Disrupting Expectation -

In Sweeneys work, construction and collapse redefine the relationship between material, texture and form.

Close-up of an Irish abstract painting with textured surface, featuring greenish background with orange patches and black brushstrokes, resembling graffiti marks or an abstract autobiographical signature.
What Sweeney has vividly evoked is its maker’s desire to create a mark in public, to make something imperfect and thus unique. In many of these works, Sweeney’s aesthetic is a raw one of the scrap yard, and at moments – the gutter
— J. Tormey, Curator, Tate Gallery, London
Abstract painting with textured layers of paint in white, blue, green, and black tones.

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