CLAIRE BURBRIDGE Images | About
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Claire Burbridge explores the ways in which the human body can disintegrate and lose its perceivable form. Meticulous observation is combined with a delicate sensitivity to the particularities of human life. Her interest in the figurative is expressed in a range of mediums- from etchings to highly inventive resin sculptures, which use the properties of light and pigment not commonly associated with sculpture. Trained as a printmaker, Burbridge employs the techniques of etching and mono-print as a means to continuously develop her understanding of the human form, through detailed studies of life models. She often manipulates these long-established methods by introducing adaptations to the printing process to fragment the final composition. The deconstruction and isolation of selected sections of the visible world forms a theme throughout her work, an ongoing motif particularly visible in her sculptures. Meditative and still in their tone, the bronze and wax figurative sculptures represent people trapped in the eternal conditions of their own world. Translucent colour and light add an unusual dimension to her resin sculptures which, unlike the wax and bronze works, represent the figure in negative space – the absent figure enclosed in a clear cast resin block partially tinted with pigment. Claire Burbridge is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford and Camberwell College of Art. Solo exhibitions include Works In Context, SUMARRIA LUNN, London (2009), Sculptures and Drawings, William Angel Gallery, London (2008), Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco (2007), Nomads: Claire Burbridge, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, Oregon (2007) and Attendi Art Gallery, London (2003). Group shows include Claire Burbridge & Matthew Picton, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco (2010), The Medical Foundation Art Auction, SUMARRIA LUNN, John McAslan + Partners/Royal Institution of Great Britain, London (2009), Bridge Art Fair, Berlin (2008), Belgravia Contemporary, London (2008) and Zoo Art Fair with Toomey Tourell Gallery, London (2007). The artist was awarded the National Sculpture Prize in 2008. |