Stranger in the Village
GARY BURNLEY
NOVEMBER 6 – DECEMBER 31, 2020
Opening: Friday, NOVEMBER 6th, 11am – 5pm
Gary Burnley, Untitled, 2019. Archival inkjet photo, unique mixed media physical collage. 42 x 32 inches
Candela Gallery is pleased to present Stranger in the Village by Connecticut based artist and educator, Gary Burnley. Titled after a seminal essay by James Baldwin, Burnley's series, comprised of formal collages, challenges and re-imagines historical portraiture and other narrative, painting conventions emblematic of western culture and history. The artist's process is intuitive, drawing from personal, historical, and collective experiences; each piece is cut from reproductions of traditional portraits, sketches, family archive imagery and yearbook photographs, then carefully reconstructed allowing new meanings to emerge.