There are many times when one is distracted from the marvellous state of impermanency these paintings invoke by the artist's technical fixings and Burrows may be one of the absurdistly figurative (British) contemporary painters, but, plainly, one of the best.
Rebecca Geldard's Top 10 London Shows May and June 2009 Saatchi Gallery Online
Matthew Burrows at:
BRIONI 10Oct - 10th Nov 2012
Curated show by Francis Sultana in Brioni's Mayfair Store. Includes work by ; Matthew Burrows, Francesco Clemente, Noble and Webster, Mat Collishaw and Zaha Hadid
JERWOOD DRAWING PRIZE 2012
opens 11th September
ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION 22 Oct 2012
6.30-7.30pm
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 artists in conversation: The role of drawing (within their practice). An open discussion with exhibiting artists.
Panel:
Paul Thomas (Chair)
Matthew Burrows, Artist.
Jane Dixon, Artist.
Margarita Gluzberg, Artist.
'A Taste for Paradise' 2011 47 x 40cm Oil on board