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Continuing and Recomended Exhibitions: Sky Burchard
Modeled after the linear geometric icons found in video games like 鈥淪uper Mario,鈥� the foam sculptures of Sky Burchard transport life size video game
AM / ArtScene
01 Apr, 2009
Modeled after the linear geometric icons found in video games like 鈥淪uper Mario,鈥� the foam sculptures of Sky Burchard transport life size video game components into the real world. 鈥淎ll Year Round Falling in Love鈥� displays meticulous skill made precious by the feeling that the foam is fragile to the touch. Each sculpture corresponds to a maquette in plexiglas which hangs on the adjacent gallery wall. Burchard juxtaposes the different intricate shapes of each sculpture to a feeling--solitude, intensity and isolation. 鈥淎voidance鈥� is the only feeling not to be represented by a prototype. The implication in Burchard鈥檚 work is that in an alternate cyber-world there is a particular signage to accommodate a virtual existence just as there is one to denote existence in the real world (Circus Gallery, West Hollywood).