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Mike Swaney

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“I feel that I’m on a parallel road to the Art Brut movement. I think it is still the most interesting art that’s been made since its invention, since Jean Dubuffet named it.”

Interview by Theresa Crespi, Metal Magazine.

Born in Kimberly, Canada in 1978, Michael Swaney lives and works in Barcelona. He is a graduate of Capitano University in Vancouver.

He works with collage, painting and video, drawing his inspiration from everyday life and his childhood. The compositions tend to be simple, almost graphic, mixing geometrical forms and naive figures. By contrast, the textures of the subjects represented are alive with details and colours.

“I feel that I’m on a parallel road to the Art Brut movement. I think it is still the most interesting art that’s been made since its invention, since Jean Dubuffet named it.”

Interview by Theresa Crespi, Metal Magazine.

Né à Kimberly au Canada en 1978, Michael Swaney vit et travaille à Barcelone. Il est diplômé en illustration et design de l’Université de Capilano à Vancouver.

Il travaille le collage, la peinture et la vidéo en s’inspirant de la vie quotidienne et de son enfance. Les compositions sont généralement simples, presque graphiques, mixant formes géométriques et figures naïves. Par contraste, les textures des sujets représentés fourmillent de détails et de couleurs.

“I feel that I’m on a parallel road to the Art Brut movement. I think it is still the most interesting art that’s been made since its invention, since Jean Dubuffet named it.”

Interview by Theresa Crespi, Metal Magazine.

Michael Swaney is in 1978 geboren in Kimberly, Canada. Hij woont en werkt in Barcelona. Hij studeerde illustratie en design aan de Capilano Universiteit in Vancouver.

Hij drukt zich uit via collages, schilder- en videokunst, waarbij hij inspiratie put uit het dagelijks leven en uit zijn kindertijd. Zijn composities zijn vaak eenvoudig en haast grafisch te noemen. Ze vormen een mengeling van geometrische vormen en naïeve figuren. De texturen zijn daarentegen zeer kleurrijk en gedetailleerd.

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