Edwin Burdis’ second solo exhibition at Max
Wigram Gallery opens tonight and continues the artist’s exploration into the
relationship between sound, image and physical presence. Inhabiting the gallery space will be a new
series of painted works with robustly accentuated figures and heightened
symbolic forms. The poet Heather
Phillipson has written a new text in response to these paintings, which has in
turn inspired Burdis’ new sound work – available throughout the exhibition on vinyl
record. This creative association links
narrative and visual imagery with sound, resulting in an operatic tension
through which the paintings are elevated to the role of protagonist and the exhibition
becomes a complex orchestration.
MegaDairyPigFarm continues until the 29 September at
Max Wigram Gallery
106 New Bond Street
London, W1S 1DN