Ray L. Burggraf | |
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 Ray L. Burggraf at his studio in Tallahassee.
(In the background: Jungle Botanical, 2013) | |
| Born | Ray Lowell Burggraf July 26, 1938 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ashland University. |
| Known for | Painter |
| Spouse | Dr. Shirley P. Burggraf[1] |
Ray L. Burggraf (born 1938) is an artist, color theorist, and Emeritus Professor of Fine Arts at Florida State University.[2] According to Roald Nasgaard, Burggraf's paintings exhibit "visual excitation...pulsating patterns, vibrating after-images, weird illusionistic spaces, multifocal opticality, executed with knife-edge precision...crisp and elegant and radiant with light." From a historical perspective, Burggraf's work is "nature evocative...reach[ing] back to the modernist landscape tradition of the Impressionists and of Neo-impressionists like Seurat, who, in the late-nineteenth century immersed themselves in the color theories of Chevreul and Rood" (Roald Nasgaard; former Chief Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario, 2006).[3]
Using acrylic paint and wood—and sometimes Plexiglas and UV light—Burggraf frequently calls his paintings "color constructions",[4][5] and they have been exhibited in the United States, Sweden, and Korea.[6][7][8][9]
In 1981, Burggraf became a founding member of the non-profit 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, FL, and served as its first President. In 2004, Burggraf collaborated with two other Florida State University faculty members in the creation of an exhibition called, A Mysterious Clarity. The show debuted at the 621 Gallery,[10] and by popular demand, evolved into a traveling exhibition. It has been viewed by the public in at least nine different museums and galleries, including the Brevard Art Museum of Melbourne, FL.[11][12][13][14] Ray Burggraf's work demonstrates an extreme attention to technique, and has brought the role of environmentally-focused artwork to the forefront of debate among scholars (as reviewed by Kang, J.'s 2010 doctoral dissertation).[15]
- ^ Burggraf, Shirley P., "The Feminine Economy and Economic Man", Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, New York, 1997, ISBN 978-0201479614
- ^ Orlando Sentinel, Judges Have Extensive Art Backgrounds, March 6, 1988, (http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-03-06/features/0020280038_1_degree-in-fine-art-festival-fine-arts)
- ^ Nasgaard, Roald, Ray Burggraf: Retrospective, Publisher: Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL, January 1, 2006, ASIN: B005KDHE06
- ^ Broward College Alumni Network, Ray Burggraf - Wide Open Spaces: Paintings, Drawings, Color Constructions, Accessed March 2013, (http://alumni.broward.edu/event/id/131299/Ray-Burggraf---Wide-Open-Spaces-Paintings-Drawings-Color-Constructions.htm#)
- ^ Valdosta State University News, Artists of Railroad Square: Multi-media Invitational Exhibition, February 8, 2012 (http://www.valdosta.edu/about/news/releases/2012/02/railroadsquare-020912.php)
- ^ Tallahassee Democrat, Best Bets: From Creepy Art to Zombie-Prom, Oct. 2011, (http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20111014/ENT/110140308/Best-bets-From-creepy-art-Zombie-Prom-)
- ^ Tallahassee/Leon County Council on Arts & Culture, (http://www.cocanet.org/artistdirectory/painting-oilacrylic/10839217)
- ^ 2002 Flag Art Festival: Poetry of the Winds, FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, Publisher: Department of World Cup Cultural Affairs, 2002; 295 pages (https://books.google.com/books/about/2002_Flag_Art_Festival.html?id=SnxNHQAACAAJ).
- ^ SVAD News, SVAD Faculty, Art, Pg. 3, Fall 2002, Accessed March 2013, ("Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-03-28. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)) - ^ 621 Gallery, Archive, 2004, A Mysterious Clarity (http://www.621gallery.org/exhibitionsevents/archive/2004.html) Accessed March 2013.
- ^ Melbourne Arts and Entertainment News, Mysterious Clarity, Accessed March 2013, (http://www.americantowns.com/fl/melbourne/news/mysterious-clarity-116961)
- ^ Brevard Cultural Alliance, (http://www.artsbrevard.org/calendar.html?task=view&vmode=e&viewid=16&eid=4280)
- ^ "Tampa Bay Times", Opposites Naturally Attract, Jacobs, L., 2008 (http://www.tampabay.com/features/visualarts/opposites-naturally-attract/503784)
- ^ Art Department at Sam Houston State University, 2006, (http://www.shsu.edu/~gallery/pastexhibition.html)
- ^ Kang, J., 2010 Dissertation, Florida State University, "How Four North Florida Artists Address Environmental Issues In Their Art with Implications for Art Education" (http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2752&context=etd)