Marc Swanson
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Work from his oeuvre.
“Drawing variously on the traditions of Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, Lucas Samaras, Kenneth Anger and Bruce Connor, Swanson’s work is an elaborate marriage of diverse materials and ideas. Swanson identifies chiefly as a sculptor, but he also makes films, photographs and complex installations…
…Despite its diversity, Swanson’s body of work is conceptually coherent; themes such as identity, nostalgia, mystical symbolism, 20th century gay subculture and the notion of the found object are all constants in his work. Likewise, Swanson frequently alters one material in order to mimic another.” – Richard Gray Gallery