Sarah Bernhardt makes culturally and philosophically expansive work that is aesthetically subtle and often purely gestural. Employing loaded materials that come with their own cultural and historical importance, she works with film, installation and sculpture to trace around these histories while critically evaluating their foundation. Particularly interested in microhistory and institutional critique, each work seems to exhaust itself. She is working on an oral history on the work of Michael Asher.
Bee Pollen (2/3 Plinth) Pigment (1/3 Plinth) (2013)
mdf, bee pollen, pigment, 100 x 45 x 31 cm and 100 x 45 x 14 cm
Untitled (finger marks and dust on ipad screen) (2014)
C-type, 33 x 33
Untitled (dumb heat), Untitled (finger marks and dust on ipad screen) (2014)
marble, electric blanket switched on, thread 15 x 160 x 180 cm
Untitled (2014)
found envelope from 1862, red adhesive lettering, Ribena fruit drink 13 x 13 cm
Autocomplete Book (2012)
artist book, varying entries on each page, 24 x 16 x 2 cm