Robert Burley

Toronto | Canada

Projects

  • Disappearance of Darkness 2006
  • Great Lakes 2004
  • Instruments of Faith 2003
  • House-Home 1999
  • Viewing Olmsted 1996
  • Glenn Gould 1990
  • Viewpoints 1989
  • ORD 1986
  • Don Valley 1981
  • Stages 1980

Viewpoints 1989

Viewpoints:100 Years of Architecture in Ontario presents a series of building projects that were selected to provide an overview of a century of architectural history in the province. The final exhibition and publication was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Ontario Association of Architects.  I along with two other photographers, Steven Evans and Andre Beneteau, photographed a total of 35 projects that were selected by curator/architect Ruth Cawker.  This exhibition was not meant to be a historical survey but rather a presentation of significant projects built during the first 100 years of the OAA’s existence.  The project was organized into the five thematic sections that included: Mainstreet, Public Visions, Space of Industry, Domestic Realm and Ritual Space covering both historical and contemporary building projects. The exhibition opened at the Agnes Etherington Centre in Kingston, Ontario in May of 1989 and was circulated to other venues in Toronto, London, Windsor, Kitchener, Burlington and Thunder Bay until 1991. 

About

Robert Burley is an established artist who has been photographing for over twenty years.  His work explores the relationship between nature and cities, architecture and the urban landscape. His photographs have been extensively published, exhibited and collected on an international level. Robert currently teaches at Ryerson University’s School of Image Arts in Toronto, Canada. …

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Exhibitions

  • Mar 20 2010 - Jun 18 2010Persistent Shadow: Considering the Photographic Negative
  • Dec 6 2009 - Apr 11 2010Art Gallery of Hamilton: Robert Burley, Patterson Ewen, Ron Martin
  • Sep 10 2009 - Oct 19 2009Photographic Proof: Public Installation for Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
  • Sep 10 2009 - Nov 15 2009Disappearance of Darkness at the Canadian Centre for Architecture
  • Sep 9 2009 - Jan 17 2010Beautiful Fictions: Photography at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Publications

The Spaces of the Image
The Death of Photography
Viewing Olmsted
O’Hare: Airport on the Prairie
Carte Blanche
Viewpoints

Articles

Things of Desire, Photographic Proof (2009)
the Photo is Dead - Taylor 2008
Portfolio - PREFIX
Photography Drive - Bozikovic 2007
Disappearing Art/Mecurio
Instruments of Faith - J. Dault 2005
Great Lakes - Dault 2006
House/Home - Bridgman 1999
Viewing Olmsted - Kozloff 1996

Contact

    info@bulgergallery.com
    robert@robertburley.com

Links

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Stephen Bulger Gallery
Toronto’s First Synagogues
Canadian Art Database
School of Image Arts