Burk Uzzle Art

BRAND NEW HIGHWAY (1970) is a vintage silver gelatin photograph of a highway that is so clean and new, that it is almost appears to be an abstraction. Hand signed by the artist recto, bottom right. Brand New Highway is Uzzle’s most iconic work. It appeared on the cover of his book, Landscapes, and was the lead image at the Burk Uzzle: American Puzzles exhibition at the Steven Kasher Gallery (New York, New York) in 2015. Region of Origin: California Medium: Silver gelatin photograph Edition: Unknown Photograph Size: 6.875 in H x 8.75 in W Frame: Black wood with 4-ply, white matting and museum glass for maximum UV protection. Framed by J.H. Miller Framing Company, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Frame Size: 17.25 in H x 19.25 in W x 1 in D Condition: Museum Quality ABOUT BURK UZZLE Burk Uzzle (1938- ) was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and has spent his adult life as a professional photographer. Grounded in documentary photography, he was the youngest contract photographer when he was hired by Life Magazine at age 23. For sixteen years, during the 1970’s and 1980’s, he was an active contributor to the evolution of Magnum Photos and served as its president in 1979 and 1980. While affiliated with Magnum, he produced iconic and symbolic images of Woodstock and the assassination and funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His archive spans more than six decades and captures much of the history of analog and digital photography. His current bodies of work rest deep in social justice issues. A dozen years ago, Uzzle returned to North Carolina to live and work in two century old industrial buildings located in downtown Wilson not far from where he was born. With the energy and determination of someone half his age, he wakes every morning at 5 am, takes an hour to swiftly bike all over the town before the sun is up, and then gets to work. Disciplined, organized, and always open to ideas emboldened through keen intuition, Uzzle states with conviction that photography is his reason to breathe and what he sees is his muse. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 "Perceptions + Recognitions : African-Americans in Eastern North Carolina," Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville NC (Catalogue) 2016 "Burk Uzzle: American Chronicle," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC 2016 "All About America: Photographs by Burk Uzzle," Ackland Art Museum UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC (Catalogue) 2016 "Burk Uzzle Retrospective," Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham NC 2015 "Burk Uzzle: American Puzzles," Steven Kasher Gallery, New York NY 2012 "Burned," Laurence Miller Gallery, New York NY 2011 "Burk Uzzle," Flanders Gallery, Raleigh NC 2010 "Martin Luther King, Jr.," Wilson Arts Council, Wilson NC 2009 "Woodstock," Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa FL 2009 "Woodstock 40th Anniversary," Laurence Miller Gallery, New York NY 2008 "Burk Uzzle Recent Work," Barton College, Wilson NC 2007 "Just Add Water: America in Color," Laurence Miller Gallery, New York NY 2006 "Burk Uzzle," Michael Dawson...

BRAND NEW HIGHWAY (1970) is a vintage silver gelatin photograph of a highway that is so clean and new, that it is almost appears to be an abstraction. Hand signed by the artist recto...