The New Jersey State Museum in Trenton presents a new exhibition in the New Jersey Artists Series, “Caroline Burton: Way Finding.”
The exhibition in the Riverside Gallery on the museum’s second floor and will be on view through March 31.
In her process-driven canvases, Jersey City-based artist Caroline Burton draws on architectural and agricultural forms, nature, and elements of chance for inspiration. Her often experimental painting practice includes the rejoining of torn canvas with thread, as well as the use of discarded afghan blankets and scarfs as matrices for printing directly on canvas.
According to Sarah Vogelman, assistant curator of fine art at the State Museum, “The unique and enigmatic patterns left behind by these handwoven knits capture the gestural traces of the original maker, whom Burton considers a silent collaborator. Each work is a delightful and unanticipated chance encounter between canvas, paint, and textile, between Burton and an unknown artistic partner.”
The exhibition features some of Burton’s most recent work, from 2020 to the present, including a series based on the mid-century architecture of the State Museum building.
General admission to the museum is free. For information visit www.statemuseum.nj.gov.
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