Burgess Modern + Contemporary is proud to showcase work by contemporary painter David Salle. Salle’s OverUnder is a colorful portfolio displaying a stylized tree that vertically bisects the picture plane. A glum man in black and white striped clothes appears to have stopped a woman wearing a white bikini and dark sunglasses. Salle creates a screwball Garden of Eden replete with canonical symbolism and implied moral conflicts. The juxtaposed protagonists are inspired by the wo

Alex Katz is an American painter renowned for his large-scale depictions of flowers, landscapes, and portraits. Katz’s flat planes, simplification of detail, and alla-prima paint application, are trademarks of his work. This piece, Azaleas on Yellow, showcases Katz’s smooth aesthetic. He is able to utilize wide brushstrokes with large swathes of rich color to refine his compositions and produce stunning work. Katz’s artworks are what art historian Robert Storr has called “a n

Today we celebrate the birth of the world’s best-known Surrealist artist, Salvador Dali. Dali was born May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. He was an intelligent and creative child who displayed notable artistic abilities. Dali would go on to study art in Madrid and Barcelona where he assimilated a vast number of artistic styles. It was not until the late 1920s, however, that two events brought about the development of Dali’s mature artistic style: his discovery of Sigmund Freud’

Burgess Modern and Contemporary is proud to showcase new detailed shots of the legendary Marilyn Monroe by mixed media master Miss Bugs. Miss Bugs produces imagery made up of various iconic artworks composed into highly coveted, technicoloured screen prints that are vivid, eye-catching and mystical. These artworks are time consuming and labor intensive, however, the final product always results in a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. To learn more about works by Miss Bugs please cont