Dennis Burton: Word Magic – Toronto 1970’s

Algoma #2, 1977, acrylic on canvas, 47” x 61″

 

June 25 – August 31, 2011
CHRISTOPHER CUTTS GALLERY
21 Morrow Avenue,
Toronto ON. M6R 2H9
T: 416 532 5566
info@cuttsgallery.com
www.cuttsgallery.com
Hours: Tues – Sat. 11-6, until Saturday July 30th
by appointment only August 1 – 31, 2011

“The paintings in this show remind me of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns’ work except Burton’s are more text based. They share an anomalous position in my mind as not quite ‘Pop Art’ yet vital in their Dadaistic ‘clawing back’ meaning from the excesses of Abstract Expressionist theory. Burton’s words have a humanity that reaches out, as in his painting Six Questions, which ends in an expression of love for … perhaps the viewer. In Stripe Streak he plays with meaning and action ironically. The self-importance of post painterly abstraction is gently and humorously debunked.”, wrote Ashley Johnson in his article (www.artoronto.ca features).

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *