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http://structureandimagery.blogspot.com/2013/03/studio-visit-tom-burckhardt.html
Paul Behnke visits the studio of painter Tom Burckhardt.
Behnke writes: "Burckhardt's work blurs the lines between painting and sculpture, the Modern and the Conceptual.... [his] work often deals with traditional stereotypes of artists viewed through an individually conceptual filter. He describes his personality as a wedge between the motivating force of doubt (think de Kooning or Guston) and the absurdity of placing oneself in that position. But let's not forget that these are striking paintings as well even without Burckhardt's keen, direct and conceptual observations."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-eckhardt-kohler/mark-wipe-scrape-shape-spaceshifter_b_2201986.html
William Eckhardt Kohler blogs about the "weekend" exhibition Mark, Wipe, Scrape, Shape at Spaceshifter - the studio of painter Sangram Majumdar.
Kohler features "11 painters, Michael Berryhill, Gideon Bok, Matt Bollinger, Katherine Bradford, Tom Burckhardt, Jackie Gendel, Amy Mahnick, Majumdar, Kyle Staver, Didier Williams and Karla Wozniak, work in a variety of idioms; perceptual, abstract, poetical, narrative and conceptual... The dominant tone of these artists' orientation is that of idiosyncratic visionaries, rolling up their sleeves and forging a personal understanding of what painting can do. What is demonstrated here is that the newness is in what each artist brings to the table as each their own brilliant self; original rather than ideological or radical."
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http://hyperallergic.com/60097/tom-burckhardt-pretty-little-liars-tibor-de-nagy-gallery/
John Yau reviews the exhibition Tom Burckhardt: Pretty Little Liars at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, on view through November 24, 2012.
Yau writes: "At his best, Burckhardt is able embrace both the abstract and the representational is such that we must read the paintings in different, often contradictory ways without ever reaching a conclusion.... By establishing contradictory possibilities, Burckhardt echoes both his love of, and disbelief in, painting. He refuses to be either nostalgic or cynical."
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http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2012/09/tom-burckhardt-sept-2012.html
Christopher Joy and Zachary Keeting visit the studio of Tom Burckhardt who discusses his work and questions of authenticity and doubt in painting.
Burckhardt elaborates on ideas he shared with John Yau in a recent interview: "I do like the idea, like I said, of embedding this doubt. I also think that in a way it makes them from the beginning, yeah, fake in a certain way. They’re kind of like a representational sculpture. And then from that fake, false beginning, maybe they’re a little bit like masks, somehow. It’s my job to wrestle them back into integrity with the painting. I was thinking that the early work squashed something down to the ground and then they grew up; and, to me, these come out laterally into a point of integrity. You know, I really love painting, but I also want to make fun of it. I want to have that full range of experience. I don’t want to be a true believer, and wear blinkers about it. I want to acknowledge its absurdity, that’s the thing. I think the key word is 'absurdity,'and I always thought that 'absurd' is a lovely, generous word about a relationship to something."
Tom Burckhardt: Pretty Little Liars will be on view at Tibor de Nagy, New York, October 17 - November 24, 2012.
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http://elisabethcondon.blogspot.com/2012/05/thick-and-thin-in-chelsea.html
Elisabeth Condon photoblogs a visit to several painting shows currently on view in Chelsea including: Dana Schutz: Piano in the Rain at Friedrich Petzel, Five by Five: Tom Burckhardt, Carrie Moyer, Kanishka Raja, Jane South, and Sarah Walker (Curated by Barbara Takenaga) at DC Moore Gallery, Jutta Koether at Bortolami, Chuck Webster at ZieherSmith, and Jan Müller at Lori Bookstein.
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http://structureandimagery.blogspot.com/2011/05/painting-in-brooklyn.html
Painter Paul Behnke tours several painting exhibitions in Brooklyn including: Louder Milk: Tom Burckhardt at Pierogi Gallery (closed May 8, 2011), One Dozen Paintings at The Journal Gallery (with work by Peter Coffin, Jacob Kasssy, Sam Moyer, Joshua Smith, Sarah Braman, Olivier Mosset, Tauba Auerbach, Dan Walsh, and Leif Ritchey - through May 20, 2011), Bezold Effects: Molly Herman at b. conte (through May 11, 2011), and Drawing Into Paint: Margrit Lewczuk at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery (through May 29, 2011).
