Auction 762, Lot # 54

JACK BURTON
(Gales, Reino Unido, 1988 - )
Proposal for the Museum of Greek Erotica
Firmada y fechada 2014 al reverso
Impresión digital en papel fotografico 1 / 5

(Wales, United Kingdom, 1988 - )
Proposal for the Museum of Greek Erotica
Signed and dated 2014 on the reverse
Archival pigment print 1 / 5

"With work that is acceptant rather than critical of the vocabulary and aesthetics of the predominant visual culture, shaped by the age of the internet, advertising and the media, Burton enhances the sense of familiarity evoked by the subject-matter of his work; a familiarity that is undermined by the obvious, rather crude editing of the photographs and the unnatural hues, which render them strange and invite a close inspection in order for them to be deciphered. Through disrupting these images, both formally, by obscuring the normal structure of the photographic image, and conceptually, Burton slows down the viewing process, allowing for the works to be contemplated and visually enjoyed, a process that stands in contrast to the speed of consumption associated with the saturation of images of the present".
- On the Elika Gallery website

50 x 33.3 cm
Estimado $12,000-20,000