Monday, February 11, 2019

Voyeur

The work of Phillip Swarbrick is sometimes characterised as pornographic because it deals with sub-cultural areas of life. He himself characterises much of his work as 'dangerous' - and he relishes exploring those areas of life that are rarely the subject matter of art. He enjoys the fantasies that he can create by touching on extreme or taboo subjects, and the discomfiture of viewers for whom the content is too strong.

 But don't be misled: Swarbrick is a talented artist. He was born in South Africa and, after a short spell in the police force, came to England to escape from the apartheid regime then in power.

(source: Adonis Gallery)


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