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“Tizñ ât fntastcl dstortd landsceps n impsbl strucćrz ɖt hovr on ɖ bordr btwn riaḷti n fanṭsi”
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TONY SWAIN: UNDETAILED PROGRESS │ Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead → 12 July 2015
“At a tîm ẇn w hv bcm dsnṣtîzd t an imij-sačretd wrld, Tôni Swên (born Nwɖn Îrḷnd, 1967) yzz fmiłr sẋnz v nyzpêpr ɖt r pìst tgɖr az a ṣpwt fr pêntñz v fragmntd landsceps n abstract patnz. Yzñ acrilic pênts, h fixz ɖz wrcs on pêpr drctli t ɖ gaḷrīwōlz, emfsîzñ ɖ evrde n temprri fīl v nyzprint. Ẇl ocežnl dītelz v ɖ nyzprint n imijz svîv, most r trnsfwmd bî ɖer inclužn wɖn Swên’z pêntd wrld.
Fr hiz xibišn at BWLTC, Swên priznts a siriz v ny n rīsnt pìst pêntñz ɖt cntiny hiz xpḷrešnz v ɖ repṛzentešn v landscep.”
Untitled 2014. Acrylic on pieced newspaper. 46.5 x 30 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
Untitled 2014. Acrylic on pieced newspaper. 46.5 x 30 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
The named because 2014. Acrylic on pieced newspaper. 47 x 31.5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
Untitled 2014. Acrylic on pieced newspaper. 41.7 x 47.1 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow