ARTICULATIONS | CATHERINE BURGESS | IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL
July 4 | 1 - 2 PM | FREE
Articulations Art Lecture Series offers presentations from contemporary practicing artists and arts professionals. Local and international artists, curators, critics, art historians, theorists, filmmakers, and more, join us in discussion, sharing their practice and engaging with the audience in open, critical discussion.
The SAAG is pleased to host an in-person talk and tour with exhibiting artist Catherine Burgess. A portion of this tour will also be aired on our Instagram Live @thesaag. Burgess will talk about her current exhibition, aLmost actuaL, curated by Ania Sleczkowska, on view at the SAAG from July 3 - September 12, 2021.
aLmost actuaL, a heuristic approach to art practice, unveils the precision of thought and creative process as experience. The naming of the sculptures becomes an active part of completing the creation of the sculpture. Name is not separated from the work — it is a part of it and becomes its completion in the very act of naming. These new works describe the fundamental states of being, wherein that which is difficult to define will come to the viewer with a clarity of form, and meaning.
The heuristic method of allowing discovery to unfold, and the unity of actual order found within Catherine Burgess’ sculpture, reflects a deep understanding of the subject and its meaning. The representation of consciousness becomes experiential with each sculpture: it is absorbed and confirmed by a surprising, yet anticipated, articulation. Each series of works in the exhibition represents a new approach in Burgess’ artistic practice: Substances, Passages and Quadrants, Opening, and Absence.
Catherine Burgess is an Edmonton artist who has been working and exhibiting her sculpture for over thirty years. She graduated from the University of Alberta Department of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1975. She has maintained a sculpture studio in Edmonton ever since, mounted over 25 solo exhibitions, and shown in over 60 group exhibitions in Canada, the US and England. She has completed 4 large-scale public sculpture commissions, two of which are in downtown Edmonton: The Big Rock, 1995 and Return, 2001. She has also collaborated with the artist group Tricycle on several large scale public sculpture installations in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Her work is represented in over 25 public collections across Canada.