Last Weekend for Frank Bruckmann and Sean Kernan at Kehler Liddell Gallery

PRESS RELEASE: Kehler Liddell Gallery Presents: Paintings of Frank Bruckmann and  Photographs of Sean Kernan

Until April 19, 2026, Kehler Liddell Gallery presents Found Objects by Frank Bruckmann and The Missing Pictures by Sean Kernan

ARTISTS’ STATEMENT:

Frank Bruckmann, with Found Objects, plummeted into the classic painting style of “trompe l’oeil”, a French phrase meaning “to deceive the eye”. A novel style for him, Bruckmann has painted items that look realistic enough to reach out and grab, while remaining engaged with mark-making and painting textures to achieve an intriguing abstract background. Quite the learning curve on its own, Bruckmann also works through a condition he has, amblyopia, which affects his binocular vision and depth perception. This has challenged him to attempt comprehension of spatial relationships, aiming to create a sense of depth. Of the subject matter, Bruckmann says, “these represent very distinct aspects of my current life: my painting studio, family, travel, relaxation, and a glimpse into my exercise regimen.”

Sean Kernan has conjured two distinct themes that dwell in the ephemeral - mood, echoes, chill air and moving light, present, then not, now only existing in his photographic images. The Missing Pictures: a mysterious old house in an open field...changes as seasons pass outside. It is both an old building and a space in the mind, brought into liminal existence first by the seeing and then with the images. No place... No date... No caption: a matrix of images made years and miles apart. Viewers are invited to look for the meaning which hovers just at the edge of vision.

Exhibition Dates: March 20 —- April 19, 2026
Gallery Hours: Friday -Sunday, 12-5pm, or by appt.
Address: Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515

Kehler Liddell Gallery (KLG) is a cooperative gallery in the heart of New Haven’s Westville village representing 28 of the area’s most notable emerging and established artists. Established in 2003, KLG is one of New Haven’s longest running retail galleries to date. All of the artists are juried into membership. Monthly exhibitions are highlighted by free community arts programming. The gallery is free and open to the public.