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Julianne Swartz

Newsletter Text, 2013-2014 | Newsletter Essay, 2006-2007

Often working with materials that could be purchased from the local hardware store—wire, mirrors, magnets, periscopes, speakers and glass, Julianne Swartz creates sculptures, installations and photographs. As the artist has explained: “I am interested in the intersection of the physical and non-physical, and making what is not physical somehow palpable.” The non-physical in Swartz’s work is as varied as the physical facts of the universe—light, memory, sound, kinetics, the passing of time and a sense of place.

Her work encourages the viewer to reconsider our relationship with spaces. Our surroundings seem real, yet a simple construction of lens and ambient light can project another version of the world. Both versions are a result of the true functioning of the natural world. What we experience as real, Swartz’s work informs us, is only one of a myriad of possible variations and configurations. Swartz’s wondrous contraptions conjure unexpected and magical effects from the mundane elements of the physical world and suggest that even these details are miraculous.

Swartz received a MFA from Bard College and BA in photography and creative writing from the University of Arizona, Tucson. She has shown her work nationally with major installations and exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, MoMA PS1, 2004 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of Art, New Museum, MASS MoCA, deCordova Museum & Sculpture Park, and ICA, Virginia Commonwealth University. She has received numerous awards, including Anonymous Was A Women Award (2015), American Academy of Arts And Letters Award (2010) and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award (2008).

Julianne Swartz - Knotted Rainbow, 2022, magnets, thread, plastic, 41" diagonally, edition of 3
Julianne Swartz - Knotted Rainbow
Julianne Swartz - Knotted Rainbow (detail), 2022, magnets, thread, plastic, 41" diagonally, edition of 3
Julianne Swartz - Knotted Rainbow (detail)
Julianne Swartz - Zero Weave (SOLD), 2019, enameled copper wire, 64 by 14 by 15 inches
Julianne Swartz - Zero Weave (SOLD)
Julianne Swartz - Zero Weave (detail) (SOLD), 2019, enameled copper wire, 64 by 14 by 15 inches
Julianne Swartz - Zero Weave (detail) (SOLD)
Julianne Swartz - Lace Skin Tear, 2014, electrical wire, speakers, wood, electronics, 4-channel soundtrack, 98 by 24 by 8 inches
Julianne Swartz - Lace Skin Tear
Julianne Swartz - Lace Skin Tear (detail), 2014, electrical wire, speakers, wood, electronics, 4-channel soundtrack, 98 by 24 by 8 inches
Julianne Swartz - Lace Skin Tear (detail)
Julianne Swartz - Lull, 2008, solid walnut, hardware, electronics, original soundtrack, 21.75 by 13.5 by 13.5 inches
Julianne Swartz - Lull
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Flat), 2013, wood, rocks, paper, 13 by 11 by 5 inches
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Flat)
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Flat), 2013, wood, rocks, paper, 13 by 11 by 5 inches
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Flat)
Julianne Swartz - Placement (Disc), 2007, c-print, 14.75 by 18 inches
Julianne Swartz - Placement (Disc)
Julianne Swartz - Long Orange Embrace, 2006, magnets, thread, plastic, hardware, 70 by 15 inches
Julianne Swartz - Long Orange Embrace
Julianne Swartz - Long Orange Embrace (detail), 2006, magnets, thread, plastic, hardware, 70 by 15 inches
Julianne Swartz - Long Orange Embrace (detail)
Julianne Swartz - Red Corner Trine, 2006, magnets, thread, plastic, hardware, 5 by 38 by 8 inches
Julianne Swartz - Red Corner Trine
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Span), 2013, wood, rocks, paper, 20 by 18 by 6.5 inches
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Span)
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Span), 2013, wood, rocks, paper, 20 by 18 by 6.5 inches
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Span)
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Thick Jut), 2013, wood, rocks, paper, 12 by 10 by 6.5 inches
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Thick Jut)
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Thick Jut), 2013, wood, rocks, paper, 12 by 10 by 6.5 inches
Julianne Swartz - Stretch Drawing (Thick Jut)
Julianne Swartz - Sound Drawing (Vertical Fall) (detail), 2013, wire, speakers, electronics, 2-channel original soundtrack, 108 by 18 by 24 inches
Julianne Swartz - Sound Drawing (Vertical Fall) (detail)

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