Obey the Moon, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

The exhibition title, Obey the Moon, comes from the phrase “forbid the sea for to obey the moon,“ a Shakespearean idiom from The Winter’s Tale interpreted as meaning it is impossible or pointless to try and stop something that is a natural and inevitable occurrence. During the process of creating, there are points where the work takes over, and seems to finish itself. Over time Burton has learned to trust this intuitive process, which embraces and obeys inherent mistakes, rather than attempt to fix or force her will onto them. 

 

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