The artwork features a vibrant, monochromatic blue canvas with a distinct vertical crease running through the center, creating a subtle sense of depth and dimensionality. The bold, solid color and minimalist composition evoke a serene and meditative quality, inviting the viewer to contemplate the interplay of light, shadow, and the materiality of the canvas itself. The work exemplifies the principles of Color Field painting, a style that emphasizes the expressive potential of color as the primary subject matter. The artist's intention may be to explore the emotive and perceptual qualities of this singular hue, aiming to elicit a contemplative response from the audience. ...
Anthony Burnham critically explores how images shape and influence contemporary perception. His practice opens a dialogue between different media—painting, sculpture, photography, and video—without prioritizing one over the other. Central to his work is the interplay between form, material, and the conditions under which art is viewed. His process often follows a set of structured yet intuitive constraints, offering space for reflection on how images operate, rather than presenting them as illusion or spectacle. Burnham resists categorization, moving fluidly across styles, techniques, and materials. His visual language ranges from spare, distilled compositions to more textured explorations of everyday objects and elusive, shifting substances. He frequently investigates the tension between control and dissolution, using soft, mutable forms as a way to question stability, order, and permanence. Through these investigations, Burnham constructs a quiet but insistent inquiry into the act of seeing and the material conditions that shape visual meaning. ...
