Originating in the single moment when light is cast into space, each work embodies the subtle, nuanced, and fleeting affects of light. Visual noise is carefully monitored and regular negotiations are made between discipline and chance. With a subtle self-reflexivity that nods gently toward its own internal order, the work conveys everything from leakage to infinity. Light is treated as both subject matter and material for art-making; it is given the chance to resolutely perform its numerous roles as reflector and absorber of opacity and translucence. Verburg's deceptively minimalist aesthetic eulogizes the ephemeral so that we will become fully absorbed, offering ourselves up to the cascading tonal gradients, deep pigment planes, and emotive human geometries of the non-representational.
- Alex Bowron, When Light Becomes Form: The Work of Jim Verburg
Untitled (black, from the series reflected/repeated
- light becomes form, the horizon rests into view)
2015. Oil based ink painted on frosted mylar.
20 x 25 inches unframed.
Untitled (black, from the series reflected/repeated
- light becomes form, the horizon rests into view)
2015. Oil based ink painted on frosted mylar.
20 x 25 inches unframed.
Untitled (black, from the series reflected/repeated
- light becomes form, the horizon rests into view)
2015. Oil based ink painted on frosted mylar.
20 x 25 inches unframed.
Untitled (black, from the series reflected/repeated
- light becomes form, the horizon rests into view)
2015. Oil based ink painted on frosted mylar.
20 x 25 inches unframed.
Untitled (black, from the series reflected/repeated
- light becomes form, the horizon rests into view)
2015. Oil based ink painted on frosted mylar.
24 x 35 inches unframed.