Bunny Burson: Rise

BUNNY BURSON

Bunny Burson

Rise

April 13 - June 2, 2018

Bruno David Gallery

7513 Forsyth Boulevard

Saint Louis, Missouri 63105, U.S.A.

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Owner/Director: Bruno L. David

This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition “Bunny Burson: Rise” at Bruno David Gallery.

Editor: Bruno L. David

Catalogue Designer: Lauren R. Mann and Lily Hollinden

Designer Assistant: Claudia R. David

Printed in USA

All works courtesy of Bunny Burson and Bruno David Gallery

Photographs by Bruno David Gallery

Cover image:

Rise (Installation view), 2018

Bruno David Gallery

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CONTENTS

PROLOGUE BY BRUNO L. DAVID

CHECKLIST AND IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION

BIOGRAPHY

PROLOGUE

BY BRUNO L. DAVID

I am pleased to present a new exhibition titled “RISE” by Bunny Burson, of unique cast paper pieces, made with cotton pulp from a matrix of shattered glass, sculpture and, video work at the Bruno David Gallery. This is the artist’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery.

Using diverse media, Bunny Burson continues to address the consequences of elections. Her video and the snow globes, And Still I Rise 2017, were inspired by her installation in the Bruno David Gallery’s Window on Forsyth last spring (2017). They contain the confetti, which never fell from the Javits Center ceiling on election night, November 8, 2016. They motivate us to act, to vote, to resist. The cast cotton artworks (It Will Happen, Momentum, and Rise) reference the glass ceiling, and the need to continue to empower young people to pursue their goals. Through her artwork, Burson speaks politically and poetically to engage the viewer and to stimulate dialogue about the important issues we face.

Bunny Burson, born in Memphis, TN., received a B.A. in French from Tulane University, which included a year at the Sorbonne in Paris. She earned a B.F.A. from the Memphis College of Art and an M.F.A. from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including in New York, Memphis, Snowmass, Colorado, Nashville and Leipzig, Germany. Awards include an artist residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts-Washington University in St. Louis Award for Distinction.

Support for the creation of significant new works of art has been the core to the mission and program of the Bruno David Gallery since its founding in 2005. I am deeply grateful to Lauren R. Mann and Lily Hollinden, who gave much time, talent, and expertise to the production of this catalogue. Invaluable gallery staff support for the exhibition was provided by Ruoyi Gan, Helen Fox, Haleigh Givens, Christina Lu, Lauren R. Mann, Thomas Fruhauf, Peter Finley, and Jin Xia.

CHECKLIST & IMAGES OF THE EXHIBITION

Rise 3 2018 monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

Rise 4 2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

Rise 1 2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

Momentum 3 (detail)

Momentum 3

2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

It Will Happen 8

2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

Rise 2 2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

It Will Happen 6

2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

Momentum 2 2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

It Will Happen 7 (detail)

It Will Happen 7

2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

It Will Happen 5

2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

Momentum 1 2018

monoprint, handmade cotton paper cast onto matrix of shattered glass (unique) 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm)

And Still I Rise 2018 mixed media

5 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (13.335 x 9.525 x 9.525 cm)

And Still I Rise

2017

confetti shards and mixed media

59 x 63 x 20 1/2 inches (149.86 x 160.2 x 52.07 cm)

Edition of 3, 1 A.P.

Shown in window on Forsyth May 4-August12, 2017

3 minute video

Music by MILCK video still

Bunny Burson: Rise (installation view)

Bunny Burson: Rise (installation view)

BUNNY BURSON

Lives and works in New York city and Aspen, Colorado

EDUCATION

Washington University in St. Louis, MFA in Printmaking and Drawing, St. Louis, MO 2005

Memphis College of Art, BFA in Printmaking and Drawing, Memphis, TN 1981

Tulane University, BA in French, New Orleans, LA 1970

Sorbonne, Art History, Paris, France 1968-69

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2018 Bruno David Gallery, Rise, St. Louis, MO

