THE GREY DOG/AMOS LEMON BURKHART
90 UNIVERSITY PLACE
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AMOS LEMON BURKHART
Amos Lemon Burkhart was a driven young artist who created hundreds of paintings, works on paper, digital art and animations between the ages of 15 and 19. He died tragically at 19, drowning in an accident fueled by a combination of Xanax and alcohol.
He briefly studied life drawing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and experimental animation at CalArts, as well as in high school art classes. In his own studio in a barn, Lemon restlessly worked to understand and express his own turbulent interior life in images, text, sound and motion
The complexities of emotional lability, anxiety, and trauma, questions about love, sex and gender identity, and issues around substance use and abuse are revealed in complex, layered images. A ceaseless observer of the quirks and oddities of the human race, Lemon’s wit, humor, and despair are all right there in his work - if you look closely enough.
The opportunity to share his unique and colorful style on the streets of the city he loved is an honor and a privilege. Amos loved nothing more than the dogs, and the coffee shops, of Greenwich Village.
