June 9 – July 24, 2011
Opening: Thursday June 9, 7-10pm (with the artist present)
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Reverse Glass Paintings, No. 56, 2009. Acrylic, Plexiglas, Wood, Aluminum. 180 x 150 cm (70.9” x 59.1)
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[column width=”50%” padding=”5%”]LAUSBERG CONTEMPORARY
326 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G5
T: 416-516-4440
E: toronto@galerie-lausberrg.com
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Hours: Tues-Sun 12–6 or by appointment
Burges began working on his Reverse Glass Painting series in 2007, inspired by the shiny surface of Diasec mounting technology prevalent in contemporary photography. Burges’ non-figurative paintings can be called “lyrical” or “expressionist”, “informal” or “gestural” at the same time. Burges painting follows an almost scientific plan and development, systematically exploring the aesthetic possibilities of colour and space and their relations, as well as those of the painting to the viewer and vice versa.
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