Dexter Wynn · No. 94

The Diner Burger

In The Diner Burger, Dexter Wynn turns the reverent gaze once reserved for fruit and flowers onto the most democratic of subjects. The cheeseburger looms oversized and glossy — sesame bun, scarlet tomato, sunshine-yellow cheese — outlined in emphatic black and set against a flat, saturated field of colour. This is Pop's founding provocation made delicious: the elevation of fast food to the dignity of fine art, the commercial object treated with the seriousness of a classical still-life. There is no sneer in the rendering, only appetite and graphic precision; Wynn refuses the easy irony and instead lets the burger be genuinely, mouth-wateringly desirable. By enlarging the everyday until it dominates the frame, he forces a second look at the things we usually consume without seeing — the engineered perfection of the advertisement, the seductive geometry of mass-produced food. The flat planes and bold contour give the image the punch of signage, while the subject grounds it in the shared, slightly guilty pleasures of modern life. Bold, witty and unabashedly appetising, it is comfort food reimagined as cultural monument — a knowing celebration of the icons a consumer society builds for itself, served at heroic scale.

An original oil painting on canvas by Dexter Wynn, painted to order — never a reproduction. Pop-art icons in flat primary colour, Ben-Day dots and bold black outlines — everyday objects and bright portraits with a comic-book punch.

Artist

Dexter Wynn

Medium

Oil on canvas

Finish

Unframed, ready to hang or frame

Made

To order, by hand