{"id":15746,"date":"2025-08-20T12:11:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=15746"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:11:32","slug":"avital-burg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/avital-burg\/","title":{"rendered":"Avital Burg"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4187\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15746-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/AvitalBurg.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/AvitalBurg.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/AvitalBurg.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15792\" style=\"width: 309px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15792\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701.jpeg?resize=309%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?resize=1920%2C1281&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1701-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The artist photographed by Geoffrey Biddle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fridmangallery.com\/2025\/04\/18\/exhibitions-avital-burg-cracks-in-the-pavement-05-07-06-07-25\/\">Avital Burg<\/a> studied at Bezalel Academy, the Hatahana School, the Slade School of Art, and the New York Studio School. Burg was the artist-in-residence at the Interlude Residency, NY, and the Peleh Residency, CA. Her works are in prominent collections, including the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collection (NY), and the Bank Leumi Art Collection.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Burg\u2019s impasto paintings incorporate dry paint pieces from her palette into fresh layers, creating surfaces reminiscent of low-relief sculptures. Some canvases are painted over three or four previous works, signifying how each moment of creation encapsulates multiple points in time. The oil on canvas grows lush with life, prompting Burg to reflect on the impermanence of material existence and inviting guests into a rhythmic and meditative form of viewing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">Cracks in the Pavement offers a glimpse into nature\u2019s quiet cycles and beauty, often lost in the urban thrum of New York City. In Burg\u2019s newest paintings, blue chicories push through the earth, wildflowers bloom in winter, then wither\u2014making way for spring\u2019s pink and lavender buds. The inevitability of impermanence is layered onto the canvas, with each painting titled after the street where the artist encountered the flower during walks to and from her Brooklyn studio.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15787\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15787\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?resize=696%2C829&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?resize=860%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 860w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?resize=252%2C300&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?resize=768%2C914&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?resize=1290%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?resize=696%2C829&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?resize=1068%2C1271&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?w=1512&amp;ssl=1 1512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Harlemville-Road-Purple-Loosestrife-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Galleryjpg.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Avital Burg, Harlemville Road Purple Loosestrife, 2024, Oil on linen mounted on wood, 10 x 8 in. Image courtesy of the Artist and Fridman Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15788\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15788\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Summer-Crown-Heights-Flowers-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8.5-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?resize=696%2C778&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Summer-Crown-Heights-Flowers-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8.5-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?resize=916%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 916w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Summer-Crown-Heights-Flowers-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8.5-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?resize=269%2C300&amp;ssl=1 269w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Summer-Crown-Heights-Flowers-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8.5-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?resize=768%2C858&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Summer-Crown-Heights-Flowers-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8.5-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?resize=1375%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Summer-Crown-Heights-Flowers-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8.5-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?resize=696%2C778&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Summer-Crown-Heights-Flowers-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8.5-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?resize=1068%2C1193&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-Summer-Crown-Heights-Flowers-2024-Oil-on-linen-mounted-on-wood-10-x-8.5-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?w=1611&amp;ssl=1 1611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Avital Burg, Summer Crown Heights Flowers, 2024, Oil on linen mounted on wood, 10 x 8.5 in. Image courtesy of the Artist and Fridman Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15789\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15789\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery.jpg?resize=696%2C793&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?resize=899%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 899w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?resize=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C875&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?resize=1349%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1349w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?resize=1798%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1798w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C793&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1216&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2187&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Avital-Burg-TJ-Hyacinth-Week-35-2023-Oil-on-linen-30-x-26-in._Image-courtesy-of-the-Artist-and-Fridman-Gallery-scaled.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Avital Burg, TJ Hyacinth (Week 35), 2023, Oil on linen, 30 x 26 in. Image courtesy of the Artist and Fridman Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2025\/AvitalBurg.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Avital Burg studied at Bezalel Academy, the Hatahana School, the Slade School of Art, and the New York Studio School. Burg was the artist-in-residence at the Interlude Residency, NY, and the Peleh Residency, CA. 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