Swifty is one of the true British graphic originators of our time and his work has been hugely influential in music and youth culture since he started out in the late 1980’s.
Swifty is one of the true British graphic originators of our time and his work has been hugely influential in music and youth culture since he started out in the late 1980’s. His prolific output of record sleeves, magazines, logos, title sequences, fonts and more has gained him an international reputation for well crafted graphic design work.
As one of the innovators of the 'Sampling Generation', Swifty’s work fuses found objects, paint and sculpture in a Pop art sensibility that brings the art form blasting into the 21st Century! Indeed, in a similar fashion to Andy Warhol, Swifty is set to transcend from the world of commercial graphics to the Fine Art arena.
Drawing on his childhood experiences playing war games and building Airfix models, Swifty explores why he likes camo so much and what makes these patterns and colours so appealing. Along side this, he’s revisiting childhood experiences - shooting his old action men with his Dad’s air rifle and collecting beetles ! As ever, in true Swifty style, he’s not afraid to point out all too blatantly his influences and inspirations! The “Non Original - Originals”, as Swifty calls them, are direct and personal, epitomising the new aesthetic among Britain’s new up and coming street and Urban artists.
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