s w i f t s  &  s l o w s: a quarterly of crisscrossings

Painted Word
James Green & Monsieur Jamin

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Under Arrest

Chemical Rushes

L’Artiste

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James Green paints indulgent, abstract images that critique (rather than celebrate) a system that favours the fortunate and neglects the less-so. Rooted in a balance somewhere between fine art tradition and contemporary practice, his paintings often include obscured faces, within compositions somewhat resemblant of a visual fist fight between Francis Bacon and Jean Michel Basquiat. Their thick impasto and bold colours challenge the notion of beauty in art. James has been included in exhibitions from London to Sydney.
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Benjamin Borvon (artist name Monsieur Jamin) is a self-taught artist who has been drawing since he was a child. Monsieur Jamin started to paint only recently, but with great strength and determination and he considers the relationship he has with the canvas to be a fight.