About

In the solo show No Games , after Serani’s track, Mike Swaney presents a multi-layered body of new mixed media works, rendered through a broad range of techniques—oil pastel, acrylic, or spray paint—produced during his residency period in Baix Empordà. Infused with "outsider art" and "art brut," Swaney is interested in the act of playing as a space of freedom, where we operate intuitively, albeit within a particular set of parameters. Especially in art, boundaries are set at a very young age, but spontaneous play and games are fundamental for kids, and as adults, we need …