2017 Patton Malott Gallery, And Still I Rise, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO

2015 Zeitgeist Gallery, Hidden in Plain Sight, Nashville, TN

2015 Paton Malott Gallery, Traces, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO

2015 Bonsack Gallery, Why Is it, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO

2014 Bruno David Gallery, In Plain Sight, St. Louis, MO

2012 The Gallery, Bunny Burson, Leipzig, Germany

2012 Bruno David Gallery, Hidden in Plain Sight, St. Louis, MO (catalogue)

2008 Gallery 457, Consequences, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Bruno David Gallery, CONSEQUENCES, St. Louis, MO (catalogue)

2005 Des Lee Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, St. Louis, MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 OVERVIEW_2018, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2017 OVERVIEW_2017, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2016 Craft Alliance, Between the Lines, St. Louis, MO

Schema Projects, Tower of Babel, Brooklyn, NY /Israel/Italy

OVERVIEW_2016, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Sheldon Art Gallery St. Louis Printmakers, St. Louis, MO

2015 The Art Base, Between the Lines, Basalt, CO

Bruno David Gallery, AND / OR, St. Louis, MO (catalogue)

2014 Bruno David Gallery, OVERVIEW_2014, St Louis, MO

2013 Bruno David Gallery, Artworks, St Louis, MO

2012 Bruno David Gallery, BLUE-WHITE-RED, St Louis, MO

2011 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Points of Light, Snowmass Village, CO

Bruno David Gallery, SGC Print Show, St Louis, MO

Metropolitan Gallery, ART LAB: Work in Progress, St. Louis, MO

University Gallery, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

2009

Washington University School of Law, Women Printmakers, St. Louis, MO

2008 Bruno David Gallery, Overview_08, St. Louis, MO

516 Arts, Speak Out, Albuquerque, NM

B.A.G. Gallery, Politics of Power, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Bruno David Gallery, Overview, St. Louis, MO

University Galleries, Large Format Prints University of Texas, Louisiana State University, University of Wisconsin, Washington University in St. Louis,

2006

Bruno David Gallery, On Paper, St. Louis, MO

2005 Schiltkamp Gallery, Smaller is Better, Clark University Worcester, MA

2004

Bruno David Gallery, Rivulet, St. Louis, MO

St. Mary’s College Gallery, Group Show, Notre Dame, IN

Southern Illinois University Gallery, Group Show, Carbondale, IL

AWARDS

2010 Artist Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2013 Award for Distinction, Washington University Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art, St. Louis, MO

COLLECTIONS

Smith College, Neilson Library / Northampton, MA

Princeton University, Firestone Library / Princeton, NJ

Stanford University Libraries / Palo Alto, CA

United States Library of Congress / Washington, DC

Israel Museum / Jerusalem, Israel

St. Louis Art Museum / St. Louis, MO

St. Louis Holocaust Museum / St. Louis, MO

Washington University in St. Louis Special Collections/ St. Louis, MO

Washington University in St. Louis School of Law / St. Louis, MO

Temple Israel / Memphis, TN

Perez Art Museum Miami / Miami, FL

United States National Memorial Holocaust Museum / Washington, DC

Columbia University / New York, NY

Memphis Brooks Museum / Memphis, TN

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright / Washington, DC

Kranson Industries / St. Louis, MO

Federal Reserve Headquarters / Washington, DC

Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library / New York, NY

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ARTISTS

Laura Beard

Heather Bennett

Lisa K. Blatt

Michael Byron

Bunny Burson

Judy Child

Carmon Colangelo

Alex Couwenberg

Jill Downen

Yvette Drury Dubinsky

Damon Freed

Douglass Freed

Kelley Johnson

Howard Jones (Estate)

Chris Kahler

Xizi Liu

Kahlil Robert Irving

Bill Kohn (Estate)

Leslie Laskey

Yvonne Osei

Patricia Olynyk

Gary Passanise

Judy Pfaff

Charles P. Reay

Daniel Raedeke

Tom Reed

Frank Schwaiger

Charles Schwall

Christina Shmigel

Thomas Sleet

Shane Simmons

Buzz Spector

Cindy Tower

Monika Wulfers