Bert Green Fine Art
presents
Man Bartlett, 20210129, Ink on paper, 5 x 7”, 2021
Man Bartlett
At a Certain Point (New Drawings)
Happy Returns, Fit For Porpoise, 3D printed sculpture with embedded video, 1/1, 8.5 x 11”, 2021
In the Project Room:
Happy Returns
(Tom Burtonwood and Cody Norman)
Counterpoise [Fish out of Water]
January 15 - February 25, 2022
Opening Reception
Saturday January 15, 2-5 pm
Open House style opening. No reservations required.
Masks are required to enter the building and the gallery, and visitors must show
proof of vaccination, as per City of Chicago ordinance: Vaccination card or photocopy,
digital QR code record or app or printed record from vaccine provider.
Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620
Chicago IL 60603 USA
+1 312-434-7544
Gallery Hours
Fridays and Saturdays 12-4 pm or by appointment Monday - Saturday. Free Admission.
Press Release
PDF download available from the gallery home page
High-resolution images and full exhibition preview
available upon request.
Bert Green Fine Art is pleased to present our fourth solo exhibition by New York-based artist Man Bartlett, and our second show featuring Chicago artist Tom Burtonwood in a new collaboration with Cody Norman titled “Happy Returns.”
Man Bartlett's practice is a mixture of traditional media, digital media, and performance, all of which emphasize the philosophical difference between perceptual knowledge and reality and how this manifests in the interaction of technology and culture. Bartlett is concerned with action and repetition and "the manipulation of the relationship of a medium to itself." “At a Certain Point” is a series of new ink and graphite drawings, in a return to an analog approach as a respite from the relentless march of technology in an era of tremendous upheaval.
Happy Returns is a collaborative partnership between Tom Burtonwood and Cody Norman which attempts to redefine the historic tension between the handmade and the industrially produced object. Both artists are adept at cutting edge technologies in 3D printing, robotics, and programming; and here they use these mass production technologies to create one of a kind objects with a nod to historic precedents. Happy Returns is both a play on “returning” or recycling physical materials such as plastic or paper and on “returning” code for controlling robots and similar tools.
All gallery events are free and open to the public. Additional information found at the gallery website at http://bgfa.us. Please forward to any interested parties.
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