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Self Portrait with Two Gossipy Birds (2016), Image courtesy of Geraldine Swayne and The Fine Art Society
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Seaside Philosopher (2017), Image courtesy of Geraldine Swayne and The Fine Art Society
Exhibition
Geraldine Swayne: Silvering
28 Mar 2017 – 19 Apr 2017
Event times
Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm
Address
- 148 New Bond Street
- London
- W1S 2JT
- United Kingdom
The Fine Art Society will present an exhibition of
paintings by the British artist Geraldine Swayne
featuring a number of new works.
About
The title of the show, ‘Silvering’, refers to Swayne’s use of silver and gold grounds and aluminium and copper surfaces, reflecting the artist's interest in the surface quality and material value of her work. Suggestive and mysterious, Geraldine Swayne’s paintings are populated by people on the verge of action, like film stills. The atmosphere is thick with tension and heightened emotion yet the narrative is obscured, like entering a room where a television has been left paused. Swayne’s scenes are often awkward, haunting, sexy, bizarre, dark, or amusing – sometimes all at once. Her oblique narrative references allow the viewer to project their own story on to the works.
