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Artist Statement:
Each painting in this mixed
media series is related to
another and symbolically
expresses one small facet of
the human experience with the
unifying elements of the word
“Image” and a number. As
artists, we are concerned
about images. As a public, we
seem to be preoccupied with
numbers – from our need to
know the time of the day and
the amount of money that we
and others make and spend – to
the number of people lost in a
world conflict or die of
starvation, and the number of
years, months and days we have
left to live. Numbers are
facts in life, and like the
works in this series, they
just keep counting.
Although sometimes obscure and
hidden below the surface, each
painting contains the shape of
a divided heart, commenting
that love and ecstacy can also
be the source of significant
pain and division. In
dissecting this universal
symbol of love and compassion,
positive and negative
phenomena are expressed as an
integral into the cycle of
life.
The paintings are highly
textured. Ripped plywood is
integrated with other bits of
three-dimensional material,
including wooden and metal
type, newspaper printing
plates borrowed from my
published illustrations and
obsolete ...
Further Information
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Exhibitions for Cliff Kearns:
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 - “PAINTING by the NUMBERS,” The Arts Project, London, Ontario, Canada
1994 - Picture This Art Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
1982 - Howell Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 - Arta Gallery, The Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2007 - The Art Exchange, London, Ontario, Canada
2007 - Toronto Art Expo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2006 - Art Works Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada
2006 - Society of Canadian Artist’s 39th National Juried Exhibition, Papermill Art Gallery,
Todmorden Mills Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2006 - THE GAME OF ART, Galerie Luz, Edifice BELGO, Montreal, Canada
2005 - ART/SPORT TURMOIL, The Arts Project, London, Ontario, Canada
1985 - London Regional Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada
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