1of17Fairfield artist Al Coyote Weiner stands by his painting "Dali's Dancers" at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less2of17Arthur Egol of Stamford dons 3D glasses to view a work at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
3of174of17The gallery was jammed for the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less5of17Dottie Baekey of Fairfield helps with refreshments at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
6of177of17Harper Smith, 9, of Fairfield, takes a moment to have a snack at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less8of17Close to 100 people visited at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
9of1710of17Lisa Cooper of Fairfield studies a painting at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less11of17Frankel Barbara of Fairfield, right, shares her appreciation of Norwalk artist Marjorie Poe's work with her at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
12of1713of17Norwalk artist Norm Siegel shares a picture that helped inspire his own work at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less14of17Norm Siegel's figure mingles with the crowd at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
15of1716of17Phyllis Oestmann of Norwalk takes a look at a piece at the "Bending Reality" opening reception at the Bruce A. Kerschner Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Fairfield, Conn.Jarret Liotta / For Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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FAIRFIELD — The “Bending Reality” exhibit at the Bruce S. Kershner Art Gallery in the Fairfield Public Library presents three local artists who offer unique and yet somehow compatible perspectives on just that.
Saturday’s opening reception drew over 100 people, all of whom enjoyed viewing work by Al Coyote Weiner of Fairfield, Marjorie Poe and Norm Siegel, both of Norwalk.
“The people in this show all have different styles and somehow it works,” said Alice Katz, co-curator.
And the Kershner Gallery, she said, “is the most beautiful gallery in Connecticut in a library.”