Tulsa World: Berning film, art on view at Aberson's

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Berning film, art on view at Aberson's

By Staff Reports
Published: 11/4/2009 2:23 AM
Last Modified: 11/4/2009 4:11 AM

Aberson's Exhibits will host a screening of the film "Off the Map," 7 p.m. Wednesday at the gallery, 36th Street and Peoria Avenue, in conjunction with the opening of its newest exhibit of paintings by Stan Berning.

Admission to the event will be by donations that will benefit Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS).

Berning's paintings and drawings are featured in the film, which was directed by Campbell Scott and stars Joan Allen and Sam Elliott. In the course of the film, Elliott's character creates a 40-foot watercolor painting on a sheet of wallpaper.

Berning said that he and director Scott had talked about the project for several years as Scott worked to bring the film to fruition. "In the end," Berning stated on his Web site, "I had just eight weeks to do all the work."

The completed mural can be see at Berning's Web site, tulsaworld.com/berning.

Released in 2003, the film won awards at film festivals in Taos, N.M., and Sarasota, Fla.

Berning will attend the screening and take part in a question-and-answer session afterwards. He will also be available to sign copies of his book, "About Art," which will be on sale at the event.

The exhibit at Aberson Exhibits is titled "A Natural History Part Five," and is made up of Berning's luminescent abstract paintings, that Berning described as "improvisations...as close to the spirit of pure improvisation as I have ever come." By Staff Reports

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