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Thrum, Stand In Series. Found objects, wooden support, legend (not shown). 30 x 14 x 4" Stand In Series 2022.

 
I am very excited to share with you about a labor of love that's about to come to fruition: A solo exhibition at TrustArt Studios in a lovely space there called Barickuda Gallery. The space is the brainchild of Liz Barrick Fall, and she's done a beautiful job of building it out with lovely studio spaces, a nice functional kitchen,  and a beautiful gallery space right at the heart of it. Liz and I have been collaborating on this effort, and I will be showing my work: three different projects that speak in a lovely way together, opening on September 17 2022. 
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ALIVE is how I feel when I watch how the three projects speak to one another, and my deep desire is to see what happens when I take them out of my studio and hang them in this lovely space. 

The three projects are Puffies paintings, Stand In conceptual sculpture, and the Peg Drawings. 

​Puffies:
These upholstered paintings began 20 years ago, first shown in a two person show at Judy Goldman Fine Art on Newbury Street in Boston with Petah Coyne. This kind of painting process came alive for me again in about 2015, and the paintings have been morphing and evolving ever since. ​

Untitled (Yellow). Acrylic on upholdstered wood and found fabric. 12.5 x 9.25 x 2" 2022

​Stand In Series: 
This series began as three pieces in 2014, which got a fair amount of air time in several exhibitions in MA, NY and MI. This project has come back alive in the form of TWENTY new small scale sculptures since I moved into my new studio in 2022!

In 2014, I showed A Visit with You and My Father's Last Day first for a solo exhibition at 555 Gallery in South Boston, and then for a group exhibition at the Drawing Center NY (2014), and again for a group  exhibition at the Scarab Club in NY (2018).

The sculptures are both sculptural and conceptual, and like several other projects involve a Legend, found objects - sometimes altered - and either a shelf, a garland presentation, or a wall cluster presentation.  I'm not going to show all of the new pieces, but this work is really exciting for me as a conceptual project, and as a new approach to building sculpture. I'm so jazzed about it that I'm having a panel discussion called STUFF, with the esteemed artists Sarah Rose Sharp (also a writer and curator in Detroit) and fiber artist/ deep thinker/ sculptor Katie Schulman on October 8 at the Gallery. 

Both of these lovely people make physical objects that often have associations with other places, contexts and times - and I want to see what happens when we sit down to talk about Stuff, in our lives, in our work, how it overwhelms and/or inspires us. My project Stand In is the inspiration behind this talk, and the Stuff Swap that follows immediately after!!

Me working away elph style in a cold studio mid winter. Some of these piece have two different kinds of fabric as their base.

Thrum, Stand In Series. Found objects, wooden support, legend. 30 x 14 x 4" Stand In Series 2022.

Thrum, Stand In Series. Legend Detail. Found objects, wooden support, legend. 30 x 14 x 4" Stand In Series 2022.

Mending Project, Stand In Series. Found objects, cotton twine, legend (not shown). 30 x 6 x 2" Stand In Series 2022.

Mending Project, Stand In Series. Legend detail. 30 x 6 x 2" Stand In Series 2022.

​And last but not at all least is the Peg Drawings: These are a new set of works that cross over between works on paper, sculpture, collage and assemblage. 

Untitled (red and white) Peg drawing series. Wood, paper, acrylic, ink. 7 x 5 x 2"

Untitled (friends). Found materials. Peg Drawing Series 14 x 2 x 4" 2022.

​What all three of these kinds of work  have in common is that they were made by me in 2021 and 2022, that they feel very alive to me: about an action, a placement, an arrangement that feels fresh and maybe even sudden. So while I am the intersection of this work, I am so excited to learn from you what it's all about!
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What I mean is, I don't know what my work is about until I share it, and learn how it resonates beyond the walls of my studio and my brain. So this is why the show, and why you coming to participate is so important to me!!

Here are the details!

ALIVE


New work by Hannah Burr
September 17 - October 22 2022
Barickuda Gallery, TrustArt Studios
7885 Jackson Rd, Suite 1
Ann Arbor MI 48103
Open by Appointment and for events.
Opening: 4-6:30 Saturday September 17. 


Lets talk about our Stuff!
Conversation with artists Sarah Rose Sharp, Katie Shulman, Hannah Burr and YOU.
Saturday October 8 2022  3-5 pm
Followed by a stuff swap for registered attendees only. 
Limited space available so please RSVP and soon! Limited spots available. 
We know you have a lot to say, and perhaps to give away come join us! 


Saturday October 22 4:30 - 6.
Talk at 5 pm on the nose.
Closing event: Artist Talk, warm drinks, treats and conversation. 

​2. Also coming up is a somewhat daunting task for me, creating an End Papers course. The first one at least will be in person, and I will also eventually make it available as an online course. The intention of the course is to make an End Papers book or books of your own, from the papers of a loved one who has passed on. Or, if you just want to be a part of the project but don't have those papers, you can make a book out of some paper stack you've been hoarding, and would like to transform, rather than keep holding onto or throw away. To find more about the project, there's a whole page on my website hannahburr.com about it, or to let me know you'd like to be on the list to take the course when it's all ready, let me know here!

Click the image to go to this page on the site. Please let me know if you see any issues or have a question!

​3. And finally, I've been working on my website a whole lot! Specifically, I am making an effort to be a little more organized in sharing sneak peeks of new work and to make it easy for you to buy anything from a small work on paper to a large painting. I want you to know that I can ship the work anywhere in the US for the price of the work as its listed on my website! Yes: Free Shipping! And, if you are local, there is a discount to pick the work up from my studio instead. While I don't have a point of sale shop set up for anything other than my art books YET, everything I have on view on my website under Landscape paintings, Abstract Paintings, Puffies, Stand In and Peg Drawings are all available  - unless it says otherwise. Shipping is insured and professionally handled so everything arrives safely. This also means that I don't ship any glazed artwork, but I can help you make framing choices and can even send the work to be framed for you if you like.

That's all for now. Thank you very much for reading this far!