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Artist Statement:
Brian Burris has been
painting for over twenty
years.
He is a primitive, in the
sense that he is self-taught.
Originally, he more closely
identified with the
abstract expressionists, with
the emphasis on the
'automatic' or subconscious
act of painting, the
accompanying emotional
intensity and the
anti-figurative, sometimes
violent and grotesque
aesthetic, and the press as
refered to him as a
hard-drinking, bare-knuckles
fighting hulk, comparing to
both Hunter S. Thompson (and I
had never met the late Mr.
Thompson but Mr. Burris
assures me he's no Hunter
Thompson) and Jack Kerouac.
After a seven-year hiatus, Mr.
Burris returned to
painting and segued into the
more minimalist style
seen in color field painters
like Clyfford Still, Rothko,
and Barnett Newman. In
comparing him to actual
painters, Rothko most
frequently comes up. Burris
began to explore the
parallel themes of the
spiritual, and the unconscious
mind, reflected in the
painting process itself
progressing according to both
the will of the
subconscious and the
properties of paint and
canvas, letting the execution
and the subject matter
become analogous to the
unconscious psyche
asserting and expressing
itself, where unconscious
meets chance, spirituality
borders on psychology,
and the...
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Artist Galleries:
representation:
Dzian Gallery, Water Street,
Worcester Mass
Aurora Gallery, Main Street,
Worcester Mass
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Exhibitions for Brian Burris:
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Most current exhibitions:
25) July ’07: ArtsWorcester, 'A Cool Breeze': Summer Member’s Exhibition.
26) Sept '07: Mechanic's Hall, 150th Anniversary Open House, Worcester Mass.
27) Oct '07: 'Honoring Memory', Gallery 181, Lawrence Mass. (juried).
28) Nov '07: ArtsWorcester 'Fire & Ice 2007'.
29) Nov '07: Art House 2007 Art Auction, Brattle Theater, Harvard Square,
Cambridge Mass.
30) Dec '07: show, 'the Worcester Contemporary Group', Worcester Free Public
Library.
31) Dec '07: d.Art Gallery, 'Winter Solstice', Easthampton Mass.
32) March '08: the Aurora Gallery, 'Shifting Gears--Worcester 1889'. Juried
exhibition.
33) April '08: "Mirror, Mirror--on the Wall." Goddard House.
34) June '08: 'L'État Immolé (state of immolation): The paintings of Daniel Ceglinski
and Brian Burris', collaborative and individual works.. at the Aurora Gallery,
Worcester, Mass.
37) July '08. 'Pins & Needles' (the skin show). ArtsWorcester.
38) July '08: by request, a show of works;
'Human Tragedy: a Show of Six',
on display in the Office of the Mayor, Worcester.
39) Aug '08: at Unum, through ArtsWorcester
Corporate Art Loan Program, Worcester.
40) Aug '08: Worcester Windows
at Union Station, Worcester.
41) Aug '08: representation by the
Dzian Gallery, Water Street, Worcester, Mass.
42) Oct '08: 'Fire and Ice 2008'. ArtsWorcester.
43) Nov '08: '20 Artists of Worcester', Davis Gallery, Worcester.
o Book, Codex: Fragments & Schemata, written and published in three days; a montage of paintings, artist's statements, correspondences, and fragments. 60 pages.
44) Mar '09: de qi: the vital substance. Selected works.
River Acupuncture, 65 James St, suite 207, Worcester, Mass.
45) Mar '09: Moments of Grace, ArtsWorcester Aurora Gallery.
46) April '09: [UNREPENTANT] A show of works/open studio, sponsored by
ArtsWorcester.
47) April '09: Unum, Worcester.
48) June-Oct '09: Empty Landscapes, Silent Halls. Solo installation of works, the Hadley, Worcester.
Press: features, articles, mentions
• Worcester Magazine (most recent: ‘Man on Fire’ by Erik Vadon, other notable: ‘Men From Mars’, Chet Williamson; Worcester Telegram & Gazette; ArtScope; Fracture Magazine (cover & feature); Televised interview, 'Coffee with Konnie', WCCA-TV 13; featured artist, Scott Erb's book '20 Artists' (dissolvez dans l'esprit chosen for the cover); City Living Magazine; Blank Canvas Magazine; WPI
News; the Pulse Magazine.
Ongoing
Aug '08 to present: representation by the commercial gallery, Dzian Gallery, 65 Water Street, Worcester Mass. www.dzian.net
2003 to present: Pieces on long-term display at the Aurora Gallery, ArtsWorcester.
2004 to present: works on display in continual rotation at the retail venue
The Futon Company, Highland St, Worcester Mass. www.futonco.net
2005 to present: earlier works on display in Pascarelli Gallery
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