludes to the push and pull between familiarity and mystery, the new and old. Berryhill is well known for his pursuit of something that is not immediately nameable. He strengthens this practice by not settling into a style, moving between abstraction and figuration without conveying an allegiance to either. He explains, “With every painting there comes a point where I have to choose between two directions; one way leads to the nameable thing and the other stays unnameable.”
Berryhill’s bright, quasi-abstract …
