AdMo: Hierarchy Launches Fall Season: WHISKEY/DELTA/CHARLIE from DC-Based Industrial Artist James Kern

Hierarchy Gallery launches its 2014 fall exhibition season with the opening of WHISKEY / DELTA / CHARLIE, a collection of new works by DC-based artist James Kerns. Opening Friday, September 12th, WHISKEY / DELTA / CHARLIE features mixed media sculpture, found objects and functional art works created from 2012 to the present. Grounded in the tradition of American craft, Kerns questions the traditions of form and function, creating works that explore the history of and change in the District’s urban landscape. Framed as a fictional flea market, and like the exhibition title implies, in WHISKEY / DELTA / CHARLIE the objects shown are place holders evoking time, culture and place. Using wood, found materials, and welded metal, Kerns creates both complex and simple works that pay homage to the District from the street to the living room. Kerns is a self-taught mixed-media sculptor, wood worker and industrial designer living and working in Washington, DC. His use of former industrial and commercial products from a bygone era are the backbone of his work. Working in the District for over a decade, his work can be seen at renowned D.C. restaurants including Toki Underground, Boundary Stone, Teddy and the Bully Bar, Chaplin and RedLight.

In the fall exhibit, Kerns builds large complex works from commonly anonymous objects of years past, creating modern totems meant to evoke feelings of nostalgia throughout this fictional flea market, “the story of stuff is the story of us," says Kerns. Whiskey Delta (WDC) represents Washington District of Columbia using the phonetic alphabet. WHISKEY / DELTA / CHARLIE opens at Hierarchy Galley on Friday, September 12th, the exhibition closes on Sunday, October 5th. On Friday, September 12th, artist James Kerns will join No Kings Collective for an opening reception beginning at 7:00 p.m. Register for the free opening event by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whiskey-delta-charlie-the-solo-exhibition-of-james-kerns-tickets-12925808441

James Kerns WHISKEY / DELTA / CHARLIE Friday, September 12th - Sunday, October 5th  
Grand Opening Friday, September 12th at 7:00 p.m.; event registration

Hierarchy Gallery hours: Saturday and Sundays noon to 5:00 p.m.


Hierarchy, 1841 Columbia Road NW Washington, DC 20009