Artist Information:
Madeleine Burt
nottingham,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Oct 2008
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Artist Statement:
My work is to do with the
relationships we keep and the
relationships we break.
There is a common
misconception that lobsters
pair for life, and so have
become symbolic of a
committed, life-long
relationship with an ideal
partner. The reality that they
don’t has meant that their
symbolism can be used to
signify human relationships:
the distress of losing
relationships; of being caught
within them; the misplaced
ambitions or perceptions we
have of others; the unspoken
trust we place with others,
that may or may not be
honoured.
Throughout the work there are
various themes that continue.
The idea of wrapping the
lobster suggests
mummification. Preservation,
ceremony and ritual are
implicit, as are suffocation,
restriction and the history of
binding.
The image of the scarab for
the Ancient Egyptians
signified renewal,
resurrection and
transformation. Scarab amulets
were placed over the heart of
the mummified dead to keep it
from confessing the sins
during its interrogation in
the Weighing of the Heart
ceremony at Judgement Day. The
heart itself, rather than the
brain, was considered to be
the intelligent organ.
Barn owls eat their prey
whole, digest what goodness
they can, and cough up the
matter they can’...
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Artist Exhibitions:
The Wirksworth Arts Festival,
Derbyshire, UK
Sept 2005
The Sir John Borlase-Warren,
Nottingham, UK
Selected work shown throughout
2005
The City Gallery, Leicester,
UK
Nov – Jan 2004
Fifteenth Open Exhibition
Nottingham Castle Exhibition,
Nottingham, UK
Nov – Dec 2003
Annual Open Art Exhibition
Christie’s, London, UK
March 2002
Art ...
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Madeleine Burt's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Madeleine Burt's Portfolio.
My work is to do with the relationships we keep and the relationships we break.
There is a common misconception that lobsters pair for life, and so have become symbolic of a committed, life-long relationship with an ideal partner. The reality that they don’t has meant that their symbolism can be used to signify human relationships: the distress of losing relationships; of being caught within them; the misplaced ambitions or perceptions we have of others; the unspoken trust we place with others, that may or may not be honoured.
Throughout the work there are various themes that continue. The idea of wrapping the lobster suggests mummification. Preservation, ceremony and ritual are implicit, as are suffocation, restriction and the history of binding.
The image of the scarab for the Ancient Egyptians signified renewal, resurrection and transformation. Scarab amulets were placed over the heart of the mummified dead to keep it from confessing the sins during its interrogation in the Weighing of the Heart ceremony at Judgement Day. The heart itself, rather than the brain, was considered to be the intelligent organ.
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