BERNARD C. MEYERS / Constructions

May 24 – August 11, 2023

Bernard C. Meyers’ imagery explores the intersections of photographic realism and abstract expressionism. These divergent worlds intertwine through the reorganization of space, the interactions of color, and a convergence of reality and imagination. The dismembered urban landscapes, in which humans often inhabit a zombie-like state, reads like a glitch or the chatter of broken signal—a fuzzy patchiness of information beaming back and forth between earth and orbiting satellites.

Header image: Toyko 0749b, Bernard C. Meyers

Driven by form and design, modern technology and software allow Meyers to deconstruct a single image into a myriad of possibilities in which the constructed, built environment becomes a symphonic visual experience. Meyers walks the pallet knife’s edge between traditions of photography and painting. Throughout his career as an artist, his guiding premise—from Minor White—has always been, “Photograph something not for what it is, but for what it can become.”

About the Artist

Bernard C. Meyers (b.1955) is an American abstract contemporary artist. He received an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology in traditional printmaking and his work explores the intersections of photographic realism and abstract expressionism. His work has been featured in gallery, museum, and institutional solo exhibitions in addition to numerous group shows throughout his career. His artwork is held in museum, library, and private collections nationwide. Meyers is a featured artist in the portfolio “DE | MARCATION Contemporary Photography in Utah” published by Granary Arts in 2019. He was recently an artist in residence at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and is represented by Alan Klotz Gallery in New York. bernardcmeyers.com