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Burton Rein
Squares, circles, straight lines - geometrical patterns in the hands of the right artist are as powerful and liberating as the expansive and seemingly more random gestures of the action painters. In his geometric abstractions Burton Rein is continually experimenting with lines, circles, stripes, bands, squares etc. to create a pictorial language of shapes. By re-arranging the compositional parts he creates simple geometric patterns where the spatial relationships are enhanced by bold, vivid colors. With each new work Burton pushes forward, examining the infinite number of ways of placing them into non-illusionistic space –each new arrangement seems suggested by the previous one. The geometric and mathematical perfections we find in Nature have inspired so many artists to copy them to express their view of the world. While geometric abstractions appear to be ‘intellectual’,’ ordered’, and ‘harmonious’ and appeal to our sense of order and balance, it is abundantly clear that artists like Burton are as emotionally involved with the process of making such art as those artists who choose to work without boundaries. Thus the results, as you can see here, are just as moving and engaging. EDUCATION: Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, California, B.F.A., 1985 SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2010 Karpeles Museum, Santa Barbara, CA 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS: 2011 “Near and Far,” College of Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, CA, GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 (Jan-March) “27th Annual Intl Exhibition,” Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, Tyler, TX, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA) - Current. * None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist
breinb@roadrunner.com
www.burtonreinart.com
2011 "Gem," Los Angeles Art Association fundraiser, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2011Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project and Tour (various cities)
2011 "22nd Annual Juried Show" The Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
2011"Deep," Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2011 "Energy," Hotel Hadley Studios, Siler City, NC, July 15 - August 27, 2011
2011 "26th Tallahassee Intl Exhibition," Florida State Uni. Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2011 “Flag Stop 2011,” OCCCA Pod, South Bay Lexus, Torrance, CA
2011 “Repetition, Repetition, Repetition,” Gallery 117, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell, NM
( first place award in juried show.)
2010 "So Cal Open Regional Exhibit (SCORE)," Valley Institute of Visual Art, Sherman Oaks, CA
2010 "8th National Juried Art Exhibition," Rome Art Coterie, Rome, GA
2010 "Revisiting Beauty," Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
(Juried by Peter Frank, Senior Curator at Riverside Art Museum.)
2010 "Gateway to Imagination," Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
2010 "Work for a New Decade,'" Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
2010 "23rd September Competition," Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
"2010 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery – Juror Franklin Sirmans,
Curator of Contemporary Art at LACMA, and Ali Subotnick, Curator at Hammer Museum
2010 "7th Annual Intl Juried Exhibit," Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
2010 "WeHo@25," Temporary Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
(Juried by H. Fox, Curator Emeritus of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
2009 "Off the Wall," Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
2009 "Geometric Sequence," Caladan Gallaery, online juried exhibition
2009 "7th Annual Color: Bold/Subtle Juried Online Intl Art Exhibition," Upstream People Gallery
2009 "Buy the Running Foot," Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2009 "Holiday Art Exhibition," Asto Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) - Current.
