Tom Burr
Works
2011.
Aluminum, steel, glass and hardware
70.87 x 141.73 x 2.17 inches,
180 x 360 x 5.5 cm |
Patinated bronze, electrical cord and light bulb;
184.25 x 152.76 x 98.43 inches
468 x 388 x 250 cm |
Patinated bronze, electrical cord and light bulb;
184.25 x 152.76 x 98.43 inches
468 x 388 x 250 cm |
Patinated bronze, electrical cord and light bulb;
184.25 x 152.76 x 98.43 inches
468 x 388 x 250 cm |
Patinated bronze, electrical cord and light bulb;
184.25 x 152.76 x 98.43 inches
468 x 388 x 250 cm |
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Wood and paper framed in Plexiglas
18.9 x 18.9 inches
48 x 48 cm |
natural wood, hinges, postcard, soil
18 x 136 inches (when flat)
45.7 x 345.4 cm (when flat)
80 x 45.7 x 245 cm
31.5 x 17.99 x 96.46 inches |
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cast iron, radiator painted, plywood base, nylon stockings
48 x 36 x 36 inches
121.9 x 91.4 x 91.4 cm |
Installation shot |
Installation shot |
Antique door, black paint, men's overcoat
80 1/2 x 32 x 5 inches
204.5 x 81.3 x 12.7 cm |
Wood, steel hinges, mirrored Plexiglas, five copies of "Doctor Make Me Beautiful"
47 3/4 x 62 x 22 inches
121.3 x 157.5 x 55.9 cm |
Plywood, black paint, steel poles, assorted hangers, men's overcoat
72 1/5 x 155 1/2 x 36 inches
191.8 x 393.7 x 91.4 cm |
Wood, yellow Plexiglas, men's sneakers
48 1/2 x 12 x 12 inches
123.2 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm
38 x 12 x 12 inches
96.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm |
Wood, white paint, men's pajamas, antique mirror, push pins
39 x 24 x 138 inches
99.1 x 61 x 350.5 cm |
Newspaper clippings, magazine pages, album sleeves, plastic record protectors, stockings, push pins, on dyed board
each: 24 x 48 inches
61 x 121.9 cm |
Tom Burr
12 Steps to Hell, 2009
Metal ladder and white parachute |
wood, white paint, steel poles, vintage headphones, Plexiglas, newspaper, magazines, assorted printed matter
72 1/2 x 48 x 36 inches
184.2 x 121.9 x 91.4 cm |
wood, steel poles, black paint, vintage stools, vintage black headphones, wine glasses
72 1/2 x 48 x 36 inches
184.2 x 121.9 x 91.4 cm |
Wood, metal brackets and bolts, carpeting, mirrored tile
66 1/2 x 96 x 96 inches
168.9 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm |
Biography
Born in New Haven 1963
Lives and works in Norfolk, CT and New York, NY
Education
1987-1988 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York
1982-1986 School of Visual Arts, New York
Residencies/Teaching
Critic in Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 2009-2010
Artist in Residence, Randolph Cliff, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, 2010
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
Cloud in Trousers, Citta della Pieve, Umbria, Italy
deep wood drive, Bortolami Gallery, New York
2011
Promiscuous Pleats, Franco Noero, Torrino
Head Ache, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
New York, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Felt Under Fingers, Almine Rech Galerie, Brussels
Gravity Moves Me FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, France
2010
Murmur, MD72, Berlin
Four Sides to Myself, Bortolami Gallery, NY
2009
Sentence, Bortolami Gallery, New York
Bonvicini/Burr, with Monica Bonvicini, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, travelling to Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2008
Descending, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
Addict – Love, Sculpture Center, New York
Black and Blue, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
2007
Anxiety – A Showcase, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin
Swiss Institute, New York (with Walter Pfeiffer)
Moods, Secession, Vienna
2006
Extrospective, Museé Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne
Relapse, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
2005
Complete Breakdown, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Privy, Please, The Norfolk Library, Norfolk (Connecticut)
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote, romaromaroma, Rome
2004
Our Lady of the Flowers, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
2003
Gone, Gone, American Fine Arts, New York
Die Stalle/The Stalls, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
The Screens, Institute for Visual Culture, Cambridge
2002
Piscine, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
Deep Purple, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Dog Days, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
2001
Brutalism, Galerie Neu
2000
Low Slung, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig
1999
