the clearing
series of mixed media works
2020
For this body of work, I considered the accumulated papers of a lifetime, specifically from a psychoanalytic education, papers that once read, stay filed away, entombed in cabinets and boxes. In a desire to recontextualize these works and in the context of the images of destruction, I began destroying the papers and making new handmade paper and objects. The title has a dual meaning, referring not only to its everyday one of discarding, but also to its philosophical (Heideggerian) meaning as a process of acquiring understanding. That makes sense to me, that with art, the meaning is in the making.
unlucky, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper over plastic waste, 11 x 6 x 15 inches. (front view) JS0094
unlucky, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper over plastic waste, 11 x 6 x 15 inches. (back view) JS0094
flank, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper over plastic waste, 8 x 16 inches. (front view) JS0091
flank, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper over plastic waste, 8 x 16 inches. (back view) JS0091
douglas park, Julia Schwartz, 2019. Gouache on handmade paper, rugpad, styrofoam, and blue tape, 10.5 x 12.5 x 4 inches each (diptych). JS0092
paper light (flower), Julia Schwartz, 2019. Gouache on handmade paper, moonlights, 12 x 10 inches. JS0195
paper light (u you), Julia Schwartz, 2019. Gouache on handmade paper, moonlights, 12 x 10 inches. JS0197
ocean park, Julia Schwartz, 2019. Gouache on handmade paper, rugpad, styrofoam, and blue tape, 11 x 12.5 x 4 inches each (diptych). JS0194
paper light (garden), Julia Schwartz, 2019. Gouache on handmade paper, moonlights, 12 x 10 inches. JS0196
heads roll, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper over plastic waste interior, 7.5 x 7 x 8 inches. JS0090
i remember u, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache on handmade paper, rugpad, styrofoam, and blue tape, 5 x 5 x 5 inches each (diptych). JS0089
awkward landscape, Julia Schwartz, 2019. Gouache on handmade paper, 7 x 7 x 7 inches. JS0001
an event, Julia Schwartz, k2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper, 10 x 8 x 2.5 inches. JS0088 (detail)
an event, Julia Schwartz, k2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper, 10 x 8 x 2.5 inches. JS0088 (detail)
inverse mountain form (glass ceiling), Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache, flashe on handmade paper wrapped around plastic waste interior, tape, metal frame, corks, 34 x 12 inches. JS200
mountain form, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache, flashe on handmade paper wrapped around plastic waste interior, tape, metal frame, corks, 34 x 12 inches. JS0198
cat vision, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper over plastic bottle, 6 x 2 inches. JS0093
the goodbye party, Julia Schwartz, 2018. Gouache and Sharpie on handmade paper, 5 x 8 x 2.5 inches. JS0199