1275 Minnesota St /
Jack Fischer Gallery
Jack Fischer Gallery presents electric wonderland, acrylic paintings on plexiglass. This will mark Natalya Burd’s fourth show in the gallery.
“Since my first train trip from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan past steppes, fields and forests to Moscow, Russia, I’ve always loved to travel. That early journey gave me my first taste of freedom in a country where mobility was limited and controlled, revealing a vast and changing landscape that I could not have imagined.
Trained as a painter, I’ve moved into fabricating dimensional constructions of hand-painted foliage on fluorescent Plexiglas and mirrors. The reflective qualities of mirrors and plexiglass dissolve the boundaries of conventional flat surfaces, creating the experience for viewers of being immersed in the shimmering atmosphere of shadowy woods or watching a flowing river. Working with these materials at a large scale has allowed me to play with illusion and juxtaposition, contrasting the artifice and fragility of a constructed, technical and digital reality with the organic character of the natural world—a reminder to my audience to look at the surrounding beauty of nature and appreciate it more than the miracles of technology” – Natalya Burd