artist lecture: anthony burnham

Art and Art History Presents Anthony Burnham
Thursday 22 January 2009
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Sheridan, Lecture Hall B124

Anthony Burnham studied at Concordia University and currently lives and works in Montreal. His solo exhibitions include Superbia (Darling Foundry, 2002) and Overlap and Rewind (Clark Gallery, 2004). Over the past few years he has exhibited his work in groups shows in Québec, Spain, Austria, and France. In 2008, he took part in the Québec Triennial, Nothing Is Lost, Nothing Is Created, Everything Is Transformed (Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal).

Exhibition curator Katie Bethune-Leamen:
Through paintings and drawings, Anthony Burnham presents work of a pared-down plasticity. His paintings are representations of sculptural constructions that he builds, models acting out ideas. His images are a representation of what brings him to painting. They present a world that is soft, morphing, made up, volatile. Observing the invisible, his practice works through ideas of slippage, manipulation and transformation.


Image: Anthony Burnham, Maquette of Wall and Floor (2008), oil on canvas 152.5 x 184 cm