For decades, Roland Bernier has been creating art with words. Each word in the "Wall of Words" has meaning, but is out of context with the words on either side. Through activity and movement in the area, viewers are placed within the context of their transient environment, absorbing them into the artwork. They are slowed for a moment, challenged by the words, searching for a connection, a meaning that only each can translate by interacting with the piece. "The idea of taking a word out of context has opened a new visual world for me. I continue to experiment with words, looking for and creating new relationships between the form of the word and a variety of images. My work has both verbal and visual references, alluding to a nonexistent meaning. I purposely use clichés and combine them with imagery from everyday objects. In this installation the viewer becomes the image."
We are pleased that this installation provides the "Blue Bear" another point of interest to keep the curiosity piqued.
Wood Water Rock
Wild Mustang
Welcome to the Front Range
Wall of Words
Dynamic Wall Sculpture
Ocular series
Pure and Clean and Raw
Duologue series of small paintings
Unabridged
Two Tall Mountains and Joggers in the Park
The Blue Trees
Tail Spin
The Rope Whisperer
The Heavy is the Root of the Light
Stone Garden
Seattle Cows
Model State: A Local Cosmology
License Plates
Laughing Escalator
I See What You Mean
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Indeterminate Line
I Know You Know That I Know
Glimmer, Waggenwaybreen, and Losvik Cut
Four Floors of Murals
Forever Colliding
Don’t Hide
Doing the Denver Dance
Colorado Pioneers
Colorado Panorama: A People’s History
Boulder Creekâ Autumn 08 #1
Big Ben
Atmosphere No. 27, 37 and 44
Ancient Colorado Paintings
1000 Prayers
Start Planning Your Event In Denver Book
Experience the Colorado Convention Center
