Semi-final Selection (blue) by Luke Burton

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Luke Burton has an ongoing interest in how symbolism operates across decorative visual culture and questions the relationship between craft, ornament and fine art in relation to taste, objecthood and materiality within painting.

These paintings elevate the humble football to an object of classical beauty. They are direct, joyous celebrations of colour, shape and form, placing footballs shoulder to shoulder with vases of flowers and the elaborate plumage of a peacock.

150 cm x 120 cm

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2022

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Luke Burton has an ongoing interest in how symbolism operates across decorative visual culture and questions the relationship between craft, ornament and fine art in relation to taste, objecthood and materiality within painting.

These paintings elevate the humble football to an object of classical beauty. They are direct, joyous celebrations of colour, shape and form, placing footballs shoulder to shoulder with vases of flowers and the elaborate plumage of a peacock.

150 cm x 120 cm

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2022

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Luke Burton (b.1983) lives and works in London. He has an ongoing interest in how symbolism operates across decorative visual culture and questions the relationship between craft, ornament and fine art in relation to taste, objecthood and materiality within painting.

These new paintings, exhibited at OOF Gallery in 2022, elevate the humble football to an object of classical beauty. They are direct, joyous celebrations of colour, shape and form, placing footballs shoulder to shoulder with vases of flowers and the elaborate plumage of a peacock.