All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity... The eroticism of Ca… - Patrick Swift

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All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity... The eroticism of Caravaggio is special because it exists in that area between the simple sensual appreciation of the object which produces the desire to possess it, and the passionate but detached concern of the Observer, which also seeks to possess but to possess through understanding.

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About Patrick Swift

Patrick Swift (12 August 1927 – 19 July 1983) was an Irish-born painter who worked in Dublin, London and Algarve, Portugal. Founded X magazine (London) and Porches Pottery (Olaria Algarve).

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