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PRESS CONTACTS
Maja Orsic, Robert Klein Gallery, maja@robertkleingallery.com
Ars Libri, orders@arslibri.com
High-resolution digital images available upon request
OCTOBER 26, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- BOSTON
ROBERT KLEIN GALLERY AND ARS LIBRI TO EXHIBIT
PHOTOGRAPHS BY WENDY BURTON
The ROBERT KLEIN GALLERY and ARS LIBRI, LTD., proudly announce Histories, an exhibition of photographs by WENDY BURTON documenting empty and abandoned spaces, both domestic and industrial, human and aviary. The exhibition will open at Ars Libri on Friday, November 2, as part of the South End's First Friday. Histories will bring together nearly 15 years of Burton's photographs, images she has made in an effort to understand uninhabited spaces. From grain elevators, abandoned and shuttered, to rural churches destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, Burton examines what remains and what has been left behind. Most recently, Burton has turned to animal skulls and birds' nests, beautifully sculptural artifacts that speak to life once present. An opening reception at Ars Libri (500 Harrison Ave) will be held on Friday, November 2, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. The general public is welcome; light refreshments will be served.
Burton will give an artist's talk at Ars Libri on Saturday, November 3, from 3 to 4 PM. Please join us.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in New York City in 1951, Wendy Burton earned her BA in Fine Arts from Brandeis University, where she studied Intaglio Printmaking with Mike Mazur. She studied engraving at Atelier Garrigues in the south of France. Burton is a self-taught photographer. Her work is in the collections of the University of Louisville Archive, Kentucky; the North Dakota Museum of Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Burton is currently editing and compiling Various Small Books: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha with her husband, photographer JEFF BROUWS, and Hermann Zschiegner. The project will be published by The MIT Press. ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Ars Libri is an internationally renowned rare bookdealer in the field of art, architecture, and photography. The Robert Klein Gallery, established in 1980, ranks among the world's most prestigious showrooms of fine art photography. In June 2012, the Gallery began a long-term collaboration with Ars Libri to host satellite installations in the bookstore at 500 Harrison Avenue. Exhibits at Ars Libri supplement the Robert Klein Gallery's shows with additional works and printed material. New installations at Ars Libri open on the first Friday of every month.
To download a PDF version of this press release, click HERE.
image credits
(top) REA Freight No. 7, Buffalo, New York (from the series Rust Belt), 2006
(lower left) Berries, Dutchess County, New York (from the series Nests), 2010
(lower right) Grain Elevator II (Interior), Buffalo, New York (from the series Rust Belt), 1998
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Please contact Maja at the Robert Klein Gallery with any inquiries at
maja@robertkleingallery.com
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