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The Drummer, Oil on Canvas, 145 x 115 - this is the first painting in 'Banging the Drum' - have a few more up my sleeve starting next week... #pepys #drums #dystopia #drawing #london #painting #deptford #brutalism #architecture #allegory #contemporaryart (at Pepys Estate)

Drummer Study III - composition for the next work stream 'Banging the Drum' #architecture #deptford #architecture #london #drawing #dystopia #drums #pepys (at Pepys Estate Pharmacy)

Drummer Study - two streams of work going on right now - this one is called 'Banging the Drum' - prisons, prols and Pepys #brutalism #dystopia #pepys #deptford #contemporaryart #london #architecture #drawing (at Deptford Lewisham, London)

The 3rd Drummer - Graphite on Paper - working on these in parallel to 'Monarchs and Mongrels' - blow your own trumpet ----- #drawing #Deptford #fowlertroop #drummer #estate #bruatlism #highrise #london #social (at Pepys Estate)

Lipstick On the Gorilla Y - Acrylic Cladding Case, Oil on Board, 65x65cm - I made these works back in March to discuss the cladding of the Pepys Estate and the way that councils gloss over the cracks - putting a cosmetic veneer on perceived ugliness - a discussion now more poignant than ever. Currently on display @lanehousearts ----- #london #highrise #towerblocks #cladding (at Pepys Estate)

Selfie - Graphite on Paper - study for 'Monarchs to Mongrels' and the creation of Dirty Deptford #selfportrait #drawing #Art #ARTIQ #Deptford #london (at Pepys Estate)

QE1 - Graphite and Letraset on Paper - study for my next series 'Monarchs to Mongrels' - On this day in 1581, Elizabeth I visited Francis Drake’s ship, the “Golden Hind(e)” which had been “drawn into a creek at Deptford as a perpetual memorial for having circuited round about the whole earth”, and “consecrated it with great ceremonie, pompe and magnificence eternally to be remembered”; and knighted Drake. The ship remained at Deptford for about 100 years, until it started to disintegrate and had to be broken up. A plaque on the water-front there marks the site and commemorates the event. (at Pepys Estate Pharmacy)

Study of Walter - Graphite on Paper. Walter was a convicted criminal and boarded a prison ship at Deadman's Dock in Deptford that took him down the Thames and on to Australia. The river at Deptford was his last view of England. (at West Deptford Boat Dock)

QEII - Graphite on Paper - studies for my next body of work 'Monarchs to Mongrels' - the evolution of Dirty Deptford #contemporaryart #drawing #queen (at Deptford Lewisham, London)

Home and the Poetics of Space - a group show of Bath Spa MFA graduates working in a variety of media to interpret the concept of 'Home' - open daily until the 11th June 💥#mustsee #onestowatch 💥 ---- Featured Painting 'The Drummer Returns' by @burdenart ---- #contemporaryart #fringearts #bath #urban #home (at Bath, Somerset)

Alternate Visions - opens tomorrow @bristolmuseums and runs until September when the tour continues to @falmouthartgallery ---- Work Displayed - Abattoir by @burdenart ---- #AlternateVisions #brutalism #contemporaryart #painting (at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)

'Alternate Visions' opens this evening @bristolmuseums and runs until September - exhibition tour continues to @falmouthartgallery @thewilsoncheltenham @poolemuseum wrapping up next May 2018 . . . . . #painting #london #bristol #contemporaryart #brutalism #gang #oilpainting #brutalism (at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery)

Taking over @artiqgram "I'll be back... in a week" #artistoftheweek #ARTIQ #London #ArtConsultant (at Moscow Kremlin)

#Repost @artiqgram (@get_repost) ・・・ 'There’s not that many visual #artists (that I know of) who grew up in a 24 storey council high rise in #Deptford, #London' Step into the dystopian world of May's #Artist of the Month, Steve Burden! We sat down to explore his art, ideas and inspirations. Read the Q&A in full now and catch him taking over our Instagram from tomorrow! http://artiq.co/art/artist-month-steve-burden/ #ARTIQ #ArtConsultant #Art (at Pepys Estate)

Self Portrait - Oil on tissue #tbt @saatchiart @artmazemag (at Deptford High Street)

A taster of what's in 'Utopian Myths' @blackswanarts 💥#mustsee 💥 #contemporaryart #painting #london #urbanart (at Black Swan Arts)