Lake Superior/Thunder Bay #2 | Robert Burley
2006
15 x 19 inches (24.5 x 28.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
This photograph is part of a series depicting the shorelines of the Great Lakes that demonstrates the collision between remote wilderness and man-made “edges.” Burley’s view of the horizon is a calming vision created with a long exposure in the light of early dawn.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born 1957 in Picton, ON
Lives and works in Toronto
Robert Burley received his MFA in 1986 from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and commissions, including grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts and a Mellon Senior Fellowship from the Canadian Centre for Architecture. His most recent books are The Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the End of the Analog Era (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) and An Enduring Wilderness: Toronto’s Natural Parklands (ECW Press, 2017). Burley is one of fifty photographers who came together to found Toronto Photographers Workshop and presented solo exhibitions at Gallery TPW in 1983 and 1987.
Selected solo exhibitions: “An Enduring Wilderness,” John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (2017); “The New Suburb: Landmarks,” Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (2014); “The Disappearance of Darkness,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, traveled to Musée Nicéphone Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France, Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, and Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON (2013-15); and “Engineering the Picturesque: The Landscapes of Olmsted,” Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
Selected group exhibitions: “It’s All Happening So Fast,” Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto (2017); “Photography in Canada: 1960–2000,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2017); “A Handful of Dust,” Le Bal, Paris, traveled to Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015–17); “Photography Inc. From Luxury Product to Mass Medium,” Fotomuseum, Antwerp (2015); “Residue: The Persistence of the Real,” Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (2015); “Arcadian Land: Seized or Lost?” Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2012)
Selected public collections: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Art Institute of Chicago; Canadian Centre for Architecture; Fotomuseum Antwerp; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York; La Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; National Gallery of Canada; Vancouver Art Gallery
2006
15 x 19 inches (24.5 x 28.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
This photograph is part of a series depicting the shorelines of the Great Lakes that demonstrates the collision between remote wilderness and man-made “edges.” Burley’s view of the horizon is a calming vision created with a long exposure in the light of early dawn.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born 1957 in Picton, ON
Lives and works in Toronto
Robert Burley received his MFA in 1986 from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and commissions, including grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts and a Mellon Senior Fellowship from the Canadian Centre for Architecture. His most recent books are The Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the End of the Analog Era (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) and An Enduring Wilderness: Toronto’s Natural Parklands (ECW Press, 2017). Burley is one of fifty photographers who came together to found Toronto Photographers Workshop and presented solo exhibitions at Gallery TPW in 1983 and 1987.
Selected solo exhibitions: “An Enduring Wilderness,” John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (2017); “The New Suburb: Landmarks,” Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (2014); “The Disappearance of Darkness,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, traveled to Musée Nicéphone Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France, Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, and Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON (2013-15); and “Engineering the Picturesque: The Landscapes of Olmsted,” Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
Selected group exhibitions: “It’s All Happening So Fast,” Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto (2017); “Photography in Canada: 1960–2000,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2017); “A Handful of Dust,” Le Bal, Paris, traveled to Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015–17); “Photography Inc. From Luxury Product to Mass Medium,” Fotomuseum, Antwerp (2015); “Residue: The Persistence of the Real,” Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (2015); “Arcadian Land: Seized or Lost?” Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2012)
Selected public collections: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Art Institute of Chicago; Canadian Centre for Architecture; Fotomuseum Antwerp; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York; La Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; National Gallery of Canada; Vancouver Art Gallery
2006
15 x 19 inches (24.5 x 28.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
This photograph is part of a series depicting the shorelines of the Great Lakes that demonstrates the collision between remote wilderness and man-made “edges.” Burley’s view of the horizon is a calming vision created with a long exposure in the light of early dawn.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born 1957 in Picton, ON
Lives and works in Toronto
Robert Burley received his MFA in 1986 from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and commissions, including grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts and a Mellon Senior Fellowship from the Canadian Centre for Architecture. His most recent books are The Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the End of the Analog Era (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012) and An Enduring Wilderness: Toronto’s Natural Parklands (ECW Press, 2017). Burley is one of fifty photographers who came together to found Toronto Photographers Workshop and presented solo exhibitions at Gallery TPW in 1983 and 1987.
Selected solo exhibitions: “An Enduring Wilderness,” John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (2017); “The New Suburb: Landmarks,” Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (2014); “The Disappearance of Darkness,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, traveled to Musée Nicéphone Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France, Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, and Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON (2013-15); and “Engineering the Picturesque: The Landscapes of Olmsted,” Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa
Selected group exhibitions: “It’s All Happening So Fast,” Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto (2017); “Photography in Canada: 1960–2000,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2017); “A Handful of Dust,” Le Bal, Paris, traveled to Whitechapel Gallery, London (2015–17); “Photography Inc. From Luxury Product to Mass Medium,” Fotomuseum, Antwerp (2015); “Residue: The Persistence of the Real,” Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (2015); “Arcadian Land: Seized or Lost?” Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2012)
Selected public collections: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Art Institute of Chicago; Canadian Centre for Architecture; Fotomuseum Antwerp; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York; La Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; National Gallery of Canada; Vancouver Art Gallery