Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Norwegian artist Trond Are Berge in Altered States of Reality: An Exhibition of Analog and Digital Photography. In a special gesture of generosity and in an effort to help art make the world a better place this artist is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sales of the displayed artwork to the Cameras for Kids Foundation. Cameras for Kids, was established to encourage artistic ability in underprivileged children, and to help them develop new skills, abilities and confidence through photographic lessons and the use of cameras. The exhibition is scheduled to run from April 19, 2013 through May 9, 2013. The opening reception will be held on Thursday night, April 25, 2013 from 6-8 pm.
About the Artist
Majestically precise and crisply crystalline in composition, Norwegian artist Trond Are Berge photographs nature with a carefully articulated accuracy. Using the land and its contours as subjects, Berge’s photographs, melodically illuminated, build subtle but richly textural cumulative themes. Light cascades in epic, harmonious tones oscillating between darkness and brightness, allowing us to meditate on our considerations of the natural world. Indeed, the artist’s relationship as a Norwegian to natural elements such as wood, fire and water shapes and constructs the narratives and compositions of his photographs. Light is always central in these photographs, breathing vibrant nuance and character into stoic, classical perspectives of land and coast. A self-taught artist, Berge creates out of his unyielding respect for the land and life of his native Norwegian coast; a sentiment which is in poignantly palpable in his works, which epitomize his statement that “My studio is nature.”
Trond Are Berge lives and works in his native Norway and works as a Mountain Park Ranger. His photographs have appeared widely in several books, Norwegian television (Nrk), magazines and newspapers.
More information about the event visit: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Trond_Are_Berge.aspx