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2019
Pigment print on archival paper flush mounted to Aluminum Composite Panel
From the series "Accidental Wilderness"
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned, au mount verso
Edition of 5
Unframed -
Born in 1957 – Picton, ON, Canada. Currently lives and works in Toronto.
As an artist working in photography, Robert Burley has sought to describe and interpret the built environment in which he lives. His work often explores the transition between city and country through projects such as ORD: O’Hare Airfield; Viewing Olmsted; Great Lakes; and An Enduring Wilderness. He has also photographed urban spaces and structures through commissioned and self-directed projects that include: Disappearance of Darkness; The New Suburb; Instruments of Faith; House/Home; and The Places of Glenn Gould.Burley’s photographs have been extensively published and exhibited and can be found in numerous museum collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Musée de l’Elysée, George Eastman Museum, Canadian Centre for Architecture, and Musée Niépce. Books featuring the work of Robert Burley include Viewing Olmsted: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James; O’Hare: Airport on the Prairie; The Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the End of the Analog Era; and An Enduring Wilderness: Toronto’s Natural Parklands.
Robert Burley lives in Toronto with his family and currently is a professor at Ryerson University’s School of Image Arts.
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- Ryerson’s Innovation Newsletter, Issue 29: Spring 2018
- New York Times: Lens, Feb. 12, 2013
- Globe and Mail, Nov. 26, 2012
