Meant to elicit quick, intuitive responses, Short Answer Sunday will introduce readers to a wide variety of artists, educators, writers, curators, art enthusiasts and art adjacent individuals whose inclinations I admire. With the intent of getting to know the person behind the artwork as well generating new avenues to artistic discovery, participants may respond with only a few words or an artist’s name, always with the opportunity to elaborate if they wish!
Patrick Berran makes abstractions with attitude. His non-objective compositions are kaleidoscopic, incorporating spliced, contrasting patterns, colors and shapes that layer, mirror, repeat and echo (think flatbed picture plane meets astral plane). To absolutely no one’s surprise, I’m so into Pat’s use of color. A fellow chromophile, his paintings and drawings are punky, vibrant and playful. Although blue is a color that we culturally link with sadness, Patrick Berran’s blues aren’t the melancholic types. Often used in a primary triadic combo with bright pinks and yellows, a real sense of buoyancy is developed (I don’t know about you, but this is something I can always use a bit more of).
His work ethic is a total inspiration to me and love getting sneak peaks into his studio via Instagram because there is always something exciting going on. As you would expect, his Short Answer Sunday responses are equally generous and insightful. For more about Patrick Berran and his work, find him here and here.
In other news, I’ll be out of the country next week, so I may post something, but it won’t be a Short Answer Sunday. We’ll see! ✌️
xo, Lauren
Name: Patrick Berran
Occupation: Artist & Professor
Astrological data: Gemini
Hometown: Woodbridge, VA
Current location: Kill Devil Hills, NC
Other than Instagram, how do you find new-to-you artists?
Independent research and “word of mouth” conversations
An artwork that makes you laugh?
Paul McCarthy: “Painter” (1995)
An artwork that makes you cry?
“Heroes” by David Bowie. No joke, I cry every time his voice crescendos
Most underrated artist?
An artwork that you’d like to live inside for a week?
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| Max Ernst, The Red Forest, 1970, oil on canvas, 80.6 x 64.8 cm |
An artwork that feels like a warm hug?
Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park paintings
What’s your favorite characteristic in an artwork?
Color
Erotic artwork? (Ed. note: this is a multiple choice question)
No: ✅
What’s an artwork that you secretly hate?
Most insane art piece?
James Turrell “Meeting” at PS1. So simple, but so amazing. Always weather dependent, I used to have so much anxiety/anticipation visiting PS1, would the piece be open, can I visit? Some of the greatest moments with that piece were just a clear day, bright blue sky, silence and no one at the museum.
Fav monograph or art book?
Last exhibition you saw irl?
An artwork that packs a spiritual punch?
Owl with a Coffin, 1835-1838 Caspar David Friedrich
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What art material do you love to nerd out on?
paper
What was the last thing that you listened to in the studio?
What’s a book that changed your life?
Annie Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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Patrick Berran is an artist and educator that lives and works in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Berran’s painting practice incorporates drawing, transfer processes and collage. Berran has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally. Berran’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Hyperallergic, the Brooklyn Rail, Bomb Magazine, Style Weekly, New American Painters and Architectural Digest.
For more about Patrick Berran and his work, check out his website and Instagram.
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