In conversation with Sara Berman, artist and Monica Chung, curator

London-based artist Sara Berman and curator Monica Chung attended the ‘In Conversation’ event Galerie Huit, discussed the concepts and ideas behind Sara Berman’s solo debut exhibition 'Big Cactus, Little Cactus'.
Since Berman (b. 1975) graduated last year with an MFA from the Slade School of Art, London, she has built a unique oeuvre comprising textile sculptures, paintings and works on paper. Her deep interest in the dialogue between design, commerce and identity has inspired such connections within her work and practice as she explores the tension between authenticity and construct.
‘Big Cactus, Little Cactus’ consists of new paintings, including three triptychs, a diptych, a pair of single paintings to be viewed together, and ink drawings depicting furniture design classics, objects, potted plants and patterned floors juxtaposed with glimpses of an individual person. The painterly assemblages evoke the surreal, an altered perspective of a domestic interior. Reality is both suspended and anchored as familiar desirables are abstracted in a game of narrative trickery.
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