Tom Witherick, 'Rope Swing'. Tom's practice indulges in fantasies; love affairs with fictional characters; magic rituals for reliving one’s youth; organic explosive devices for rewilding urban environments. Here, Tom takes inspiration from the Rococo style popular in 18th Century Europe and most notably, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s painting 'The Swing' (1767). Rococo saw artists favouring more intimate mythological scenes, idyllic pastoral imagery, and light-hearted depictions of pleasure-seeking, a frivolous reaction to the formality of the earlier Baroque and Enlightenment periods. Fragonard's salacious painting can be seen as a perfect example of this departure, with the swing taking centre stage. Following on from Fragonard Tom's swing is a recreation of this scene in the modern world, set in the wake of the past calling on the memories of play within the former driving range space and looking out amongst the naturally rewilded world 258 years on.