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Andy Burgess, Staring at Walls

Staring at Walls

“The absence of recognizable subject matter in a painting allows the painting itself to be the subject matter, and an old wall, in a quiet alleyway, underpass or on the side of a crumbling building, is its own theme. A picture of a wall may well be a ‘picture of nothing,’ but on that nothing lies all sorts of curious human contemplation and reflection…” - Andy Burgess

Staring at Walls
An Urban Taxonomy: Book 1
by Andy Burgess

“The absence of recognizable subject matter in a painting allows the painting itself to be the subject matter, and an old wall, in a quiet alleyway, underpass or on the side of a crumbling building, is its own theme. A picture of a wall may well be a ‘picture of nothing,’ but on that nothing lies all sorts of curious human contemplation and reflection…”
- Andy Burgess

Staring at Walls consists of 64 color images displayed in a clean, minimalistic fashion, combined in a soft-bound volume. The first printing consists of 150 copies in total, including 100 trade copies and 50 collectors editions. The collectors edition comes with a signed and numbered archival pigment print.

 

“You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at...
The wall of a museum, a canvas, a piece of film, or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something, that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.”

-Edward Steichen