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In Conversation: Robert Gober on Charles Burchfield

Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo Mar 4 2010
by Ashley Johnson
Charles Burchfield <I>Autumnal Fantasy</I> 1916–44 Charles Burchfield Autumnal Fantasy 1916–44

Charles Burchfield <I>Autumnal Fantasy</I> 1916–44

The late American watercolourist Charles Burchfield, who reached peaks of success in the 1930s and 1960s, isn’t a figure who comes up often in contemporary-art conversation. But all that’s changing with “Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield,” a career survey co-curated by acclaimed artist Robert Gober. With “Heat Waves” currently on at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo to May 23 (its next stop will be the Whitney in New York) critic Ashley Johnson sits down for a face-to-face chat with Gober about regionalism, realism and creative forms of reinvention. (Running time 12 min 24 sec)

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Artist and “Heat Waves: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield” co-curator Robert Gober / photo © Catherine Opie

Artist and “Heat Waves: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield” co-curator Robert Gober / photo © Catherine Opie

Charles Burchfield <I>The Four Seasons</I> 1949–60

Charles Burchfield The Four Seasons 1949–60

This article was first published online on March 18, 2010.

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