Black Box, Artforum Berlin, Galerie Neu, Berlin
Private Property: Anti-Public Sculpture, Galerie Almine Reich, Paris
1998
Surface, Galerie Neu, Berlin
The Medical Show, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid
1997
Stainless, American Fine Arts, New York
1995
42nd Street Structures, American Fine Arts, New York
1994
American Fine Arts, New York
1992
White Columns, New York
Group exhibitions
2013
The Black Mirror: Curated by James Welling and Diane Rosenstein, Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012
MOCA’s 15th Anniversary Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
“More Light”,Curated by Alexander Schröder & Thilo Wermke, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cellblock II, An Essay in Exhibition Form, Curated by Robert Hobbs, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Only parts of us will ever touch parts of others, curated by Timothée Chaillou, Gallery Thaddeus Ropac, Paris
now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern, curated by Tom Burr, Bortolami Gallery, NY
Drawing a Blank(On Forgetting, Refusal, Censorship and Impotence), curated by Matthew Brannon and Jan Tumlir, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday, curated by Matthew Higgs, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Migros Meets Museion, Curated by Letizia Ragaglia in collaboration with Heike Munder and Judith Welter, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
The Quality of Presence, curated by Dmitry Komis, The Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY,
relocated, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
Utopia Gesamtkunstwerk, 21er Haus, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria
2011
Verschiebungsersatz, curated by David Rimanelli, Kimmerich, New York
December: Organized by Howie Chen, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
VERSCHIEBUNGSERSATZ, curated by David Rimanelli, Kimmerich, New York
After images, curated by Fionn Meade, Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels
Five Easy Pieces, Galleria Franco Noero, Torino
12th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
Schnitte im Raum, Sculptural Collagen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
The Smithson Effect, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
SHAPES, Sammlung-Haubrok, Berlin,Germany
2010
Missing Beat, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Isreal
“…”, Galerie Neu, Berlin
ABOUT US, Johann König, Berlin, Germany
Cumulus, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Forced Exposure, Team Gallery, New York, NY
The New Décor, The Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Mixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices 1970s to the present, Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
The Page, Kimmerich Gallery, New York, NY
Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Bortolami Gallery at The Webster, Miami Beach
Wall & Floor, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France
2009
Moby Dick, Curated by Jens Hoffman, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, September- December 2009
The World is Yours, Louisiana Museum, Denmark, September- December
Rachel Harrison: Consider the Lobster and other Essays, Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College (CCS Bard), Annendale-on Hudson, New York, June- December 2009
Saints and Sinners, curated by Laura Hoptman, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Boston
The Station curated by Shamim Momin & Nate Lowman Miami, Florida
Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London
Political/Minimal curated by Klaus Biesenbach Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. – KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Recollection curated by Gianni JetzerBarriera, Turin, ItalyNov. 2008-Jan. 2009
La Fête Est Permanente / The Eternal Network FRAC – Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
2008
The Eternal Flame. On the Promise of Eternity, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz
Not So Subtle Subtitle, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
Marc Camille Chaimowitz, …In The Cherished Company of Others…, De Appel,
Amsterdam/PMMK, Oostende
Sammlung/Collection 1978–2008, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
Fais en sorte que je puisse te parler/Mache, dass ich zu dir sprechen kann/Act so that I can speak to you, Kamm, Berlin
A new High in Getting Low (NYC), John Connelly Presents, New York
Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,
Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard
Une Saison à Bruxelles, Dépendance, Brussels
