karl burke
when?
residency - 6th - 23rd november, 2010
exhibition - 18th november - 9th december 2010
artist talk - 20th november at 3pm
where?
the fridge, rear alley, 516 8th street se, (across the street from matchbox), washington dc 20003.
what?
karl burke is a interdisciplinary artist and active musician whose practice includes sculpture, sound, installation works, photography and film. exhibiting both nationally and internationally, his work is concerned with our relationship to and perceptions of our three dimensional world and endeavors to form a physical and emotive relationship between the art object space/place and the viewer.
karl will undertake a residency in dc beginning on november 6th, will wander the city to get inspired, acquire supplies, and create an installation that opens on november 18th at the fridge.
karl burke’s work translates to public interventions of wooden drawings which involve the placement of uniform lengths of processed wood in various situations in a forested environment, specifically in relation to different aspects of that landscape. these sculptures are not fixed with nails or any other form of fixing and this allows for a fluid response. as a site specific work, these pieces act as a three dimensional notebook in the form of documentation through photography. through these subtle but logical interventions in nature, karl’s work offers the viewer the opportunity to - in a beautifully simple way - reassess and acknowledge the world that surrounds us.