Carolyn Swiszcz

On View: September 9, 2006 – October 7, 2006
Saturday, September 9, 2006 from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Highpoint is proud to present an exhibit of new works by Carolyn Swiszcz, featuring Free News, a publication released by Highpoint Editions in 2005, and a variety of mixed-media pieces with printed elements. Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, September 9, from 6:30–9:00 PM. Swiszcz will also present a Members-exclusive artist talk on September 28—call for details and to register. The exhibit closes on October 7.

Swiszcz’s work captures crumbling parking lots, newsstands, destitute strip-malls and other “neighborhood eyesores” with a fresh and witty approach to detail. Employing rich textures, color, and pattern, Swiszcz embellishes these drab landscapes while remaining mindful of their droll charm. As she notes, “these stores and restaurants simultaneously make me laugh and fill me with a profound sense of doom”.

To create many of the works on view, Swsizcz collaborated with Highpoint Editions to “make a stock of printed ‘building materials’—shingle, rock, and brick” which she then incorporated with drawing and painting. Vivid effects also appear in the “skies” in many of these works, achieved through monoprint and stenciling techniques. Of her time spent at Highpoint, Carolyn remarked that “working at Highpoint made me feel so spoiled I was almost guilty at times… It was inspiring to have my artistic visions executed with so much care by such excellent people”.

More information about Swiszcz is available on her Artist Page

You can also visit Carolyn’s website at: www.carolynswiszcz.com