2007
Walk!, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Oh Girl, It’s a Boy!, Munich Kunstverein, Munich
Body Politicx, Witte de With, Rotterdam
At Home, Curated by Mario Testino, Yvon Lambert project space, New York
The Happiness of Objects, Sculpture Centre, Long Island, New York
Unmonumental: Falling to Pieces in the 21st Century, Curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman and Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum, New York
OMNIA VANITAS: VANITY IS ALL, Gavlack Gallery, Los Angeles
Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol, travelling to; Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
2006
Wieder und Wider, Performance, MUMOK, Vienna
The Eighth Square, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
The Name of This Show Is Not GAY ART NOW, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, curated by Jack Pierson
Warum etwas zeigen, was man sehen kann, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig
2005
HaubrokShows. B Sharp, Xantener Strasse 7, Berlin
Down the Garden Path: The Artist’s Garden After Modernism, Queens Museum of Art, New York
Nolens Volens, Galerie Neu, Berlin
EXILE New York is a good Hotel, Broadway 1602, New York
Residence, MICA Foundation, New York
2004
Trafic d’influence: Art & Design, Collection Frac Nord Pas-de-Calais, Dunkerque
Election, American Fine Art, Colin de Land Fine Art, New York
When the lights go out…, Cohan & Leslie, New York
The Future Has a Silver Lining, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
Braunschweig Parcours 2004, Braunschweig
Whitney Biennial 2004, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Beginning Here: 101 Ways, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
Strange Weather, Modern Art, London
It’s all an Illusion, Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
Flowers Observed, Flowers Transformed, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
2003
Le Rayon Noir, Circuit-Assossiation d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne
New Space! Group Show!, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
2002
Grey Gardens, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
My head is on fire but my heart is full of love, Charlottenborg Udstillings-bygning, Copenhagen
Xeros, Ecole du Magasin, Center National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble
2001
Deliberate Living, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Parttnerschaften – Unterbrochene Karrieren, Neue Gessellschaft fur Bildende Kunst, Berlin
American Fine Arts, New York
2000
Quiet Life, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unterowisheim, curated by Michael Neff
Sightings, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak
Space Open 2000, Space studios, London
1998
Model, Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
I Hate Movies, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, curated by Tom Borgese
Parasite, The Drawing Center, New York
1997
Sans Titre, Froment + Putman, Paris
1996
Disappeared, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
American Fine Arts, New York
Ideal Standard Life, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
Gramercy International Art Fair, New York
1995
Birgit Kung, Zurich
_Architectures of Display _with architect Toshiko Mori, organized by Minetta Brook, New York
Platzwechsel (with Ursula Biemann, Mark Dion, Christian Philipp Muller), Kunsthalle Zurich und Schweizer National – museum, Zurich
Mapping: A Response to MOMA, American Fine Arts, New York
1994
Architecture and Display, Architectural League of New York and Minetta Book, New York (with Toshiko Mori)
Lace, Los Angeles, California
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1993
Kontext Kunst, Kunstlerhaus Graz, Austria
What Happened to the Institutional Critique, curated by James Meyer, American Fine Arts, New York
Social Subjects, YYZ, Toronto, Ontario
Sonsbeek 93, Arnheim
Projet Unité, Firminy
1992
White Columns, New York (Catalogue)
American Fine Arts, New York
1989
Paula Allen Gallery, New York
American Fine Arts, New York
1988
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York
Whitney Independent Study Program,Open Studios , New York
PRESS
Review, ArtForum – “Deep Wood Drive” at Bortolami, Summer 2012
Review, ArtReview – “Deep Wood Drive” at Bortolami, May 2012
Picpus Magazine – “Gravity Moves Me,” a piece written by Tom Burr, March 2012
CrushFanzine – An Interview with Tom Burr, March 2012
Spike Magazine – An Interview with Tom Burr, November 2011
ArtForum, Questions of Style – “I Built a Dream House,” a piece written by Tom Burr, September 2010
