“Simple Gifts” featured in “Hyperallergic”
SEFA Hudson’s exhibition Simple Gifts was recently featured in Hyperallergic’s “ 8 Shows to See in Upstate New York This August” by !
Our exhibition Simple Gifts is on view at our Hudson location July 5 – August 18, 2024 .
Rachel Burgess: Simple Gifts
As Georgia O’Keeffe put it: “Everyone has many associations with a flower.” Rachel Burgess takes this sentiment to heart with a contemporary pop-art edge, extolling flowers for their illustrious charms in a series of bold graphic works that border on abstract. Simple Gifts at Susan Eley Fine Art in Hudson brings together a series of recent large-scale monotypes of bouquets her husband, a New York Police Department detective, brought her from the late-night corner deli upon his midnight arrivals home. Over time, she began sketching these flowers, effectively capturing the loving kindness of this ritual in bright, bold prints. Works such as “Peonies” (all works 2024) and “Tulips IV” are more stoic presentations, while “Bud Vase VI (Wedding Present)” appears to morph into a more esoteric image of flowers as portals to universal intelligence.
