Charles Burchfield Exhibit

by kevin.sanichara

The Charles Burchfield exhibit was something I don’t think I’ll forget for my time in college. it was the first field trip I went to as a class in college. That in itself was an experience. As for the exhibit it was very funky and subliminal I would say. We first begin off looking at scripts and smaller drawings that burrchfield drew. I didn’t think much of it, but some did look freaky. The thing that shocked me was later iun the exhghibit. i learned why Burchield was famous and a genius to many. He used those smaller drawings in his bugger works and hid then in there to make shapes. those shapes had symbolic meaning to it. For starters a triangle on top a building meant fear and certain faces were placed in his masterpieces displaying emotions and moods he wanted the observor to feel. Some of his influences were hatred, death, life/birth of nature, the iundustrial revolution, technology, and heaven. What I learned from this is that it is great to see how Burchfield always changed his topic to create and as his life progressed how he was influenced to draw whatever he drew.