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    Jen Bervin

    Digital tour of Doing and Undoing, 2021

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading digital catalogue, 2021

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    Jen Bervin

    Remote Access Artist Talks: Close Reading with Jen Bervin and Anton Stuebner, 2021

    Recorded May 12, 2021 (29:51 minutes)

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    In our latest Remote Access Artist Talk, artist Jen Bervin talks with gallery director Anton Stuebner about close reading, and the importance of language and form in both Emily Dickinson's work and Bervin's practice. This talk is presented in conjunction with "Doing and Undoing," Bervin's debut solo exhibition at the gallery, on view April 17 - May 29, 2021.

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    Jen Bervin

    Virtual Walkthrough of Doing and Undoing with California College of the Arts, 2021

    Recorded April 23, 2021 via Zoom for On/View, hosted by CCA Exhibitions and organized and moderated by Emily Markert and Jaime Austin

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2020.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Janca

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    Installation shot of Doing and Undoing, 2021.

    Photo: John Wilson White

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    Jen Bervin

    The Dickinson Composites Series (The Composite Marks of Fascicle 38), 2008

    Cotton batting, muslin, and hand-dyed silk thread

    72 x 96 inches

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 76 "Sloth", 2021

    Cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    48 x 30 inches

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    The text reads:

     

    Sloth

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 169 "Grasped by God -", 2021

    Cotton batting, muslin, thread

    2 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches

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    The text reads:

     

    Grasped by

    God -

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 207 "In vain to punish Honey", 2021

    Hand-dyed cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    6 x 25 1/2 inches

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    The text reads:

     

    In vain

    to punish

    Honey /

    it only

    sweeter

    grows /

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 287 "Most Arrows", 2021

    Cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    4 1/2 x 30 inches

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    The text reads:

     

    Most Arrows

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 380 and "Silks", 2021

    Hand-dyed cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread; hand-dyed cotton batting, muslin, mull, silkscreen

    9 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches each; 19 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches overall

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    The text reads:

     

    380:

    The Blood is more

    showy/gaudy than the

    Breath

    But cannot

    dance as well –

     

    380a:

    e of Silks.

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 401 "The Infinite a sudden guest", 2021

    Cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    8 x 26 1/4 inches (top); 6 x 28 1/2 inches (bottom); 16 x 28 inches overall

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    The text reads:

     

    401:

    The Infinite a

    sudden Guest

    Has been assumed

    to be –

     

    401a:

    But how can that

    stupendousness come

    which never went away?

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 752 and 752a "Emerging from an Abyss", 2021

    Cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    14 1/4 x 24 inches (top); 14 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches (bottom); 29 1/2 x 24 inches overall

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    The text reads:

     

    Emerging from

    an Abyss and

    entering it again –

    that is Life, is

    it not?

    Could

     

    [text truncated by tear]

    I do

    her sister

    spoken f[ ]

    with he[ ]

    when they

    surprise

    after her

    a the

    of her A[ ]

    I should

    value [ ]

    insatiable[?]

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 769 "'Tumultuous privacy of Storm'", 2021

    Cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    43 1/2 x 27 3/4 inches

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    The text reads:

     

    "Tumultuous

    privacy

    of Storm"

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 822 and 822(a) "Thronged only with music", 2021

    Hand-dyed cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    7 x 37 1/2 inches (top); 7 x 38 1/4 inches (bottom); 16 x 38 1/4 inches overall

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    The text reads:

     

    It is very still in the

    world now – Thronged

    only with music like the

     

    Decks of

    Birds –

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 838 and 838a "I hope you have the power of hope -", 2021

    Hand-dyed cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    4 x 37 1/4 inches (left); 3 1/2 x 36 inches (right); 4 x 85 inches overall

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    The text reads:

     

    I hope you have

    the power of

    hope –

    close – Anguish has but so many

     

    throes then unconsciousness just claims it

    seals it

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 853 "Flowers are so enticing", 2021

    Cotton batting, blue rule, muslin, mull, silver thread

    22 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches

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    The text reads:

     

    Flowers are

    so enticing

    I fear that

    they are

    sins – like

    gambling

    or Apos-

    tasy –

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 861 "A climate of escape", 2021

    Hand-dyed cotton batting, light rule, silkscreen (mourning stationery), muslin, mull, silver thread

    9 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches

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    The text reads:

     

    to [ ]

    might [ ]

     

    a climate of

    escape is Fondness

    natural to –

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 869 "Science is very near us -" , 2021

    Cotton batting, muslin, mull, silver thread

    6 1/2 x 32 1/4 inches

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    The text reads:

     

    Science is very near us –

    I found a megatherium

    on my strawberry –

     

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 876 and 876a "If Heaven is negative", 2021

    Hand-dyed cotton batting, pink rule, muslin, mull, silver thread

    21 x 45 1/2 inches each; 21 x 46 inches overall

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    The text reads:

     

    to know whether

    we are in

    Heaven or on

    on Earth is

    one of the

    most impossible

    of the minds

    decisions, and but

    I think it

    the balance

    always leans in

    favor of the

    negative – if

    Heaven is negative

     

    most - Excess?

    Any fortune be

    stepped upon

    us by a de

    [illegible] God

    For he knew

    what was in

    men – I remem

    ber cast way

    with distinct

    ness and sorrow

    Today has

    gratitudes of

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    Jen Bervin

    Close Reading 877: Train up a Heart, 2021

    Hand-dyed cotton batting, blue rule, muslin, mull, silver thread

    28 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (triangle)

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    The text reads:

     

    Train
    up a
    Heart in
    the way
    it should
    go and as
    quick as it
    can twill
    depart from
    it

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    Jen Bervin

    Still from Faire et défaire c’est travailler / Doing and undoing it’s working, 2021

    Single-channel video

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Jen Bervin: Doing and Undoing

April 17 – May 29, 2021

Encompassing fiber works, installation, and video, Jen Bervin’s presentation draws on the poetic tensions of text/textile, inviting viewers to reflect on language as a material and technology for intimate forms of connection. Exhibition is open to the public; no reservations required.

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