| Gregory Lind Gallery is pleased to present a new series of paintings by New York-based artist Tom Burckhardt. This new series is a continuation of artistic concerns first addressed by Burckhardt in his 2007-08 series Slump, where he fabricated canvases out of cardboard and plastic resin. In his Cast Paintings, he casts a “canvas,” as well as its supports, in plastic, including the stretcher bars on the back of the piece. However, before revealing this, he hangs the works on a wall as if they were legitimate paintings. This new series of pieces addresses the concept of a false beginning, with the paintings' support envisioned as faux sculpture. The premise is that doubt is embedded in the very physical material of the work, engaging the artist's ongoing interest in the absurdist techniques of 20th century Modernism. |  |
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