April
27, 2006, Philadelphia, PA—Locks Gallery is pleased to present
an exhibition of photographs by Diane Burko from June 2 through
June 30, 2006. Admission is free and open to the public.
This exhibit, the first at Locks Gallery to focus on the artist’s
photographs, accompanies a traveling retrospective of paintings,
which opens June 9, 2006 at the James A. Michener Art Museum in
Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Over the past decade the artist has focused on panoramic subjects,
traveling repeatedly to Alaska, Washington State, Iceland and Italy
to study and explore the landscape. During these painting trips,
Burko routinely photographs her subjects. As the landscape became
more spectacular, the photographs have become more studied and pursued
as a separate body of work.
This exhibit focuses on two series - aerial photographs from 2001-2004
and recently completed landscape images of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
These up-close views of trees and vegetation are studies of the
shifting, seasonal light.
Using a range of techniques and media, from medium format to digital
cameras and iris to archival inkjet prints, Burko's subtle manipulations
challenge our perception of the real.
Diane Burko has been represented by Locks Gallery since 1976, during
which she has had over thirty solo exhibitions in galleries and
museums across the U.S. She has received numerous awards including
two NEA Visual Arts Fellowships (1985, 1991); two Individual Artists
Grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (1981, 1989); a
Lila Acheson Wallace Foundation Residence Fellowship (1989); a Rockefeller
Foundation Residence Fellowship (1993); and the Bessie Berman Grant,
awarded by the Leeway Foundation in Philadelphia (2000).
Burko’s widely exhibited works are in numerous private and
public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; The Philadelphia
Museum of Art; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; De Cordova
Museum; The James A. Michener Art Museum and The Reading Public
Museum.
The artist’s photographs are featured with the poetry of Toby
Olson in a new book titled The Shadow Under the Shadow.
Copies are available for purchase at Locks Gallery.
Locks Gallery is located at 600 Washington Square South in Philadelphia,
PA. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm. For
additional information, please contact Locks Gallery at 215.629.1000
voice, 215.629.3868 fax, or info@locksgallery.com.
####
|
