Sam Burford | The Godfather
Archival Print, Perspex & Aluminium | 152x87 cm| SOLD
Sam Burford | Gone with the Wind
Archival Print, Perspex & Aluminium
Sam Burford | Zombie Survival Landscape - Day
Archival Print, Perspex & Aluminium
Sam Burford - Icarus
Archival print/Perspex/Steel/Aluminium | 214 x 55 cm | POA
Sam Burford | Matrix v Star Wars
Archival Print, Perspex, Aluminium | Edition of 7 + Artists Proof | 40 x160 cm | POA
Sam Burford | Before Colour: Time-lapse transcription, Wizard of Oz
Made from 194 individually computer crafted brushes | 40 x 160 cm | POA
Sam Burford | Star Wars Relief
Time-lapse photograph of Star Wars IV | Jesmonite| 140 x 36 cm | POA
Sam Burford | Time-lapse photograph from the shower scene in Psycho
Archival Print, Perspex, Aluminium, Neodyumium, Steel | 225 x 22cm | POA
Sam Burford | Aggregated time Detail (Citizen Kane)
Archival Print, Perspex, Aluminium | 60 x 150 cm | POA
Sam Burford | Citizen Kane
Archival print/Perspex/Steel/Aluminium | 48.5 x 153 cm | POA
Sam Burford | Barcelona - Fastest Qualifying Lap 1.1.5.022
Archival Print, Perspex, Aluminium | Edition of 7 + Artists Proof | 110 x 22 cm | POA
Sam Burford | Axis of Evil – Teletubbies Sunrise Vs Evil Dead Sunset
Archival Print, Perspex, Aluminium | 110cm x 22cm | 15 x 70 cm | POA
When I first saw the work of the young British artist Sam Burford I was immediately struck by its refinement and elegance. I was soon to discover that what had at first sight appeared to be visually beautiful abstract images mounted on aluminium were in fact far more intriguing.
Burford’s practice covers a number of interlinked areas, with particular focus on information aggregation and the crystallization of the transient domain. He is fascinated by film, more specifically the process of watching images and the way our eyes read different colour and light. He has designed and built a machine using an old record player and a camera to capture the light that emanates from a screen.
He encourages us to quite literally look at the world in a new light. The familiar becomes unknown; the every day is suddenly exciting and fresh. His painstaking method and refined practice combine to create works of art that are both visually stunning and intellectually interesting.
Education
2007 – MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
Awards
2003 – D&AD silver nomination for Best Album Cover Packaging
Selected Solo Shows
2009 – Painted Cinema, Fiumano Fine Art, London
2008 – Kingsgate Gallery, London
2008 – Arums Galerie, Paris
Bibliography
2010 – Art Monthly, February 2010
2009 – Bloomberg New Contempories 2009 – Catalogue
2007 – Future Reflections – Catalogue
2006 – One Love: The Football Art Prize – Catalogue
Exhibitions
2011 Home – Die Erst Reihe, Munich
2011 Multiple Authors & Previous Owners - Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2011 Fordham / Maddox, London
2011 Fiumano Fine Art, London
2011 Singapore Art Fair with Fiumano Fine Art, London
2010 Condensation, Spitafields, London
2010 MurmurART, Hoxton, London
2010 Socle, Aspaltic Bow, London
2010 Condensation, Spitafields, London
2010 Arums Galerie, Paris
2009 Subtexts, Pages of Hackney, London
2009 Selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2009
2009 Painted Cinema, Solo Exhibition at Fiumano Fine Art, London
2009 Chelsea Foundry Fellowship - Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2009 Public Commission, Plough Lane Landmark Sculpture - Wimbledon Football Club, London
2008 Fruit Cake, Ferreira Projects, London
2008 Kings Gate Gallery, London
2008 Solo Exhibition, Paris
2008 Painted Cinema, Solo Show, Fiumano Fine Art, London
2007 Future Reflections - Chelsea School of Art, London
2007 The Church, The Court, and Then Goodbye - SooPlex, Nashville, US
2007 How We May Be - Late at Tate, Tate Britain, London
2007 Spectre vs Rector, Residence Gallery, London
2007 Future Map '07, The Arts Gallery, London
2006 If it didn't exist you'd have to invent it: a partial Showroom history
2006 The Showroom, Bonner Road, London E2
2006 One Love: The Football Art Prize - The Lowry, Manchester