TONY SWAIN – SIGHT DESERTED
2022-11-21Swain alters, merges, and obscures printed pictures with painted ones, using this material support as a space to reconfigure and overpaint the original information. His paintings conjure phantastic images and representations via repetition, the layering paint over the printed page, and the sewing together of newspaper parts to create utopian panoramas.
Swain’s collection of primary material is categorized in his studio, and consciously logged to be used in future works. His tearing techniques have been perfected to achieve a certain finish in the configuration of images, clean smooth edges for curvatures and jagged rips for mountain ranges. Three new panel works are installed alongside the works on paper, along with a historic panel work from 1990, spanning the development of Swain’s technique and working style.
Opposite – Clouded Room, 2022
Exhibition runs through to January 14th, 2023
The Modern Institute
14-20 Osborne Street
G1 5QN Glasgow
Scotland
