soft voices
A tall form is created by small pieces of material. This form is so much different than the surrounding area with functional and sleek buildings.
While getting close the terracotta tiles invoke a world of its own with a community that form bricks together, with a furnace owned together, with a process that they go through together, while they live in houses with the same color as the bricks.
The first thing that stands out to me is the word "togetherthat is coming back. And that's exactly the word that I miss in the area of the artwork. In the area I see people who have their focus and walk along each other without making contact. This tower of bricks speak out softly and comment on the surroundings.
By Theo, www.artatsite.com
Vertaling
zachte stemmen
Een hoge vorm gemaakt van kleine stukjes materiaal. Deze vorm is zo anders dan de omgeving met functionele en strakke gebouwen.
Bij het dichtbij komen roepen de terracotta steentjes een eigen wereld op met een community die gezamenlijk deze steentjes vormen, die samen een oven hebben, die gezamenlijk een proces doormaken, terwijl zij wonen in huizen met dezelfde kleuren als de steentjes.
Het eerste wat mij opvalt is het woord samen ; dat komt steeds terug. En dat is nou precies het woord dat ik mis in de omgeving van het kunstwerk. In de omgeving zie ik mensen die resultaat gericht langs elkaar lopen zonder contact te maken. Deze toren van steentjes spreken zich zachtjes uit en leveren commentaar op de omgeving.
Door Theo, www.artatsite.com
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Chimney is a tribute to India s tallest brick minaret of the Qutub Minar near Delhi. In general: close in form to chimneys of brick kilns the world over.
He first visited India in 1983. This artwork was first shown at Canary Wharf as part of his exhibition in Jubilee Park in Spring 2008.
Over recent years Andrew Burton has created a number of works using miniature clay bricks, collaborating with artisans and artists in India, Korea and the Netherlands, investigating brick-making as a vehicle for sculpture.
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Made of recycled fired bricks and steel.
www.axisweb.org:
'I used objects that come readily to hand - fragments of brick found on the beach or mops bought in the local shops. These become starting points for sculptures that invite the audience to consider the poetic possibilities of everyday objects.'
'these man-made stones suggest the existence of an older city constructed not of glass and steel but of brick and tile.'
'This fantastical creation is a reminder of the passing of time and the strangeness of other places .'
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Sculptor and draughtsman, born in Kent.
He took a first-class honours degree in fine art at Newcastle University in 1983, gaining his master s degree there in 1986, when a British Academy Travelling Scholarship took him to India.
Burton won a prize for sculpture in 1983 at the Tyne Tees Northern Open, in 1991 taking the McGrigor Donald Sculpture Prize. In 1990 he won commissions for three bronzes for Newcastle Business Park and Gateshead Garden Festival, then in 1991 commissions for Stevenage Museum. From the outset he was a busy exhibitor, including RA, the 1988 Manchester City Art Gallery Summer Exhibition and Pelter/Sands, Bristol, which gave him a solo show in 1991.
Towers, ziggurats and elephants featured in the Bristol show, which revealed Burton s gift of mischievous wit.
A tall form is created by small pieces of material. This form is so much different than the surrounding area with functional and sleek buildings.
While getting close the terracotta tiles invoke a world of its own with a community that form bricks together, with a furnace owned together, with a process that they go through together, while they live in houses with the same color as the bricks.
The first thing that stands out to me is the word "togetherthat is coming back. And that's exactly the word that I miss in the area of the artwork. In the area I see people who have their focus and walk along each other without making contact. This tower of bricks speak out softly and comment on the surroundings.
By Theo, www.artatsite.com
Vertaling
zachte stemmen
Een hoge vorm gemaakt van kleine stukjes materiaal. Deze vorm is zo anders dan de omgeving met functionele en strakke gebouwen.
Bij het dichtbij komen roepen de terracotta steentjes een eigen wereld op met een community die gezamenlijk deze steentjes vormen, die samen een oven hebben, die gezamenlijk een proces doormaken, terwijl zij wonen in huizen met dezelfde kleuren als de steentjes.
Het eerste wat mij opvalt is het woord samen ; dat komt steeds terug. En dat is nou precies het woord dat ik mis in de omgeving van het kunstwerk. In de omgeving zie ik mensen die resultaat gericht langs elkaar lopen zonder contact te maken. Deze toren van steentjes spreken zich zachtjes uit en leveren commentaar op de omgeving.
Door Theo, www.artatsite.com
www.canarywharf.com:
Chimney is a tribute to India s tallest brick minaret of the Qutub Minar near Delhi. In general: close in form to chimneys of brick kilns the world over.
He first visited India in 1983. This artwork was first shown at Canary Wharf as part of his exhibition in Jubilee Park in Spring 2008.
Over recent years Andrew Burton has created a number of works using miniature clay bricks, collaborating with artisans and artists in India, Korea and the Netherlands, investigating brick-making as a vehicle for sculpture.
www.canarywharf.com:
Made of recycled fired bricks and steel.
www.axisweb.org:
'I used objects that come readily to hand - fragments of brick found on the beach or mops bought in the local shops. These become starting points for sculptures that invite the audience to consider the poetic possibilities of everyday objects.'
'these man-made stones suggest the existence of an older city constructed not of glass and steel but of brick and tile.'
'This fantastical creation is a reminder of the passing of time and the strangeness of other places .'
www.artuk.org:
Sculptor and draughtsman, born in Kent.
He took a first-class honours degree in fine art at Newcastle University in 1983, gaining his master s degree there in 1986, when a British Academy Travelling Scholarship took him to India.
Burton won a prize for sculpture in 1983 at the Tyne Tees Northern Open, in 1991 taking the McGrigor Donald Sculpture Prize. In 1990 he won commissions for three bronzes for Newcastle Business Park and Gateshead Garden Festival, then in 1991 commissions for Stevenage Museum. From the outset he was a busy exhibitor, including RA, the 1988 Manchester City Art Gallery Summer Exhibition and Pelter/Sands, Bristol, which gave him a solo show in 1991.
Towers, ziggurats and elephants featured in the Bristol show, which revealed Burton s gift of mischievous wit.