“Dilemma To Rely On” Installation view ©Gallery BatonGallery Baton presents “Dilemma To Rely On”, a solo exhibition of works by Tony Swain (b. 1967), on view through May 25.
By combining painting with newsprint, he has consistently produced works that challenge the schematized conventional notion of painting and address in-depth questions about the interaction between the originality of adopted images and their subliminal meanings. It is the first solo exhibition by Swain in Seoul, one of the artists who represented Scotland in Venice at the Venice Biennale in 2007.
Tony Swain lives and works in Glasgow. He received a BFA from the Glasgow School of Art, UK. Selected as one of the artists representing the Scotland Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007, he has established a solid presence on the international art scene with a following exhibition at Tate Britain in 2009. He has been the subject of numerous exhibitions including Kunstverein Freiburg, DE (2015); Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, UK (2015); and Inverleith House, UK (2008).
His work is represented in the collections of Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK; Gallery of Modern Art Glasgow, UK; Tate, UK; The Arts Council Collection, UK; FRAC des Pays de la Loire, FR; MoMA, US; SFMOMA, US.
