The Process Behind Robert X. Burden’s Paintings
The Making of the Painting The Birth of a Jedi
Robert X. Burden has uploaded several time-lapse videos on his Youtube page highlighting his artistic process. He will be opening a solo show Toy Box at the Shooting Gallery on Saturday, May 11. His paintings are as large and ornate as Turkish carpets; much planning and foresight goes into each piece before their execution, where the pattern’s geometry is neatly measured and many base layers are applied before detailing. Burden includes the original figurine that inspired the painting in a compartment along its frame, reminiscent of a reliquary for a saint. Indeed, his paintings do express the reverence and majesty of religious iconography. Burden purposefully re-imbues the plastic toys of his childhood with the glory they once possessed by rendering them in epic proportions and with an enlivening palette.
Toy Box, A Solo Show by Robert Xavier Burden
Opening Reception – Saturday, May 11, 7-11 pm
On View Through June 01, 2024
@ Shooting Gallery (shootinggallerysf.com)
886 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Follow the jump of more time-lapse videos of Burden’s art.
Defensor Mundi
Battle Cat Statant
Soldiers of Thundera
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