Fear Of Series

In Collections: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

Copyright Status: In Copyright

Date: 2019/2022

Artists: Brenner, Beryl

Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in art

Material Type: Mosaics (visual works)

Language: English

Extent: 10 fused glass mosaics

Genre Note: Fused glass mosaic

Exhibit Label: We are living through profoundly disruptive times. It is only natural that our collective level of fear has risen substantially. No matter how strong we like to think that we are, we all have fears. They lurk within our subconscious and pop out when we don't want them to. At other times, they rent space in our heads and never leave us with any peace. Fear is always with us, but we are far more cognizant of it as of late. Like humans, my adopted art medium is fragile; it can break and melt. Like fear, it can cut you and cause pain. In fact, it's a perfect match, but it also cleans up nicely. It can recreate itself and look astonishingly beautiful. The "Fear Of" fused glass series intends to communicate these qualities visually. We are besieged by hate now more than ever. Technology and the media have amplified this problem worldwide. It is a planetary problem. It is real. The forests are burning, our seas are polluted, and the animals of the earth are becoming extinct. We can't pretend that it is not happening. Totalitarian governments across the world have either obtained nuclear weapons or are working on obtaining them. It has to stop or it's an endgame for us all. In this time, I try not to let it get to me. I don't want the external stress of the current state of the world to invade my personal space and hurt my inner circle of loved ones. This is a metaphor for getting stuck. It takes great strength to be positive and proactive despite all of the world's hardships. This work explores this kind of fear in two different ways. One way is the discomfort of being very, very cold and the other involves being frozen out of human interactions by not being accepted. Hard Rain is a term that is used to describe tough times. We are overwhelmed by our problems in our toughest times, but somehow must find the strength to tackle them. It is human to fear the unknown. Everyone on the planet lives in uncharted times - the magnitude of our challenges is immense. If something clearly doesn't work, why would we possibly continue to do it over and over again? Not all new ideas are necessarily good ones. Innocent victims are often permanently traumatized by the horror of their experiences. For many people, these traumas can ruin their whole lives. --Label design by exhibit curator Nancy DeJoy. Labels written by Ben Lash and his team in consultation with artist statements.

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1 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 01

Fused glass pieces on a white background with smaller red triangular pieces throughout forming a background. At the center, a fair-skinned person with long yellow hair, green eyes, and red lips holds a small rectangular object, similar to a smartphone. The upper left corner has a white organic shape outlined in purple, and the upper right corner has a black and white laptop. Coming from the bottom left and right corners is the word "HATE" in black, angry lettering.

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Extent: 1 fused glass mosaic

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2 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 02

Fused glass pieces on a semi-translucent blue piece of glass. A fair-skinned person with shoulder length yellow hair, bangs, green eyes, and red lips is positioned to the left, next to a large, blazing sun. The center of the sun is yellow with smaller red and orange fragments and red dots. The rays of the sun are yellow, orange, red, and black; reaching outwards. Smaller metallic and holographic clear, blue, and green pieces of glass are spread throughout the background of the artwork.

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3 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 03

Fused glass pieces on a white background. Small orange, yellow, gray, and brown pieces of glass decorate the background. To the right of the piece is a red person with orange and yellow long hair, dark eyes, and lighter red lips. The orange and yellow of the person's hair, as well as the smaller glass pieces, lead to the left side of the piece, where the orange from the bottom leads to a horizontal gray piece of glass, followed by a yellow circular piece, depicting an explosion. Thin strips of orange and gray surround the circular piece, like fumes.

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4 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 04

Fused glass pieces on a pale purple background. To the right, a fair-skinned person with yellow hair, green eyes, and red lips is surrounded by angular, dark, metallic shards of glass. To the left is a red heart among the angular pieces. The bottom of the artwork is covered by a large, green piece of glass, similar to a hill.

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5 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 05

Fused glass pieces depicting a fair-skinned person with shoulder-length yellow hair, green eyes, and red lips. They are positioned on a green hill, stuck in between smaller pieces of red glass that represent bricks. They lay with their arms stretched upwards, trying to keep the bricks from weighing down on them.

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6 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 06

Fused glass pieces on an icy blue white background. In the center, a fair-skinned person with shoulder-length yellow hair, green eyes, and red lips stands frozen within horizontal, angular, blue pieces of glass.

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7 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 07

Fused glass on a marbled blue, glass background. In the center, a fair-skinned person with shoulder-length yellow hair, green eyes, and red lips is surrounded by smaller, angular pieces of watery blue glass that fall diagonally to the left side, like rain.

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8 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 08

Fused glass pieces on a large, light green, marbled background that is raised and textured with small rectangles. In the center, a fair-skinned person with yellow hair, green eyes, and red lips stands with the arms outstretched, surrounded by black question marks.

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9 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 09

Abstract fused glass pieces, the bottom third a light tan color, the rest of the piece a marbled blue. Three blue circles are in the center of the piece, in varying sizes. Between the two circles to the left, the figure of a fair-skinned person with yellow hair is warped as it is squeezed through them. Above the center circle are smaller, red pieces of glass spreading out towards the top of the piece.

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10 of 10: Fear Of Series. Part 10

Fused glass pieces on a dark orange background. Bordering the top of the piece is a dark red piece of glass, with smaller, angular pieces of red placed throughout the background. In the center, a fair-skinned person with long yellow hair, green eyes, and red lips stands with their features pulled into a shocked expression.

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