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The Village Voice
December 18th, 2007

Ernesto Burgos

With the raw energy of a turnstile jumper, Burgos uses fluorescent spray paint to create livid volume around flatly collaged pyramids on dark grounds. A strip of bright pink runs like neon through Ruin (2007), bisecting swathes of galumphing black and cloudy reds; a bulbous oasis in the middle of the painting is edged with colorful striping, like the awnings of some dilapidated café. Despite the spray- bomb effects, Burgos isn't making graffiti art— these are abstract paintings that burn the joint down and then reanimate the ashes.

Cynthia Broan, 546 W 29th, 212-760-0809. Through January 19.