Caedron Burchfield and Chase Chivers "Work and Painting"
Ed. Varie
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Ed. Varie presents Work and Painting, an exhibition of painting, drawing, and sculpture with artists Caedron Burchfield and Chase Chivers.
Burchfield and Chivers met through skateboarding and school in Reno, Nevada. Both transplanted to New York, now share an art studio built into the backyard landscape of an apartment building in Bushwick. Working as sign painters and framers, the lines are blurred between artist and artisan, the distinction between what is work, and what is habit; what is painting for work, and what is painting for one’s own artistic practice, becomes convoluted.
For the exhibition Work and Painting, Burchfield and Chivers have composed artwork collaboratively, deconstructing the concept of ownership. By building layers on top of the other’s composition, enhancing, augmenting, and eliminating, they surpass the limits of one’s own views, forging a whole new reality and artistic platform. The found objects presented in their work come from a meticulous collection of various items exposing daily habits, creating an abstract record; not only of their own lives but also in the lives of others, past friends, and acquaintances.
Caedron Burchfield was born in Portland, Oregon in 1981, and raised in the Nevada desert in and around Carson City. He earned a B.A. in Fine Art at the University of Nevada, Reno and now resides in New York City. Chase Chivers, born in Boise, Idaho, in 1983, was also raised in the high desert. Chivers is a self taught painter and photographer and is currently based in New York.
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Schedule
from December 06, 2012 to January 06, 2013
Opening Reception on 2012-12-06 from 18:00 to 21:00