Direct print on aluminium, wood, acrylic paint, acrylic varnish, gilded steel leaves and flowers
30 x 34 x 6 cm
“In this work I wanted to capture the sense of melting away in an induced haze in the evening, stumbling upon a local bar in a place you’ve never been before and knowing you’ve found an oasis in the chaos. I feel like local homegrown social spaces, like small bars and cafes, are portals out of corporate capitalist reality. They are the fruiting body of the social network of the local community. They are where organic chance meetings happen. They can have an edge to them, but they always draw you in.”
Jack Burton (b.1988, Barry, South Wales) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. He is the studio assistant to Anselm Kiefer. His works can loosely be described as paintings, though they include a multi-media approach that includes both photography and collage. Influenced by movements such as pop, expressionism, abstract and street art, he merges each of these media within individual works to create an image where each jostles for primacy, and where the perceptions and expectations of each is also disrupted.
