9 May – 7 JUNE, 2009
HIGH LIVING
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday 9 May, 6-9pm
Crawl Space is pleased to present High Living, an exhibition of recent work by Seattle artist Buddy Bunting. In austere drawings, Bunting examines landscape and architecture by exploring the poignant realities and emotional resonance of place.
Guided by personal fascination and circumstance, Bunting’s intimate sketches and large works on paper are based on travels to remote areas of western United States. While no singular narrative is intended, the enduring forms discovered in these stark landscapes touch on themes of opportunity, limitation, transience, isolation and hope.
Featured in the exhibition is a minimalist drawing of the two rivers prison in Oregon installed on a thirty two foot wall constructed specifically for High Living.
Buddy Bunting’s work has been shown widely in Seattle including exhibitions at Soil Gallery, Consolidated Works, and Lawrimore Project, as well as, PS122 and Artists Space in New York. He has received grants from 4culture, Artist Trust, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
Download SCRAWL no.4 by Scott C. Davis (328 KB PDF)
Jen Graves’ review of the exhibition and podcast interview with Buddy Bunting