francesc burgos
work
May 6 – June 14, 2014
Opening Reception:
Friday, May 9, 7 – 10 pm
The pieces found in this show are mostly organic abstractions that evoke aspects of nature, but also of geometry, architecture, music or language.
Ceramics has been, since prehistory, about vessels and as a sculptor and ceramist, Burgos is interested in natural and human-made forms that contain, protect and shape life in its multiplicity of form; a hard wall around an empty space: shells, hulls, buildings…
Having a background in architectural design, he sketches and studies the form in drawings before starting a piece. Sometimes he draws elevations, plans and sections so as to understand how to build the piece and how it will support itself when the clay softens during firing. He often makes small models to study the form or full size templates to be used as a guide during construction.
With roots both in Puerto Rico and Catalonia, Francesc Burgos has experienced life in different countries, different languages and different cultures. He spent his adolescence living in Barcelona, a cosmopolitan and culturally rich city. His aesthetic education was formed during the last decades of Modernism and his work, if not minimalist, remains succinct, elegant and straightforward, even while being playful.
At different times he has worked professionally in illustration, textile design, product design and manufacture and, architectural design. For his own development, he has worked with mobiles and political collage, with photography and experimental short films, designed and built furniture, designed, produced and marketed masks, lighting and jewelry. He has also explored extensively the sculptural possibilities of folded paper.
He has taught at the universities of California (Berkeley), Utah (Salt Lake City) and Michigan (Ann Arbor). These days he makes ceramic and mixed-media sculptures, one of a kind functional work and site-specific installations.
Since his days in Barcelona he has perceived art, in its multiple forms, as the unique expression of a society’s spirit: art can be an agent of deliverance and change, it can exalt and heal the spirit and make the world a better place.
A larger body of work can be viewed at francescburgos.com
Special offer —
Name your own price!!
For this solo exhibit the artist Francesc Burgos is implementing a new pricing system for his work: if you are interested in one of his pieces, you are invited to name your price, whatever you think is fair. The gallery may accept or refuse the offer; if refused, you can then make a higher offer.
Each piece has a minimum sales price. This price is confidential and will not be disclosed even after an offer is accepted and a sale completed.
Please make your offer only if seriously interested in the work; but please do make it, you have nothing to lose.
Selected work by other artists
showing in this exhibition
All gallery member-artists and the following visiting artists:
Elaine Headly, Maria Ruggiero, Sarah Innes, Janet Kelman, Marlee Hoffman, Nora Venturelli, Barbara Yerace, Judith Jacobs, and Martha Rock Keller
