Clare Burson
from some other time
4/28/2022 - 6/21/2022
For information and press: sarah@theshirleyprojectspace.com or clareburson@gmail.com
Clare Burson’s dynamic mixed-media show, from some other time, is Burson’s first solo exhibition and the inaugural show at The Shirley Project Space in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Burson is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Her current body of work spans her career as a singer-songwriter and musician and highlights her recent investigations as a ceramic sculptor and textile artist. Burson created the majority of the pieces in this show after March 2020, and their titles are taken from the lyrics of an unreleased song she wrote during the early days of the pandemic, “We’ve Been Here Before.”
Burson is a compulsive and prolific maker of objects. Her approach to materials is unexpected and fearless with a touch of humor. Using a mix of clay, fabric, found objects and photographs, the works in the exhibition are at once rough and refined, strange and exquisite. Burson forges a thoughtful tension between the past and the future while still radiating with the gravity of our time.
We Never Left 2022
Sonic collage
Brian Siskind - composer, synthesizer
Leo Sidran - engineer, wurlitzer, bass, percussion
Clare Burson - songwriter, vocals, acoustic guitar
We Never Left is a sonic response to from some other time created out of field recordings, synthesizers, and sampled tracks from Burson’s unreleased song, “We’ve Been Here Before.” Punctuated by sharp intrusions of static and strings and projected from different locations throughout the gallery, Siskind’s sonic collage transforms from some other time into a multi sensory experience, positioning Burson’s work in a liminal place between uncertainty and resolution.