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Elijah Burgher
BotD (black mirror)
2015

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Elijah Burgher BotD (black mirror), 2015 Collage on stratograph (pressure print), framed 17.5 x 12 in (44 x 30 cm) This is a framed work with cut paper collaged on a unique stratograph or pressure print, which is created using cut paper stencils and printing ink with multiple passes on a letterpress. A central idea in Burgher's work is that of a "sigil" – an emblem to which magical power is imputed. By recombining the letters of a written wish into a new symbol, Burgher’s pictures, or sigils, literally encode desire while embodying it abstractly through shape, color, and composition. The resulting abstract forms combine solar, mechanical, and sexual elements in constellations or diagrams that serve as ritual artifacts, devotional tools, and Gnostic riddles. This most recent series relates to an imaginary cult alternately called Bachelors of the Dawn (BotD) and the symbols used by the cult that relate esoterically to their philosophy or world-view. Elijah Burgher (b. 1978, Kingston, NY) lives and works in Chicago, IL. He received a MFA from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. He was recently a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Fire Island Artist Residency. The artist was featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial (selected by Anthony Elms), the 2014 Gwangju Biennial (as part of AA Bronson's "House of Shame"), The Nothing That Is at the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, North Carolina, and The Temptation of AA Bronson at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, among others. His work has been discussed in The New York Times, Art in America, ArtReview, Artforum and was included in VITAMIN D2, the hardcover survey of contemporary drawing.

Creator:
Elijah Burgher (1978, American)
Creation Year:
2015
Dimensions:
Height: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)
Medium:
Paper,Printer's Ink
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: IN65621stDibs: LU81655312

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