2017 / primary exhibition
Robert Burley
Robert Burley has spent his career as an artist working in photo-based media exploring the relationship between nature and the city, architecture, and the urban landscape. His multi-year projects are realized in numerous forms including public installations, exhibitions, and books. In 2014, he worked with The Image Centre (IMC) to produce the international traveling show The Disappearance of Darkness, with an accompanying monograph published by Princeton Architectural Press. Works from this series were also featured as public installations at MOCCA, Toronto (2008) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal (2009). More recently Burley has completed two books on the presence of nature in the city: Enduring Wilderness (ECW Press 2017) and Accidental Wilderness (UTPress 2020). He lives and works in Toronto and is represented by the Stephen Bulger Gallery.
From the Archives
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2016 / primary exhibition
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2009 / open exhibition / exhibition
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2023 / core / outdoor
Robert Burley
The Last Day of WorkKnown for his inspiring colour vistas of urban architecture and landscape, Canadian photographer Robert Burley revisits the demise of analogue photography, as well as its recent resurgence. Presented on the façade of the Mount Dennis Library and adjacent billboards, this project speaks to the significant role and history of the Eastman Kodak Company in this neighbourhood, as well as the larger global photographic industry.