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SELECTED WORKS BY Marc Swanson



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Marc Swanson

Psychic Studies

2006
Wood, mirrored acrylic, paint

243.8 x 243.8 x 3.8 cm

Approaching his practice as a means of self-exploration, Marc Swanson’s work examines the notion of masculine identity through a variety of media ranging from film, to sculpture, installation, and painting. Reconciling queer sensibility with the ultra conservatism of rural folk arts, Swanson’s Psychic Studies approaches themes of power, spirituality and tradition through an aesthetic of heightened sensuality. Psychic Studies takes the form of a large reflective wall mount; its radial motif suggestive of a web, shield, mystical symbol, or hunting lodge fixture. Constructed from painted wood and mirrored acrylic, Swanson’s form exudes the timeless potency of artefact and the illicit allure of kitsch.


Marc Swanson

Black Glitter

2007
Enamel, glitter, glass

11 parts Overall dimensions:305 x 277 cm



ARTIST INFORMATION




Marc Swanson's BIOGRAPHY



Born 1969, New Britton, Indiana

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York


SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2008
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, NY
The Saint at Large, Bellwether, New York, NY

2007
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara "Beginning to See the Light", Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, traveling to 21c Museum, Louisville, KY

2005
Marc Swanson, Bellwether, New York

2004
No Big Cowboy Can Do the Little Things I Do, Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago

2003
Live Free or Die, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn

2001
At First Sight, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn

1999
The Black Party, ESP Gallery, San Francisco

1998
God Bless the Children of the Beast, Tensta Konstall, Stockholm, Sweden

1997
Sub-Zero/Escene, San Francisco

1996
Nature’s Way, Showroom, San Francisco


GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2007
"Sparkle Then Fade", Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA 07/08, Bellwether, New York, NY

2006
Fresh! Contemporary Takes on Nature and Allegory, Museum of Glass, Tacoma
Six Degrees of Separation-Part II, Stux Gallery, New York
Yes Bruce Nauman, Zwirner & Wirth, New York
Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale, Museum of Art, Bates College, Lewiston, ME traveling to H&R Block Arts Center, Kansas City
Among the Trees, Cur. Kimberly Marrero, Visual Art Center, Summit

2005
Greater New York, Cur. Amy Smith-Stewart and Bob Nickas, P.S. 1, Long Island City
Art Rock Center, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York
The Sportsman Redux, ICA at Maine College of Art, Portland

2004
Fight or Flight, Cur. Shamim Momin, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York
Semiprecious, Public Art Fund Project at Metrotech Commons, Brooklyn
The Bambi Effect, Savage Art Resources, Portland
Flock and Fable, Chelsea Art Museum, New York
Log Cabin, Artists Space, New York
Nature, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica
East of the Sun, West of the Moon, White Columns

2002
Two-Person Exhibition, Clementine Gallery, NY

2000
Ride Free, Brownwyn Keenen, NY And They Told Two Friends, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY

1999
Levels, Lapanderia, Mexico City

1998
You Must Be From California, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Woodland Hills, MI Survey Show, ESP Gallery, San Francisco, CA Special Guest Star, Gothenburg Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden

1997
Better Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA Real World, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA One Mile Shebang, Collision Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 


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