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Born in 1977 on Earth, raised by monkeys till the age of four before coming to London to become a shaman's apprentice, Chris Swain is a painter and video artist currently living and breathing in London. |
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Drawing inspiration from the rich fabric of modern urban living, infusing it with the energy of jubliation and despair and informed by an appreciation of colour, Chris Swain would count Pollock, Banksy, Ofili, Basquiat, Kandinsky, Malcolm Morley, Max Beckman and the Chapman Brothers as influential to him. Music is also an inspiration to the creation of his paintings, as are the enthogenic explorations and shamanic rituals he undertakes. Chris Swain's varied themes and styles are an attempt to thwart categorization in order to resist expectation. |
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Magic Drums Musical Arms
2006 |
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| So I was in this rave and I had this really big cup of love and happiness. Pretty soon after that, the sun beams shining out of my eyes turned everything i looked at into smiles... |
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Breakdance
2005 |
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| Do your best breakdance move Now! |
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Every Tribe Needs a Shaman
2007 |
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| Here comes the sun, its alright... |
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We're Gonna Fly Right Into The Sun, Man
2002 |
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| There are No Refunds, so Please Find Your Head |
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2006 |
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Gorilla
2008 |
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E-Motion
2005 |
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Music on the Ear of the Uninitiated
2008 |
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Please Find The Gap
2008 |
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| Please Stand Clear Of The Closing Walls... |
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Get Up Stand Up
2008 |
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| Defiance. in its purest form |
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Pondering
2008 |
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| What Do The Gorillas Think About It All? |
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We Tend To Make It Ugly
2005 |
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15FeedbacK
2008 |
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| Mental FeedbacK from fifteen years of enthogenic experience...soar and dive. |
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| Schooled in London and holding a BA Hons in Public Art, Chris Swain has lived and worked in Amsterdam and in the Yucatan in Mexico as well as London and the spirit world and has worked extensively on commissions for private collectors. A video installation by Chris Swain can currently be seen in the Day Surgery at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. Chris has just had his short animated film Ellabellapumpanella screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 as well as many other film festivals around the world. Chris is currently working on an animated series and a number of commissioned paintings from private collectors. | |
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| More information to follow. The Return of the Zombotic Monkey : TBC |
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| Website: www.zomboticmonkey.moonfruit.com | |
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