Exhibition Information

Ernesto Burgos Kibitzer
2023 Fiberglass, Resin, Wood, Cardboard, Charcoal, Oil Paint 188 x 137.2 x 20.3 cm
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Ernesto Burgos Crestfallen
2023 Fiberglass, Resin, Wood, Cardboard, Charcoal, Oil Paint 152 x 121 x 21 cm
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Ernesto Burgos Pucker
2023 Fiberglass, Resin, Wood, Cardboard, Charcoal, Oil Paint 94 x 83.8 x 9 cm
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Exhibition view

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			Gana Art is pleased to announce Shape Memory, the first solo exhibition in Asia of Brooklyn-based artist Ernesto Buros (b.1979). The exhibition title Shape Memory, a term that indicates memory metals retaining their original shapes by external forces such as heating, references Burgos’ distinctive visual approach that captures the movements of gravity-defying forms and their transformation dynamics. Burgos’ earlier experiments recall ceramic sculpture by Peter Voulkos and the twisted sculptural forms of John Chamberlain. For Ernesto Burgos’ ongoing experiments in recent years, he has continued to make a series of wall-based sculptures from industrial materials such as cardboard and plywood by bending, tearing, and cutting them. The artist would also glue them with wax and resin repeatedly until the abstraction evolved into a fully realized three-dimensional form. As the coated liquid fiberglass takes some time to harden, the fluid forms of these independent works continue to move for some time after he sets them. This is a process to capture a mid-motion form caught in a state of suspension, which is partly a product of chance. Also transcending the traditional constraints of contemporary sculpture and artistic mediums, the show unveils a selected presentation of Burgos’ organically shaped works existing as flowing forms.

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