The Cycle (2013)
“Burke presents her art as a process of encounter and discovery, while championing freedom of expression, humour and provocation.” (1)
This work was purchased for the Golden Thread Gallery Collection with support from the Ampersand Foundation.
The three figures evoke 'the three ages of man', often an element of Renaissance art
Ursula Burke
Artist Ursula Burke uses a variety of media including embroidery, sculpture, porcelain sculpture and drawing. Her works feature in the collections of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Museum and the Office of Public Works, Ireland. She is particularly interested in re-appropriating art historical tropes relative to particular periods in art history such as the Classical and the Baroque. Much of her Fine Art practice deals with issues of Representation and Identity within contemporary Ireland.
She was awarded the Arts Council of Northern Ireland British School at Rome Fellowship in 2014. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including SCOPE New York Art Fair 2015,2014, 2013 & 2012; Ex Elettrofonica Gallery Rome 2015; Transition Gallery-London 2015; Art of the Troubles, The Ulster Museum Belfast, 2014; Arafudo Art Annual, Fukushima, Japan 2014; March & June Mostra, British School at Rome, 2014; Spazi Aperti, Romanian Academy, Rome, 2014; Hope for a Better Past, The MAC, Belfast, 2013 & Instances of Agreement, Kao Yuan Art Centre, Taiwan, 2011
(1) Dr Slavka Sverakova https://slavkasverakova.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/ursula-burke/
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