Catherine Burgess: New Small Studies

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Catherine Burgess, “DISTANCE IV,” 2023

sSteel and stainless steel, 7 1/2" x 16 1/8" x 7 5/8" (courtesy of the artist)

Opening Reception with Artist: Thursday, October 17, 7 - 9 PM

Increasingly over the last few years my interest has focused on making the immaterial appear more substantive in my sculptures. In the Folds Series I attempt to bend space to make our awareness of it more palpable. This perception of “bent” space is made more impactful by contrasting it with the materiality of a very hard, flat, square plane.

The Distances consist of two vertical rectangular elements that differ in physicality, situated at either end of a linear plane. This planar floor element is simultaneously a separator and a connector. Its inclusion activates the space between the rectangles and emphasizes the contrast between their diverse form and materiality. It also contributes to a possible narrative or “conversation” taking place between the upright elements.

The Places are arrangements where elements are situated on different bases (a round disc, a section of an I-beam or a hollow cube.) The smaller, added elements appear to inhabit their supports, thus creating a sense of place.

The Spans have linear and planar elements that extend in two directions from an upright stainless half-cylinder. These extensions become the logical completion, or resolution to a narrative initiated by the presence of the half-cylinders. - Catherine Burgess, September, 2024

Artist Talk: Saturday, October 19