Tom Burr
Deep Wood Drive
7 Mar – 26 Apr 2012
Bortolami

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Tom Burr, Deep Wood Drive, Installation view, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY, 2012

Integral to the exhibition are works from the new series of “Clouds,” which are wooden wall panels covered with woolen blankets meticulously arranged and pinned to convey states of comfort and discomfort, order and disarray. These works are shown alongside floor-bound sculptural works that engage notions of containment, biography, and protectionism in the context of public view. The title of the exhibition refers to a childhood location where Burr grew up, where particular instances of trauma and ecstasy were played out, remembered, and then restaged at various moments in the development of his work. This exhibition refers back to that childhood moment, but also to subsequent stages of it’s reimagining, with several of the works are being conscious re-visitations of earlier themes, brought together with the “Clouds.”

Works

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Berlin Blue

Berlin Blue, 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Undiagnosed Blue Mood

Undiagnosed Blue Mood, 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Double Hung Window

Double Hung Window, 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled his personal effects (black, three)

his personal effects (black, three), 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Playboy, April, 1973

Playboy, April, 1973, 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled The Passing of Rose’s Passion

The Passing of Rose’s Passion, 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled An Orange Echo

An Orange Echo, 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Baited like Beasts (a moon viewing platform)

Baited like Beasts (a moon viewing platform), 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled his personal effects (long sleeve, blue)

his personal effects (long sleeve, blue), 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Stanton Street, between Norfolk and Suffolk

Stanton Street, between Norfolk and Suffolk, 2012

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Rectangled Restraint

Rectangled Restraint, 2012

Press

David Everett Howe Tom Burr: Deep Wood Drive Art Review May 2012Stephanie Tran Tom Burr Dossier Magazine Mar 2012Alissa Bennett Tom Burr Interview Crush Fanzine Mar 2012Dan Duray Tom Burr Offers Nostalgia and Blankets at Bortolami Gallerist NY Mar 2012 GALLERIES CHELSEA TOM BURR The New Yorker Apr 2012 Goings on about town: Tom Burr The New Yorker Mar 2012Juliana Balestin Tom Burr at Bortolami, New York Purple Diary Apr 2012 Lisa Eppich Don't Wait Till The Weekend To Scope Out This Unique Art Exhibition Refinery 29 Mar 2012