The Back of the Moon, Murray State University, Murray, KY

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Caroline Burton’s practice is process-driven and draws on minimalism, her Finnish heritage, 

architectural forms, land formations, and the effects of accidents in life and art. Her current series came about as she searched for an alternate way to create abstract marks and forms. Afghans, with their 

individual histories, handmade by caring strangers, landed in thrift stores she peruses. Working on the floor, she uses them as printing tools to create grid-like patterns and gestural traces. The Afghan, her collaborator in dialogue with the painted surface, resists any preconceived vision. Performance is at play as she walks on and stretches her body over the afghans and canvas, building layers, and allowing the personal to merge with the formal.

 

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