For her inaugural exhibition at PLATO, Chicago-based artist Cindy Bernhard will present a new body of work centered on larger-than-life-size photorealistic depictions of gold vases personifying the Seven Deadly Sins. Bernhard’s Neo-Baroque compositions, dramatic settings and chiaroscuro lighting underscore the tension and poignancy of the current moment, in which excess and ever-accelerating stimuli generate both endless temptation and a profound need for redemption.
