EDWARD BURTYNSKY "IBERIA QUARRIES #2, BENCATEL, PORTUGAL, 2006"
Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is Canada's most successful photographer.
Through masterful technique and frequently dizzying compositions, Burtynsky presents thought-provoking inquiries into the deconstructed territories built from humankind's mining of natural resources.
His images orchestrate a bizarre tension between beauty and desecration, documentary and abstraction. Many works show unbelievable aerial views and are presented with a level of detail normally impossible for the human eye to comprehend.
This work is from one Burtynsky's Quarries series during which he explored marble and granite quarrying in Vermont, Portugal, Italy, and Spain. While the image documents the environmental exploitation, the overall work has an incredible form with rich palette and texture. Cracked, fragmented, and abandoned terrains mirror sharp cubist cuts and geometric abstractions.
Burtynsky has described these quarries as “organic architecture” and “inverted pyramids,” alluding to them as if they were structured voids. The Portugese Iberia quarries represent the culmination of the artist's 15-year search for imagery of architecture turned inside out and upside down.
Burtynsky's work can be found in the permanent collection of countless museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Guggenheim, TATE Modern (London) and MoMA to mention a few.
Questions about this piece? Contact us, call +1.416.704.1720, or visit our Toronto gallery.
"Iberia Quarries #2, Bencatel, Portugal, 2006"
Digital chromogenic color print
Labelled, titled, numbered and dated on label on verso
From an edition of 25
Signed by the artist verso
18"H 22"W on 24"H 28"W substrate
Very good condition
Original: $8,500.00
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EDWARD BURTYNSKY "IBERIA QUARRIES #2, BENCATEL, PORTUGAL, 2006"
Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is Canada's most successful photographer.
Through masterful technique and frequently dizzying compositions, Burtynsky presents thought-provoking inquiries into the deconstructed territories built from humankind's mining of natural resources.
His images orchestrate a bizarre tension between beauty and desecration, documentary and abstraction. Many works show unbelievable aerial views and are presented with a level of detail normally impossible for the human eye to comprehend.
This work is from one Burtynsky's Quarries series during which he explored marble and granite quarrying in Vermont, Portugal, Italy, and Spain. While the image documents the environmental exploitation, the overall work has an incredible form with rich palette and texture. Cracked, fragmented, and abandoned terrains mirror sharp cubist cuts and geometric abstractions.
Burtynsky has described these quarries as “organic architecture” and “inverted pyramids,” alluding to them as if they were structured voids. The Portugese Iberia quarries represent the culmination of the artist's 15-year search for imagery of architecture turned inside out and upside down.
Burtynsky's work can be found in the permanent collection of countless museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Guggenheim, TATE Modern (London) and MoMA to mention a few.
Questions about this piece? Contact us, call +1.416.704.1720, or visit our Toronto gallery.
"Iberia Quarries #2, Bencatel, Portugal, 2006"
Digital chromogenic color print
Labelled, titled, numbered and dated on label on verso
From an edition of 25
Signed by the artist verso
18"H 22"W on 24"H 28"W substrate
Very good condition
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Edward Burtynsky (b. 1955) is Canada's most successful photographer.
Through masterful technique and frequently dizzying compositions, Burtynsky presents thought-provoking inquiries into the deconstructed territories built from humankind's mining of natural resources.
His images orchestrate a bizarre tension between beauty and desecration, documentary and abstraction. Many works show unbelievable aerial views and are presented with a level of detail normally impossible for the human eye to comprehend.
This work is from one Burtynsky's Quarries series during which he explored marble and granite quarrying in Vermont, Portugal, Italy, and Spain. While the image documents the environmental exploitation, the overall work has an incredible form with rich palette and texture. Cracked, fragmented, and abandoned terrains mirror sharp cubist cuts and geometric abstractions.
Burtynsky has described these quarries as “organic architecture” and “inverted pyramids,” alluding to them as if they were structured voids. The Portugese Iberia quarries represent the culmination of the artist's 15-year search for imagery of architecture turned inside out and upside down.
Burtynsky's work can be found in the permanent collection of countless museums including the National Gallery of Canada, the Guggenheim, TATE Modern (London) and MoMA to mention a few.
Questions about this piece? Contact us, call +1.416.704.1720, or visit our Toronto gallery.
"Iberia Quarries #2, Bencatel, Portugal, 2006"
Digital chromogenic color print
Labelled, titled, numbered and dated on label on verso
From an edition of 25
Signed by the artist verso
18"H 22"W on 24"H 28"W substrate
Very good condition
