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Artist Exhibitions:
Recent Exhibitions
2008 “Gaia”, Multi Site
Exhibition, AIRSpace Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
2008 Cheltenham Center for
the Arts, “20 Years Fast
Forward”, Cheltenham, PA
2008 Philadelphia Foundation,
“Group Exhibition”,
Philadelphia, PA
2007 AIRSpace, “New
Residents Group Show”,
Philadelphia, PA
2007 “Sattelight Cafe”,
Philadelphia, PA
2007 “Greenline Cafe”,
Philadelphia, PA
2007 “Graphic ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Some Recent Reviews
2008 “Where Diversity Comes
Together” Philadelphia Daily
News, Philadelphia, PA 5/20
P.31 & 38
2008 “Gaia Gets into
Climate Change”, Cherry Hill
Courier Post, NJ 2/8
2007 “Just Do It;
Collective Imprints” City
Paper, Philadelphia, PA 11/1
P.84
2004 “King inspiration for
students’ ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Statement for Michael B. Schwartz
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I am an artist that abides by the cycles of life, time, place, nature and history. I work in and outside the studio and traditional fine arts venues. My community based artwork, teaching, administration and studio work simultaneously criss cross, inform and revitalize one other. Drawing and writing are part of my daily rituals; cartoons, charcoal drawings, in my journal, on a scrap of paper. These ideas are cataloged to be used later in paintings or projects. I create three bodies of work annually - fall, spring and summer. As my painting matures and grows in sophistication and meaning, subject matter emerges, fades and reemerges. The themes of ecology, identity and memory appear to be consistent elements. Sometimes these images become a part of a mural, or commissioned work and sometimes its the other way around. Painting, to me, is perhaps the ultimate in spiritual practice. After more than 25 years of intentional creation, moving from strict representationalism to expressionism and ultimately towards a personal spiritual vocabulary of form, material, treatment and light.
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