Current Exhibition

Ellen Burnett
“The Measure of Our Reality” 

Tuesday, June 17 – Saturday, July 12, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 19, 6-8 PM
Closing Reception: Saturday, July 12, 4-6 PM

Chelsea, New York:  Viridian Artists Gallery is pleased to present “The Measure of Our Reality,” an exhibition of works by artist Ellen Burnett.  The show opens Tuesday, June 17 and continues through Saturday, July 12 with an Opening Reception Thursday, June 19 from 6 to 8pm.  A Closing Reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, July 12 between the hours of 4 and 6pm.

“The Measure of Our Reality”
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The Measure of Our Reality 

Things are not always what they seem. 
Where does the truth lie?
And in whose reality
do we measure our sense of what is right?

That which we thought was secure, dissolves as we breathe.
There are demons among us.
Unkind. Noisy.

I am shattered. We are scattered. 

And the Demons return.
Dreams are unsatisfactory
Echoes of the ancestors 
Retelling the nightmares.

It depends on your POV
Or the time of day 
Or your time in life
What stories you tell, what version of reality you live.

The pieces in this show

are narrative works, emerging both from 
the dreamworld and 
the daily muddle.
What we see we wish for 
amidst
Recurrent thoughts of running away.

The pieces in this show
are narrative works, and the stories they tell 
vary from viewer to viewer.
How you see what you see differs depending on where you stand.

The pieces in this show
reflect the obtuseness and the optimism of living as if 
we all have world enough, and time.

–Ellen Burnett

Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12-6PM

For further information please contact Vernita Nemec, Gallery Director at 212 414 4040 or viridianartistsinc@gmail.com

or view the gallery website: www.viridianartists.com or instagram @viridian artists