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Scenes from the Passion: The Swing

© the artist. Image credit: University of Warwick

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For this and other works in the 'Scenes of the Passion' series, Shaw walked within a half-mile radius of his childhood home taking hundreds of photographs. Of these photographs he selected one from around every 36 to transform into a painting. Using Humbrol enamel paint usually used for painting model kits, he painstakingly builds up the image layer by layer. The reflective quality of the paint also provides difficulties for Shaw, he often works whilst wearing a balaclava covering his head and nose to stop his own reflection interfering with the production of the image. The images of the places he frequented as a child together with the use of Humbrol enamel paint evoke childhood memories in Shaw: "Those places, trees and houses and things I was living with as a kid, they were mute witnesses to my early sentiments.

University of Warwick

Coventry

Title

Scenes from the Passion: The Swing

Date

2002/2003

Medium

Humbrol enamel on wood

Measurements

H 77 x W 101 cm

Accession number

wu0816

Acquisition method

purchased from the Wilkinson Gallery, through the Contemporary Art Society's Special Collection Scheme, with Lottery funding from the Arts Council England, 2004

Work type

Painting

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Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, Coventry, West Midlands CV4 7AL England

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