Lucinda Burgess's Morphosis opens at Bartha Contemporary

Bartha Contemporary is presenting Morphosis, a new exhibition by British artist Lucinda Burgess, on view from April 9th to May 3rd. The exhibition brings together new works developed during a recent residency at the Albers Foundation on the Atlantic coast of Ireland. Morphosis centres on processes of material change, erosion, and preservation. Working across paper, found materials, and wood, Burgess explores how colour and surface are shaped by environmental exposure, time, and chance. Seawater, salt, humidity, and light function as active agents within the work, registering transformation rather than fixed form. A key work in the exhibition, India Red 192 – Dissolution, consists of seven vertical strips of dark brick-red paper submerged in seawater. Salt residues remain embedded in the paper fibres, leaving crystalline traces that record immersion and gradual decay. The work is framed with archival silica to stabilise these fragile deposits, highlighting the tension between disso