Art Palma Contemporani Preview

Last September, on the occasion of the Nit de l’Art, Tube Gallery hosted a lunch with the members of Art Palma Contemporani to mark the opening of Jack Burton’s first solo exhibition at the gallery, titled Cynic’s Bedtime.

The gathering brought together art professionals in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere, celebrating the start of a new exhibition season. During the event, a guided tour of the exhibition was held with the artist, allowing attendees to gain deeper insight into Burton’s work. His pieces captivated visitors with their introspective tone and subtle irony, providing the perfect backdrop for an afternoon of art and conversation.

Jack Burton (b. 1988, Barry, South Wales) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice unfolds as a continuous dialogue between photography, sculpture, and collage. His work interrogates the intentionality of fictitious settings which, through materiality, manages to alter our perception of what we understand as “reality.”

His compositions—chaotic, colorful, and eccentric—navigate both the celebration and critique of the visual excesses that define contemporary life. Drawing from influences that range from the poetry of the urban environment to pop culture, expressionism, and abstraction, Burton dissolves the conventional limits of photography, giving way to the freedom of a spontaneous and indeterminate visual language.