Reception/Artist Talk: Faces and Figures | Drawings by Robert Burchess

Join us for this Saturday afternoon reception and talk by Robert Burchess. The exhibition of drawings runs through October.

REVIEWS
Beth Miller, Gallery Director, Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, wrote…
“Burchess’ figurative drawings combine both the fine artistry of a proficient master with the
surreal quality unearthed in pursuit of the subconscious mind.”

Ed Barna, veteran arts critic for the Rutland Herald, reviewing Burchess’ featured solo
exhibition, Castleton Downtown Gallery, wrote…
“Burchess’ drawings are monumental and riveting… the kind of images that draw people
closer, further inside… his faces unsparingly confront gnarled complexities… in line
drawings and ultra-realistic portraits that convey both the body and mind’s wrack and ruin…
but the paradoxical effect of great art is to create something of strength and possible hope.”

Artist Statement

‘I really have nothing new or special to say, nor any precious words to convey. The drawings should speak for themselves.’

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REVIEWS

Beth Miller, Gallery Director, Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, wrote:
“Burchess’ figurative drawings combine both the fine artistry of a proficient master with the surreal quality unearthed in pursuit of the subconscious mind.”

Ed Barna, veteran arts critic for the Rutland Herald, wrote:
“Burchess’ drawings are monumental and riveting… the kind of images that draw people closer, further inside… his faces unsparingly confront gnarled complexities… in line drawings and ultra-realistic portraits that convey both the body and mind’s wrack and ruin… but the paradoxical effect of great art is to create something of strength and possible hope.”

EXHIBITIONS / STUDIES

Burchess studied anatomy/drawing in New York at the Art Students League, National Academy School of Art & Design, School of Visual Arts (multiple exhibitions / red dot awards), exhibiting with New York University Galleries, Silvermine, Guild Hall (Easthampton), galleries in Southampton, Massachusetts, Maine, California and Oregon.

Locally, his artwork and black-and-white photography have exhibited at Rutland City Hall, Chandler Center for the Arts, AVA Gallery, Artistree, Castleton, Chaffee Art Center, Maclure Library, Night Owl, and his poetry readings featured at Book King, Bookstock, Killington Arts Guild, Wildwood, NWPL.