Artifact, 2022
David Burdeny: back to Artist
Artist Statement
“Photographed in Tokyo and Kyoto during the fall of 2022, Artifact is presented as a catalogue of figure ground studies. Individual buildings have been digitally extracted and superfluous details have been removed and recomposed over a field of colour. Buildings in Tokyo often stand isolated by scale, purpose, and aesthetics – indifferent to their surroundings but proud of where they are. Gas stations exist next to temples, while old wooden houses sit between new concrete hotels. In the context of my previous work, here it is less about making a conventional image and more about addressing what we are seeing and how we see it. They have become reverse architectural drawings and in a way, more intimate and closer in experience.”
Artist Biography
David Burdeny initiated his career with the Jennifer Kostuik Gallery in 2001 and has been exhibiting his images from the world over, including Antarctica, Iceland, Brazil, China, Burma, Cambodia, France, Italy, Canada and the USA. Known for his finely composed photographs, Burdeny has spent the past 25 years exploring a variegated photographic Landscape ranging from minimal seascapes, ornate European interiors to abstract aerial images. Widely collected in Canada, the USA, Asia and Europe, the sheer beauty of David’s images has firmly placed him within the realm of Canada’s most sought after photo-based artists. Burdeny has an innate curiosity for new subjects and themes, producing over 20 themed photographic series. Be it mounting a camera beneath a self-built drone, shooting from the deck of an Antarctic bound icebreaker, or waiting for an ocean tide to advance, he faithfully embeds his own formal signature into each and every image, further expressing a life long passion for the built environment and the camera’s interpretation of it.
David Burdeny’s Masters in Architecture and Interior Design background combined with his upbringing in the vast Canadian prairies provides the template for his keen technical ability, enduring patience and minimalist aesthetic.
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