EDWIN BURDIS

Since early 2000 Edwin Burdis (alias Laliq) has contributed to the London scene in particular and to the international music and art world in various artistic personas:

As composer and music stage performer he collaborated in groundbreaking art and experimental pop music bands, exploring a unique and extravagant fusion between art, music and subcultural indexes. A highly idiosyncratic style marks Burdis’ recent art practice where he materializes related iconographies in sculptures, drawings and collages.

These works are of a peculiar psycho-sexual drive. At times reminiscent of the cartoon-like surreal compositions of Caroll Dunham and the tender boldness of Philip Guston’s figures, Burdis creates characters with disjointed phallic and female forms, a cryptic libidinal world of comicly aggressive mutation. Burdis’ pop-infused work - as biographical as universal – speaks an ill-potent language of narrative punch, intrigue and metaphorical resemblances.

Recently Burdis focuses on performance work, presenting specific cultural narratives and his contemporary ‘batchelor machines’ with elements such as recited text, experimental sound editing, live percussion and staged drawing acts.