{"id":1136,"date":"2026-11-06T10:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basmuseum.com\/mike-swaney-1\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:54:47","slug":"mike-swaney-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/basmuseum.com\/en\/mike-swaney-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Swaney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull bas-sec bas-artista has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns bas-qr__hero is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-89c98654 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column bas-qr__media is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo bas-qr__video wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QE MKE CERAMICA\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1182899274?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column bas-qr__text is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading bas-qr__name\">Mike Swaney<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>His work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Plate Thief Leitmtif<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Swaney (Kimberley, Canada, 1978)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025, Barcelona<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mosaic, tiles and glazed ceramic on wood, 150 x 140 cm.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Swaney revisits and reinterprets trencad\u00eds, deeply rooted in Barcelona\u2019s tradition through Gaud\u00ed, and turns material into a carrier of meaning and memory. The work incorporates found materials and ceramic pieces created from the artist\u2019s own drawings. The working process is based on material experimentation, where each fragment functions as a record of time and labour. The work is situated within the curatorial core <em>Matter, memory and territory<\/em>, where history, memory and material experience converge.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The perspective it brings to the collection:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have included Mike Swaney in the collection because his practice stands out both for its conceptual rigour and for its technical experimentation and the uniqueness of its creative process. His visual language is structured around play as a driving force for thought and production, as he improvises, experiments and embraces chance as an active part of the work. In this sense, many of his projects arise from collaborative and participatory processes, so that creation is built in an open and shared way. In this way, Swaney brings an innovative perspective on contemporary creation to the collection, based on process, relationship and experimentation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull bas-qr-up has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"bas-qr__up wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#\">Go up \u2191<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Swaney His work Plate Thief Leitmtif Mike Swaney (Kimberley, Canada, 1978) 2025, Barcelona Mosaic, tiles and glazed ceramic on wood, 150 x 140 cm. 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